Meeting Minutes Executive Committee Meeting

New Jersey Geospatial Forum – January 23, 2015 Meeting Minutes – Executive Committee Meeting

The Executive Committee meeting was held on January 23, 2015 at 9:300 a.m. Attendees: Chris McClain, Tanya Nolte, Patty Leidner, Craig Coutros and Andy Rowan. Calling in: Jennifer Rovito, Dom Elefante, Trish Long, Don Walby.

Setting the meeting dates for 2015: The NJ OIT- ITC Room 1st Floor Conference Rm, 300 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ, is booked every Friday in 2015. General Meeting Dates:  Thursday, March 19, 2015: 1:00 p.m. in the NJ OIT- ITC Room 1st Fl Conference Rm, 300 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ. Possible topic Crowd Sourced Data.  Thursday, June 4, 2015: 10:00 a.m. in the NJ OIT- ITC Room 1st Fl Conference Rm, 300 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ. Lightning Talks.  Friday, September 18, 2015. New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. Topic to be announced.  Thursday, December 3, 2015. Time to be announced. Scheduled for the NJ OIT- ITC Room 1st Fl Conference Rm, 300 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ. Location may change. Possible topic Open Source. Executive Committee Meeting Dates:  Before or after each General Meeting Date  April 16th, in the afternoon, after the mapping contest

There was additional discussion about the possibility of moving the meeting venue to increase participation. Jennifer Rovito suggested that we try to schedule one meeting during spring break to allow more student participation.

Election of Officers for 2015: Chair: Jennifer Rovito nominated by Andy Rowan, second by Chris McClain. Motion Passed. Vice Chair: Trish Long self-nominated, second by Jennifer Rovito. Motion Passed. Secretary: Patty Leidner self-nominated, second by Tanya Nolte. Motion Passed.

Updates: Orthophotography: Andy indicated that everything was on track for the 2015 flight.

NJ DEP: Craig Coutros

2012 LU/LC update: The NJ DEP Bureau of GIS received the final deliverables in January for the Land Use/Land Cover update which is based upon the 2012 over-flight and will include the change analysis from 2007. Final documentation and data preparations are being made to make this information available as soon as possible. One major change to the land use layer is the integration of USGS National Hydrologic Dataset (NHD) coding for water body features. It is DEP’s intention to utilize these codes to facilitate an NHD update.

2015 over-flight: The NJ DEP is coordinating agreements between organizations to provide for a spring 2015 over-flight for all of NJ similar in specifications to the 2012 product. This opportunity comes on the heels of the 2012 land use/ land cover update, presenting the issue of funding a 2015 update project. Other methods of producing an update are being considered.

NJ GeoWeb: The public version of GeoWeb 2 was released on December 19, 2014.

Public Open Space Inventory: The NJ DEP is participating on the OGIS task-force to design a common database for open space in NJ. Green Acres and the Bureau of GIS are working to improve the quality of the data which includes State, county, local and other Non Profit open space lands funded thru the Green Acres program. Updates are expected soon to existing layers made available in DEP mapping applications and BGIS data distribution sources. Other data updates: Historic Preservation layers: The NJ DEP BGIS is assisting the Historic Preservation Office with updating current HPO data layers. New database structures and editing procedures are being implemented to facilitate faster data publication to existing DEP mapping applications and BGIS data distribution sources.

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There was nothing to report for Hydro Federal naming.

Meeting was adjourned at 12:00 p.m.