Michael ByrneGeographic Information Officer

National Broadband MapUpdate

Outline

Data Integration

Quality Assessment

Produce BB Map

• The National Broadband Map is a program of the National Telecommunications Information Administration

• Authority comes from ARRA and BDIA NTIA “shall create and maintain a National Broadband Map” Map “shall be on-line and searchable and interactive”

• Grants to each state and territory for assembling and collecting the data

• NTIA and FCC entered into a partnership to help produce the map

•FAST TIMELINES

National Broadband Map - Overview

• NTIA awarded grants to each state; state mapping broadband availability;

• Technology and speed available, by provider at the US Census Block level

• Community Anchor Institution Data

• Collect data twice a year (April and October)

• Map to be published on 2/17/2011

National Broadband Map

Data Integration

Data Integration – Review Data

• Each submission contains; a Geodatabase, some summary information, metadata, and a process paper

• Standard process for reviewing the data• Issues we have seen

– No documentation, record count differences, no metadata, valid values in data

Data Integration – Completeness Analysis

• How much availability is there (e.g. by population and housing units)?

• How much speed is there (e.g. by population and housing units)?

• Did we get all the right providers?• Did we get all the right community

Anchor Institutions?

National Quality Assessment – Overview

• Meta Analysis

• Data Comparison

• Final Report

National Quality Assessment Meta Analysis

• Check stuff– Awardee provided documentation

of data verification strategies– Feedback loop to service providers– Primary data source collection

National Quality Assessment – Compare Data

• Type I & Type II Error assessment against known third party data– FCC 477, Speed test, industry data

• Wireline• Wireless• Technology• Speed

National Quality Assessment – Final Report

• Record level data confidence• Recommendations for process

improvements• Technical details of quality• Feedback loop for awardees

National Broadband Map• Platform Specification• Requirements• Design Build Implement (agile)• Mobile• Supporting Visualizations• Technology Transfer

Requirements

• All REST and web services (including OGC)

• Simple search• Summarize (any geography)• Analyze (rank any geography)• Developer (e.g. API enabled)• Advanced Analytics available

Mobile App

• We have a contest planned for a mobile app

• To be released by April 2010

• What would a mobile app do?

• What functions would you recommend employing in a mobile app?

• How do we truly define something ‘unique’ that significantly adds value to community?

Your Help Needed

Michael Byrne

michael.byrne@fcc.gov

Thank You

Data Integration – Review Data

• Layers include – (1) Block level, (2) address level, (3) road segment level, (4) wireless, (5) CAI, (6) middle mile and an (7) overview

• (8) Last mile and (9) subscriber weighted nominal speed

• Check each field for valid values, accepted ranges, and combination of values

• Check geospatial data for vertex limits, geometry errors, projection and topology rules

• ETL data into a staging database

• Most major federal datasets built on Census geography

• First dot gov API to unlock data at Census block level

• Wide-reaching benefit across government agencies

FCC.gov/DeveloperAnnouncing – FCC Census Block Search API