MICHAEL CLIFFORD

WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY

2010 WEST VIRGINIA GIS CONFERENCEJUNE 9TH, 2010

The West Virginia Broadband Mapping

Program

Funding

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Project is funded by a grant pursuant to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program.

This program was created by Congress as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.

Agencies Involved

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State GIS Coordinator’s Office applied for grant funding and provided oversight.

Geological and Economic Survey performed data collection and normalization.

WV Department of Homeland Security provided information on Community Anchor Institutions.

Third party contractor performed data verification and analysis.

Purpose

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Develop a statewide broadband map to provide a comprehensive picture of the current infrastructure and deployment.

Analyze data in order to identify unserved and underserved areas.

Submit regular updates to NTIA that will be included in the National Broadband Map.

Developing Source List

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FRN numbers were gathered from the WV Cable Telecommunications Association, the WV Public Services Commission and the WV Broadband Deployment Council.

FRN numbers were then cross referenced with the FCC’s public information search tool in order to obtain contact information for each provider.

Data Request

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Providers were given a Non-Disclosure Agreement in order to protect proprietary business data.

Data request was made according to NTIA’s technical standards.

For the providers not as capable as others in meeting requirements, the WVGES assisted these providers with alternate submission options.

Data Normalization

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Data was received from provider’s and normalized into a geodatabase structure provided by NSGIC.

Geodatabase contains 8 feature classes and 12 domains.

Service Overview

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Address Level Service

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Road Segment Level Service

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Census Block Level Service

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Community Anchor Institutions

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Anchor Institutions include K-12 schools, Vocational Centers, Libraries, Higher Education Institutions, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Police and Fire Stations, Courthouses, County Health Departments and County Administration Offices.

Collected by the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security.

Community Anchor Institutions

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Wireless Service Areas

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Middle Mile Connection Points

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Preliminary Results

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54 separate service providers were identified within the state.

33 have submitted data. 10 are not required to submit data for various

reasons. 8 have responded but have not provided data

as of now. 3 have not responded in anyway way to data

requests.

Preliminary Map

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Issues

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Data submitted from providers varies widely. From fully populated geodatabases to hand drawn maps.

Address level data is very difficult to geocode in rural areas.

No mechanism in place to require providers to submit data.

Future Work

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Data will be collected and updated every 6 months until September 2011.

Continued efforts will be made to obtain data not submitted.

Third party contractor will be analyzing the data.

Data will become available to the public through a web portal.

Websites

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http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/bb - WVGES Broadband Mapping Site

http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/ - NTIA Broadband Mapping Site