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Urban Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
Key Initiatives
Cy Smith, Oregon State GIOChair, URISA Chapter Advisory Board
URISA Board member
NSGIC Annual Conference – Kansas City, Missouri
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Executive Support & Sustainable Funding for Geospatial Programs
• Develop, promote, implement URISA’s ROI model
• Promote/enhance the geospatial community
• Encourage development of GeoAuditing
Nationwide Development of High Quality, Publicly Accessible Geospatial Data
• Develop, implement Geospatial Capability Maturity Assessment
• Coordinate advocacy with NSGIC and others on For the Nation data initiatives
• Support the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) Data Sharing Initiative
October 2013
URISA Advocacy Agenda
NSGIC Annual Conference – Kansas City, Missouri
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Affordable Geospatial Training Programs Offered by Academic Institutions & Other Organizations
• Support GeoTech Center and others in developing affordable geospatial training
• Identify and promote open educational resources initiatives internationally
• Promote more federal financial aid opportunities for part-time & non-traditional students
• Continue developing web-based curricula of URISA workshops and webinars
• Create web collaborations to extend reach of geospatial education beyond URISA
Highly Capable Geospatial Workforce to Meet Current and Future Demands
• Support implementation of Geospatial Technology Competency Model
• Promote use/understanding of the Geospatial Body of Knowledge
• Develop Tier 9 of the Geospatial Technology Competency ModelOctober 2013
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•Geospatial Capability Maturity Model
•ROI Methodology
•FGDC Address Standard Update
•GTCM and GMCM
Geospatial Management Institute
http://www.urisa.org/main/gis-management-institute/
NSGIC Annual Conference – Kansas City, Missouri
5Geospatial Capability Maturity
Model
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• 23 Enabling Capability
Components
• 22 Execution
Ability Component
s
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6ROI Methodology
• Developed by University of Washington – Evans School of Public Affairs, Benefit Cost Center• Dr. Richard Zerbe – Professional Economist
• Measured ROI that has already accrued
• NOT projected based on future activity
• King County 20 year GIS program – 10:1 ROI
• Oregon RAPTOR 2 year COP – 6.75:1 ROIOctober 2013
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7Geospatial Technology Competency Model
Geospatial Management Competency Model
October 2013
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8Coalition of Geospatial OrganizationsKey Initiatives
•Geospatial Report Card
•STEM Initiative
•Data Sharing
October 2013
NSGIC Annual Conference – Kansas City, Missouri
9Thank You
For further information, please contact:
Wendy Nelson, URISA Executive Director
or
Cy Smith, URISA Past President/Oregon GIO
October 2013
