Might it be possible to get the GIS team's inputs on the CAP work any
sooner than September? We've slated to bring forward a draft in
calendar Q2.
- Art
At 11:35 AM -0400 4/22/03, Eliot Christian wrote:
>Here's a proposal for the charter of the new GIS Subcommittee,
>drafted among Dave Denko, Bill Schroeder, and me.
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>Geographic Information Systems Subcommittee (GIS SC)
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>Scope of Work - Geography and spatial location are an extremely
>important part of Emergency Management. Geographic information
>standards are becoming mature and being integrated into general
>Information Technology standards. This subcommittee will ensure
>the proper use and integration of these geographic standards into
>the development of Emergency Management interoperability standards.
>
>Purpose - The purpose of this subcommittee is to ensure existing
>geographic information standards are properly used and integrated
>into Emergency Management standards. This may include developing
>profiles and application schemas of existing geographic information
>standards for EM, if and when unique sets of requirements are
>identified. The SC will seek to make EM TC participants aware of
>the correct use of coordinate reference systems, GIS capabilities,
>feature classes, geographic metadata, and other related geospatial
>information.
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>Deliverables -
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>(1) By June 2003, provide to EM TC participants educational
> materials, as well as identifying specific standards and
> standards work such as the Open GIS Consortium, ISO TC 211
> and the FGDC Framework Themes progressing in ANSI;
>(2) By September 2003, provide advice on the GIS aspects of
> the particular EM TC standards work concerning the Common
> Alerting Protocol (CAP);
>(3) By December 2003, institute the process to reach a consensus
> position on how best to align symbologies across different
> maps used in an emergency.
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