Notes: May 2016 DCS GIS Solutions Group Meeting
Date: May 17, 2016 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: DIR Conference Room # 4 (Congress Room)
Meeting Chair: Richard Wade, TWDB/TNRIS
Co-chair: Ed Kelly, DIR Co-chair
Participants: Ed Kelly, DIR Co-chair | Monica Watt, CSEC | Raj Nadkarni, TCEQ | Kim Ludeke, TPWD | Michael
Chamberlain, TXDOT | Andrew Mellon, DPS | Scot Friedman, GLO | Alex Sanders, GLO | Jeff Perkins, GLO | Susan Seet, CSEC | Greg
Smithhart, TCEQ | Michael Zugelder, TXDOT | Felicia Retiz, TWDB | Gayla Mullins, TWDB | Rob Aanstoos, TWDB
Other attendees: Brooks Myers, Tere Shade, Michael Kersey, Dave Ballinger, DIR;
Meeting Attendees: Richard Wade, Ed Kelly, Monica Watt , Kara Manton, Kim Ludecke, Raj Nadkarni, Rob Aanstoos,
Brooks Myers, Susan Seet, Gayla Mullins, Greg Smithhart, Michael Kersey, Chad Lersch, Tere Shade, Kate Fite
Welcome and Introductions
Richard Wade opened the meeting with introductions around the room.
Contract Update
Tere Shade provided updates.
- DIR has finalized T&Cs for google flyovers. Tere Shade will send an update to group. It is T&C for google imagery
and platform.
- DIR now processing PO for estimated cost of flyovers between now and 8/31/2017.
- Contract signed yesterday. Goes through 8/31/2017.
Cost Model Update
- Richard Wade asked Chad Lersch to talk about the cost model.
- Chad: DIR financial people really keen on aligning cost model with usage.
- Model has been developed that captures requests.
- Expect to have a better snapshot going forward.
- At some point we are going to snap a chaulk line. It will probably be sometime in June or July of 2017 in advance of
8/31/2017 start date.
- Recommendation that people take some time to stabilize usage in advance of usage based costs, by reviewing actual usage.
Governor’s Report Update
Rob Aanstoos and Richard Wade provided an update on the Governor’s Report:
- Lot of progress on report.
- Continue drafting. There is still time to submit more feedback or if something new comes up.
- TNRIS will be engaging in some follow-up to make certain that issues are mapped by agencies.
- It is still a work in progress.
- Middle/end of June slated to release to a wider audience.
- Hope for it to be out a week before this next meeting. '
Discussion Items
- GIS SG member invited to send agenda topics in advance of meeting. Start working on agenda generally 10 days in advance of
meeting.
- Possibly expand GIS SG topics beyond Google e.g. how to spend any overage funds on behalf of the state, procuring imagery
from other sources.
- StratMap: currently has 7 approve vendors out of 17. Remaining are still in negotiation phase with DIR
- GeoRodeo is this Friday.
- Interagency data transparency group has met.
- Survey being created for IT directors on open data.
Next Meeting: June 16, 2016, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.