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Board Initiatives

Periodically, the URISA Board of Directors researches and takes action on specific initiatives.

Sept 2006 - Support Full Funding for the Census Bureau’s 2007 Budget Request

There have been serious efforts in Congress to reduce funding for the Census Bureau’s 2007 budget request. The funding cut would harm many of the Census 2010 related planning activities and in particular the American Community Survey (ACS).

Therefore, in support of full funding for the Census Bureau in Fiscal year 2007, the URISA Board of Directors has joined several other organizations by sending a letter to the members of the Commerce-Justice-Science Subcommittee.

If you are in favor of the Census Bureau’s funding request, show your support by writing a letter to your Senator(s) by September 22nd.

  • We have provided a template in MS Word format for your use, if desired.
  • All US Senators’ names, mailing, and email addresses are found here.
    Please note that the majority of Senators recommend sending email over regular mail.

 

Street Address Standard

Street addresses are the location identifiers most widely-used by state and local government and the public. Street addresses are critical information for administrative, emergency response, research, marketing, mapping, GIS, routing and navigation, and many other purposes. Because they have evolved over many decades, under the control of thousands of local jurisdictions, in many different record and database formats, and to serve many purposes, different address formats and types pose a number of complex geoprocessing and modeling issues.

 

 

 

 

 

National GI 3C (Cooperate, Coordinate, Collaborate) Task Force

 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure Task Force

At the 2002 URISA Annual Conference a special task force was created to examine the vertical and horizontal integration of existing datasets at regional, state, and national levels. It is will also look at the creation of new data where the gaps exist promise to finally bring about a viable spatial data infrastructure to support decision making and action in both crisis and ordinary situations. Some of the programs that will be looked at are:

  • The National Map

  • I-Teams

  • 133 Cities Project

  • GeoSpatial One Stop

  • The First Responders / FEMA

  • TIGER Enhancement

The task force's primary responsibilities are:

  • increase awareness and understanding of the scope and objectives of various initiatives among the community members;

  • identify the relevant organizational and institutional issues and experiences;

  • point to the effective forms of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration that will bring mutual benefits to the involved parties, but also result in a coherent national information base;

  • advocate approaches for sustaining long term partnerships and mechanisms for geographic information development and maintenance; and

  • communicate with the leadership of various initiatives to share views, concerns, and ideas.

For more information about this task force or if you are interested in joining please select the link below.

 

Other Initiatives

 

In the spring of 2005, the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) accepted a proposal submitted by URISA to create a Street Address Standard. URISA Past President Martha Lombard, GISP, and former Board Members Hilary Perkins, GISP and Ed Wells, GISP are leading this effort on URISA's behalf. Additional Core Committee team leaders include Carl Anderson, Anne O’Connor, and Sara Yurman.

The results of this consensus-driven process will be submitted through the FGDC's formal standards approval process. If they are accepted, the Census Bureau will maintain the standards under the auspices of its duties as theme lead for the Federal Subcommittee on Cultural, Society, and Demographics.

 

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