25/05
Contributed by: Chris Dintaman, The IndianaMap Support Team, Indiana Geological Survey
Twenty-one layers provided by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality, have been updated. These layers can be found in the following IndianaMap folder: ENVIRONMENT/BIOLOGY > Environment. If you are an off-line user of these data, you may wish to re-download them by clicking on the layer name below:
Twenty-one layers provided by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Land Quality, have been updated. These layers can be found in the following IndianaMap folder: ENVIRONMENT/BIOLOGY > Environment. If you are an off-line user of these data, you may wish to re-download them by clicking on the layer name below:
Brownfields
Cleanup Sites
Composting Facilities
Confined Feeding Operations
Const./Demol. Waste Sites
Corrective Action Sites
Industrial Waste Sites
Institutional Control Sites
Leaking UG Storage Tanks
Manufactured Gas Plants
Old Landfills
Open Dump Waste Sites
Restricted Waste Sites
Septage Waste Sites
Solid Waste Landfills
Superfund Sites
Tire Waste Sites
Underground Storage Tanks
Voluntary Remediation Program
Waste Transfer Stations
Waste Treatment Storage Disposal
Cleanup Sites
Composting Facilities
Confined Feeding Operations
Const./Demol. Waste Sites
Corrective Action Sites
Industrial Waste Sites
Institutional Control Sites
Leaking UG Storage Tanks
Manufactured Gas Plants
Old Landfills
Open Dump Waste Sites
Restricted Waste Sites
Septage Waste Sites
Solid Waste Landfills
Superfund Sites
Tire Waste Sites
Underground Storage Tanks
Voluntary Remediation Program
Waste Transfer Stations
Waste Treatment Storage Disposal
19/05
Over 2.5 million point addresses covering almost 70 of Indiana's 92 counties have now been published from the IndianaMap on OpenAddresses.org. Similar to OpenStreetMaps.org, OpenAddresses.org is an open source web portal for the management of Open worldwide geolocated postal addresses.
OpenAddresses is currently in BETA and not all of the functionality is currently in place. To date, Indiana is the third U. S. State to have joined this effort, joining North Carolina and Arkansas.
14/05
Indianapolis, IN (Friday 5/14/2010). The Indiana Department of Administration (IDOA) acting on behalf of the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT) today released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for new orthophotography for the State of Indiana.
The last statewide orthophotography project for Indiana was flown in 2005/2006. Under this new program, new orthophotography would begin to be flown in the spring of 2011. Funds for the statewide orthophotography program will come from state agencies, local governments, grants and other sources.
The Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC) and the Indiana Geographic Information Office (GIO) have worked closely together to develop this RFP and to develop a funding and partnership model to create this program for new orthophotography across Indiana.
A goal is to acquire imagery for at least one-third of the state per year in an ongoing rotation. The first year (2011) will be the middle third of Indiana (though this has yet to be finalized), since this provides the most challenge in terms of delivery in multiple coordinate systems.
The last statewide orthophotography project for Indiana was flown in 2005/2006. Under this new program, new orthophotography would begin to be flown in the spring of 2011. Funds for the statewide orthophotography program will come from state agencies, local governments, grants and other sources.
The Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC) and the Indiana Geographic Information Office (GIO) have worked closely together to develop this RFP and to develop a funding and partnership model to create this program for new orthophotography across Indiana.
A goal is to acquire imagery for at least one-third of the state per year in an ongoing rotation. The first year (2011) will be the middle third of Indiana (though this has yet to be finalized), since this provides the most challenge in terms of delivery in multiple coordinate systems.
Delivery of all new products will be no later than September 30th of the year that the imagery is captured. The final extents and distribution of each resolution for this project will be fixed during contract negotiations.
This new program will include imagery acquisition, and subsequent delivery of digital color orthophotography and selected optional mapping products, at resolutions of 18-inch, 1-foot, 6-inch and 3-inch imagery. Depending on pricing and availability of funds, IOT intends the base product to be 18-inch pixel resolution orthophotography statewide, plus ancillary data products. Local and regional government entities, and other groups will be encouraged to participate in this program and buy-up from the base product resolution as well as purchase ancillary and additional data products. All orthophotography and ancillary data products produced through this contract shall be public domain data without restrictions on distribution or use.
This new program will include imagery acquisition, and subsequent delivery of digital color orthophotography and selected optional mapping products, at resolutions of 18-inch, 1-foot, 6-inch and 3-inch imagery. Depending on pricing and availability of funds, IOT intends the base product to be 18-inch pixel resolution orthophotography statewide, plus ancillary data products. Local and regional government entities, and other groups will be encouraged to participate in this program and buy-up from the base product resolution as well as purchase ancillary and additional data products. All orthophotography and ancillary data products produced through this contract shall be public domain data without restrictions on distribution or use.
Vendors will be asked to provide quotes for the following:
Orthophotography Product Set Deliverables:
Color Orthophotography and Ancillary Products (3-band, 24-bit GeoTIFF tiles) at 18-inch pixel (Base product), 1-foot pixel, 6-inch pixel and 3-inch pixel resolution.
Optional Product Set Deliverables:
- Orthophotography tiles in Enhanced Compression Wavelet (ECW) format, compressed at 20:1
- New bare-earth digital elevation model (DEM) suitable for holding orthophotography
- LiDAR mission (1-meter post spacing, at least first and last returns) and classified (ground/non-ground) point cloud
- Two-foot contours produced from the LiDAR mission data
- Near infrared Orthophotography (false color, CIR)
- Additional products: may include planimetric capture, feature extraction, breaklines, contours, spot elevations, true orthos, oblique photography, stereo photography, etc.
Proposals are due back from the vendors on June 9, 2010, with the goal of having a signed contract in place by late summer. This schedule will provide plenty of time for program outreach, education, budgeting and buy-ups before the spring 2011 flying season begins.
Here is the link to access the RFP: http://www.in.gov/idoa/proc/bids/rfp-10-89/
Color Orthophotography and Ancillary Products (3-band, 24-bit GeoTIFF tiles) at 18-inch pixel (Base product), 1-foot pixel, 6-inch pixel and 3-inch pixel resolution.
Optional Product Set Deliverables:
- Orthophotography tiles in Enhanced Compression Wavelet (ECW) format, compressed at 20:1
- New bare-earth digital elevation model (DEM) suitable for holding orthophotography
- LiDAR mission (1-meter post spacing, at least first and last returns) and classified (ground/non-ground) point cloud
- Two-foot contours produced from the LiDAR mission data
- Near infrared Orthophotography (false color, CIR)
- Additional products: may include planimetric capture, feature extraction, breaklines, contours, spot elevations, true orthos, oblique photography, stereo photography, etc.
Proposals are due back from the vendors on June 9, 2010, with the goal of having a signed contract in place by late summer. This schedule will provide plenty of time for program outreach, education, budgeting and buy-ups before the spring 2011 flying season begins.
Here is the link to access the RFP: http://www.in.gov/idoa/proc/bids/rfp-10-89/
07/05
Contributed by: Chris Dintaman, The IndianaMap Support Team, Indiana Geological Survey
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The IndianaMap Atlas is an interactive map and data repository that contains more than 200 layers of geographic, geologic, environmental, and other data for the state of Indiana. The IndianaMap is produced and managed by the Indiana Geological Survey at Indiana University.
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Updated Layers
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has provided four updated data layers named "Dams (IDNR)," "Trails (IDNR)," "Managed Lands (IDNR)," and "Water Wells (IDNR)." The dams and trails layers can be found in the following folder: INFRASTRUCTURE > Other Infrastructure. The managed lands layer can be found in the following folder: ENVIRONMENT/BIOLOGY > Management Areas & Misc. The water wells layer can be found in the following folder: HYDROLOGY > Hydrogeology. If you are a user of these data, you may wish to re-download them.
Maps of the Month
(The following links were created using the “Hyperlink” tool on the IndianaMap)
- Map showing Dams (IDNR)
- Map showing Trails (IDNR)
- Map showing Managed Lands (IDNR)
- Map showing Water Wells (IDNR) in Marion County
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The IndianaMap Atlas is an interactive map and data repository that contains more than 200 layers of geographic, geologic, environmental, and other data for the state of Indiana. The IndianaMap is produced and managed by the Indiana Geological Survey at Indiana University.
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Updated Layers
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has provided four updated data layers named "Dams (IDNR)," "Trails (IDNR)," "Managed Lands (IDNR)," and "Water Wells (IDNR)." The dams and trails layers can be found in the following folder: INFRASTRUCTURE > Other Infrastructure. The managed lands layer can be found in the following folder: ENVIRONMENT/BIOLOGY > Management Areas & Misc. The water wells layer can be found in the following folder: HYDROLOGY > Hydrogeology. If you are a user of these data, you may wish to re-download them.
Maps of the Month
(The following links were created using the “Hyperlink” tool on the IndianaMap)
- Map showing Dams (IDNR)
- Map showing Trails (IDNR)
- Map showing Managed Lands (IDNR)
- Map showing Water Wells (IDNR) in Marion County
An example of the IDNR Managed Lands layer - RANDOLPH WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA in Randolph County is shown below:
30/04
Written By: Rick Hill, Assistant Director, Technical Services Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
History
IndianaMap began in 1999 as the “Southwestern Indiana GIS Atlas,” a cooperative project involving the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS), Bernardin Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. (BLA), and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). The IGS was contracted to gather geologic and other spatial data from numerous state and federal agencies and other public sources, and enter it into a GIS system for analysis by BLA, INDOT, and others. The data, together with detailed metadata for 173 layers, were distributed to the public on CD-ROMs that were provided to 26 county libraries in southwestern Indiana and as an Interactive Mapping Services Web site, named the “GIS Atlas of Southwest Indiana.” The Web site soon became very popular.
In 2003, the Indiana Geological Survey submitted a proposal to INDOT to expand the Atlas to include GIS data covering the entire state. The contract was approved, the project moved forward, and a new Web site named the “GIS Atlas for Indiana” was created. In 2009 the Indiana Geographic Information Council, the State Geographic Information Officer, the IGS, and INDOT agreed to rebrand the GIS Atlas for Indiana to “IndianaMap.” Typically, IndianaMap serves about 12,000 unique visitors every month, including representatives of businesses, consulting firms, government agencies, academia, and the general public.
IndianaMap Technology
IndianaMap and its predecessors were developed by the staff of the IGS and is a custom JavaScript application using ESRI’s Internet Mapping Services. IndianaMap accesses more than 230 GIS layers from three sources—the Indiana Geological Survey SDE Database, University Information Technology Services SDE Image Database, and ESRI’s Geometry and Geocoding Services.
Additionally, IndianaMap Internet Mapping Services and Web Mapping Services are also available and include: Indiana Historical Aerial Photos, Framework-Government Boundaries, Framework-Cadastral, Framework-Elevation, Framework-Geodetic Control, Framework-Hydrography, Framework-Orthoimagery, and Framework-Transportation.
Updates
IndianaMap is updated the first Tuesday of the month (TFTOTM, pronounced “tuff-toe-tum”) as newer data become available. Many of the data stewards that contribute to IndianaMap contact the Indiana Geological Survey to make arrangements to provide updated GIS layers. As GIS layers are updated, so are their metadata. Nearly all the GIS data that have metadata are available for download.
Staffing for IndianaMap
There are numerous staff members from the IGS and University Information Technology Services, Indiana University that maintain, develop, and update applications, databases, high-performance networks, disk farms, servers, metadata, and numerous data sets for IndianaMap and associated mapping services. Job positions such as Oracle Database Administrators, SQL Database Administrators, SDE Administrators, System Analysis Programmers, Server Administrators, High-Performance Network Administrators, Web Administrators, and more all contribute to the successful operations of IndianaMap.
The Future
IndianaMap is currently being rewritten by the staff of the IGS as an ESRI ArcGIS Server application using Microsoft’s Silverlight development platform. There are many challenges that must be considered and addressed as part of a full application rewrite—things such as image caching, design, layer management, features, and performance, just to name a few. In addition, other IndianaMap products and services are being discussed to broaden the use and availability of Indiana’s GIS data.
History
IndianaMap began in 1999 as the “Southwestern Indiana GIS Atlas,” a cooperative project involving the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS), Bernardin Lochmueller and Associates, Inc. (BLA), and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). The IGS was contracted to gather geologic and other spatial data from numerous state and federal agencies and other public sources, and enter it into a GIS system for analysis by BLA, INDOT, and others. The data, together with detailed metadata for 173 layers, were distributed to the public on CD-ROMs that were provided to 26 county libraries in southwestern Indiana and as an Interactive Mapping Services Web site, named the “GIS Atlas of Southwest Indiana.” The Web site soon became very popular.
In 2003, the Indiana Geological Survey submitted a proposal to INDOT to expand the Atlas to include GIS data covering the entire state. The contract was approved, the project moved forward, and a new Web site named the “GIS Atlas for Indiana” was created. In 2009 the Indiana Geographic Information Council, the State Geographic Information Officer, the IGS, and INDOT agreed to rebrand the GIS Atlas for Indiana to “IndianaMap.” Typically, IndianaMap serves about 12,000 unique visitors every month, including representatives of businesses, consulting firms, government agencies, academia, and the general public.
IndianaMap Technology
IndianaMap and its predecessors were developed by the staff of the IGS and is a custom JavaScript application using ESRI’s Internet Mapping Services. IndianaMap accesses more than 230 GIS layers from three sources—the Indiana Geological Survey SDE Database, University Information Technology Services SDE Image Database, and ESRI’s Geometry and Geocoding Services.
Additionally, IndianaMap Internet Mapping Services and Web Mapping Services are also available and include: Indiana Historical Aerial Photos, Framework-Government Boundaries, Framework-Cadastral, Framework-Elevation, Framework-Geodetic Control, Framework-Hydrography, Framework-Orthoimagery, and Framework-Transportation.
Updates
IndianaMap is updated the first Tuesday of the month (TFTOTM, pronounced “tuff-toe-tum”) as newer data become available. Many of the data stewards that contribute to IndianaMap contact the Indiana Geological Survey to make arrangements to provide updated GIS layers. As GIS layers are updated, so are their metadata. Nearly all the GIS data that have metadata are available for download.
Staffing for IndianaMap
There are numerous staff members from the IGS and University Information Technology Services, Indiana University that maintain, develop, and update applications, databases, high-performance networks, disk farms, servers, metadata, and numerous data sets for IndianaMap and associated mapping services. Job positions such as Oracle Database Administrators, SQL Database Administrators, SDE Administrators, System Analysis Programmers, Server Administrators, High-Performance Network Administrators, Web Administrators, and more all contribute to the successful operations of IndianaMap.
The Future
IndianaMap is currently being rewritten by the staff of the IGS as an ESRI ArcGIS Server application using Microsoft’s Silverlight development platform. There are many challenges that must be considered and addressed as part of a full application rewrite—things such as image caching, design, layer management, features, and performance, just to name a few. In addition, other IndianaMap products and services are being discussed to broaden the use and availability of Indiana’s GIS data.
21/04
The following is a summary of the monthly reports submitted by Chris Dintaman and Denver Harper on behalf of Dr. John Steinmetz and the other contributors to the IndianaMap Viewer.
Updated Map Layers:
The four layers that provide county-provided framework data (including address points, street centerlines, land parcels, and governmental boundaries) have been updated. The layers were compiled from data maintained by various county agencies in Indiana, as part of the IndianaMap Data Sharing Initiative between Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC), Indiana Office of Technology (IOT), Indiana Geographic Information Office (GIO), Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS), Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) and participating Indiana counties.
- The layers named "Address Points (IDHS)" and "Street Centerlines (IDHS)" can be found in the following folder: INFRASTRUCTURE > Roads.
- The layers named "Land Parcels (IDHS)" and "Government Boundaries (IDHS)" can be found in the following folder: DEMOGRAPHICS > Political & Other Boundaries.
Statistics:
* 85 of 92 Counties have committed to participate in this initiative
* 68 counties have been harvested
* Current published data counts:
Updated Map Layers:
The four layers that provide county-provided framework data (including address points, street centerlines, land parcels, and governmental boundaries) have been updated. The layers were compiled from data maintained by various county agencies in Indiana, as part of the IndianaMap Data Sharing Initiative between Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC), Indiana Office of Technology (IOT), Indiana Geographic Information Office (GIO), Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS), Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) and participating Indiana counties.
- The layers named "Address Points (IDHS)" and "Street Centerlines (IDHS)" can be found in the following folder: INFRASTRUCTURE > Roads.
- The layers named "Land Parcels (IDHS)" and "Government Boundaries (IDHS)" can be found in the following folder: DEMOGRAPHICS > Political & Other Boundaries.
Statistics:
* 85 of 92 Counties have committed to participate in this initiative
* 68 counties have been harvested
* Current published data counts:
2,571,867 Land Parcels
2,017,387 Address Points
3,043 Jurisdictional Boundaries
450,773 Street Centerlines Segments
2,017,387 Address Points
3,043 Jurisdictional Boundaries
450,773 Street Centerlines Segments
NOTE: All four layers are also NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD in ESRI Shapefile format from the IndianaMap Viewer.
NOTE: These new layers represent the seventh monthly set of data harvested through the ongoing Data Sharing Initiative program by IDHS from local government sources on March 31, 2010. These layers are provided "as-is" and have not been quality control checked for completeness, accuracy or content, and should not to be used for any official or business purpose. Be sure to read the metadata for each layer.
NOTE -- SCALE DEPENDENT VIEWING: These datasets are not viewable at the full statewide extent. The intended scale of viewing for these data is approximately at the level of county, and trying to view these high-resolution layers at full statewide extent would greatly affect the performance of the map.
- The layers "Address Points (IDHS)" and "Street Centerlines (IDHS)" are only viewable on the map at a scale of 1:200,000 or smaller.
- The layer named "Address Points (IDHS)" is only viewable on the map at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.
Outreach
During the period of March 16 through April 15, a total of 20 service requests were answered by personnel of the IGS. These involved responses to comments or questions received from the public by email, telephone, or personal visits. Eight (8) of the requests dealt with interruptions of service.
As of April 16, there were approximately 709 subscribers to the INDIANAMAPVIEWER-L listserv.
NOTE -- SCALE DEPENDENT VIEWING: These datasets are not viewable at the full statewide extent. The intended scale of viewing for these data is approximately at the level of county, and trying to view these high-resolution layers at full statewide extent would greatly affect the performance of the map.
- The layers "Address Points (IDHS)" and "Street Centerlines (IDHS)" are only viewable on the map at a scale of 1:200,000 or smaller.
- The layer named "Address Points (IDHS)" is only viewable on the map at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller.
Outreach
During the period of March 16 through April 15, a total of 20 service requests were answered by personnel of the IGS. These involved responses to comments or questions received from the public by email, telephone, or personal visits. Eight (8) of the requests dealt with interruptions of service.
As of April 16, there were approximately 709 subscribers to the INDIANAMAPVIEWER-L listserv.
12/04
The Indiana Department of Administration has announced that AECOM has been selected for contract negotiations to develop the Local Resolution National Hydrography Data for the State of Indiana. The new hydrography data will improve the positional accuracy from the existing USGS 1"=2,000' scale high-resolution NHD data to new 1"=200' scale local-resolution NHD data (10 times better). The new local-resolution NHD data will be aligned to available orthophotography and digital elevation model data no older than that available from the 2005 Statewide Ortho project. This new local-resolution NHD data will replace all of the existing high-resolution hydrography features, many of which were mapped over 25-35 years ago, as well as providing significant more detail with much more consistent hydrography densities (based on 6-acre drainage catchments) than previously available. All existing attributes from the high-resolution NHD (e.g. Names, Reach Indexes, etc...) will be conflated to the new hydro graphics data. The new hydrography data will also incorporate updated and corrected stream and lake names from IGIC's current ongoing GNIS update project.
If the contract negotiations are successful, two Indiana businesses--Cripe Architects + Engineers and Pinnacle Mapping Technologies--will be assisting AECOM as subcontractors on the project . Phase One of the project will be to complete the upgrade for 9 sub-basins within the Great Lakes Initiative Area in northern Indiana. Other phases will be addressed when funds are available. Please see http://www.igic.org/committees/waters/NhdUpgrade_20100223.pdf for a brief synopsis of the project.
If the contract negotiations are successful, two Indiana businesses--Cripe Architects + Engineers and Pinnacle Mapping Technologies--will be assisting AECOM as subcontractors on the project . Phase One of the project will be to complete the upgrade for 9 sub-basins within the Great Lakes Initiative Area in northern Indiana. Other phases will be addressed when funds are available. Please see http://www.igic.org/committees/waters/NhdUpgrade_20100223.pdf for a brief synopsis of the project.
06/03
Story by: Anna Radue, Research Technologies GIS Support, UITS
University Information Technology Services (UITS) at Indiana University (IU) recently upgraded IU’s Massive Data Storage System (MDSS) which supports the ISDP imagery archival/distribution services. Staff replaced the nearly 10 year old STK Powderhorn tape library with a new IBM TS3500 tape library located in IU’s new Bloomington Data Center. The two robots in the new library improve the tape mounting performance and are configured in a high availability design allowing one robot to assume all duties should the other robot fail. The new library now has a total of 5,394 tape slots, supports a mixture of 3592 and LTO tape media, and allows future expansion to over 10,000 tape slots.
UITS staff also installed twenty new IBM TS1130 tape drives in the new tape library. Each tape drive is capable of a sustained, uncompressed read or write rate of 160 megabytes per second. Each tape cartridge can hold up to 1,000GB's of data. MDSS now offers in total over 5,400 TB's of archival storage and currently stores over 18.7 TB’s of Indiana spatial data.
For more information about MDSS, please visit the Knowledge Base article: http://kb.iu.edu/data/aiyi.html
For more information about ISDP, please visit http://gis.iu.edu
University Information Technology Services (UITS) at Indiana University (IU) recently upgraded IU’s Massive Data Storage System (MDSS) which supports the ISDP imagery archival/distribution services. Staff replaced the nearly 10 year old STK Powderhorn tape library with a new IBM TS3500 tape library located in IU’s new Bloomington Data Center. The two robots in the new library improve the tape mounting performance and are configured in a high availability design allowing one robot to assume all duties should the other robot fail. The new library now has a total of 5,394 tape slots, supports a mixture of 3592 and LTO tape media, and allows future expansion to over 10,000 tape slots.
UITS staff also installed twenty new IBM TS1130 tape drives in the new tape library. Each tape drive is capable of a sustained, uncompressed read or write rate of 160 megabytes per second. Each tape cartridge can hold up to 1,000GB's of data. MDSS now offers in total over 5,400 TB's of archival storage and currently stores over 18.7 TB’s of Indiana spatial data.
For more information about MDSS, please visit the Knowledge Base article: http://kb.iu.edu/data/aiyi.html
For more information about ISDP, please visit http://gis.iu.edu
15/02
In the last month another five (5) Counties have signed the Data Sharing Agreement to become partners in the IndianaMap Data Sharing Initiative. This brings us up to 85 of 92 Indiana Counties on board.
Each county has agreed to dynamically share their GIS Parcel Polygons, Point Addresses, Street Centerlines, and Jurisdictional Boundaries with the State and the IndianaMap over the Internet as OGC Web Feature Services (WFS).
Our project team is currently working on harvesting the counties WFS connections and then publishing their data to the IndianaMap. Currently 67 of the 85 counties have provided IDHS with Web Feature Service URLs. Of these, we have harvested data for 60 counties and are working on the other 7. The current data on the IndianaMap includes 2,161 Jurisdictional Boundaries, 298,241 Street Centerline Segments, 1,229,788 Address Points, and 1,980,072 Parcels.
The map below shows the 85 counties in green that have signed the data sharing agreement.
Each county has agreed to dynamically share their GIS Parcel Polygons, Point Addresses, Street Centerlines, and Jurisdictional Boundaries with the State and the IndianaMap over the Internet as OGC Web Feature Services (WFS).
Our project team is currently working on harvesting the counties WFS connections and then publishing their data to the IndianaMap. Currently 67 of the 85 counties have provided IDHS with Web Feature Service URLs. Of these, we have harvested data for 60 counties and are working on the other 7. The current data on the IndianaMap includes 2,161 Jurisdictional Boundaries, 298,241 Street Centerline Segments, 1,229,788 Address Points, and 1,980,072 Parcels.
The map below shows the 85 counties in green that have signed the data sharing agreement.
IndianaMap Data Sharing Initiative Status Map
Uncommitted Counties:
White & Newton (shown in yellow)
Non Participating Counties:
Lake, Marshall, Allen, Boone, and Hamilton (shown in red)
White & Newton (shown in yellow)
Non Participating Counties:
Lake, Marshall, Allen, Boone, and Hamilton (shown in red)
This is an important program for Indiana, so if you live in one of the 7 counties listed above, please talk to your County Commissioners and discuss with them the importance, value and timeliness of your counties participation. If you need help with this conversation, please email Jim Sparks, Roger Koelpin, or Phil Worrall for support.
Click here to see current harvesting results on the IndianaMap. The layers named "Address Points (IDHS)" and "Street Centerlines (IDHS)" can be found in the following folder: INFRASTRUCTURE > Roads. The layers named "Land Parcels (IDHS)" and "Government Boundaries (IDHS)" can be found in the following folder: DEMOGRAPHICS > Political & Other Boundaries.
NOTE: These layers are now also available for download as ESRI shapefiles from the IndianaMap Layer menu. To download, select the [d] button next to the layer checkbox. Clicking on the [m] button will display current harvesting metadata for each layer. You can also stream these data layers directly into your GIS Applications as OGC Web Mapping Services (WMS). Click here for instructions on how to do this - http://www.indianamap.org/resources.html.
Finally, here are some quick-link bookmarks that allow you to quickly view this data close up on the IndianaMap:
Map showing Land Parcels and Address Points for the city of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
Map showing Street Centerlines and Land Parcels for Johnson County, Indiana
15/02
The following is a summary of the monthly reports submitted by Chris Dintaman and Denver Harper on behalf of Dr. John Steinmetz and the other contributors to the IndianaMap Viewer.
New Map Layers:
On February 2, 2010, a new layer has been added to the interactive map showing crops grown in 2008 (US Department of Agriculture). "Crops 2008" shows categorized land-cover data produced using satellite imagery for the purpose of providing supplemental acreage estimates for the state's major commodities. The imagery was collected between the dates of April 1, 2008 and September 30, 2008. This layer can be found in the following folder: ENVIRONMENT/BIOLOGY > Agriculture & Land Cover. If you are a user of these data, you may wish to download this layer.
Updated Map Layers:
On February 12, 2010 the 4 county data sharing layers were updated on the IndianaMap. These 4 layers can be found in the following folders.
New Map Layers:
On February 2, 2010, a new layer has been added to the interactive map showing crops grown in 2008 (US Department of Agriculture). "Crops 2008" shows categorized land-cover data produced using satellite imagery for the purpose of providing supplemental acreage estimates for the state's major commodities. The imagery was collected between the dates of April 1, 2008 and September 30, 2008. This layer can be found in the following folder: ENVIRONMENT/BIOLOGY > Agriculture & Land Cover. If you are a user of these data, you may wish to download this layer.
Updated Map Layers:
On February 12, 2010 the 4 county data sharing layers were updated on the IndianaMap. These 4 layers can be found in the following folders.
Land Parcels (IDHS), and Misc. Govt. Boundaries (IDHS) - under Demographics/Political & Other Boundaries
Address Points (IDHS), and Street Centerlines (IDHS) - under Infrastructure/Roads
Address Points (IDHS), and Street Centerlines (IDHS) - under Infrastructure/Roads
Maps of the Month: (The following links were created using the “Hyperlink” tool on the IndianaMap Atlas)
Map showing Crops 2008
http://inmap.indiana.edu/viewer.htm?547863,4403200,2151748,1,52,91,101,105,111,148,230,243,207,209
Map showing the 4 data sharing layers (zoom in to see parcel and address data)
http://inmap.indiana.edu/viewer.htm?547863,4403200,3198226,1,233,52,236,111,148,230,237,238,208