In addition to the projects undertaken by specific committees, IGIC strives to further GIS in the state by working with partners in the public and private sectors. Below are a few of our
current projects.
Statewide Orthophotography Program
Designed to maintain statewide aerial photography for Indiana, this is an ongoing program of new data acquisition projects. more...
Statewide Elevation Program
Not your mother's elevation data - this is statewide, high resolution, and high accuracy. One of the basic framework layers, elevation data is available as DEMs and LiDAR.more...
Statewide Local-resolution National Hydrography Data (NHD) Development
Funded primarily by the Indiana Office of Community ande Rural Affairs (OCRA), and in-part by the US Geological Survey this project is developing a new hydrographic data model for the state. The existing High-Resolution NHD data originally produced at a scale of 1:24,000 is being replaced with new Local-Resolution NHD data produced at a scale of 1:2,400. more...
County Data Sharing Initiative
Awarded to IGIC by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), this project supports our ongoing statewide County Data Sharing Initiative. It allowed IGIC and its partners to further develop the processes and tools critical to the development of the IndianaMap, the portal for sharing local data. Activities included the development of data harvesting tools, QA/QC data testing and reporting, data replication and publishing to the IndianaMap, next generation data model design, and the documentation and sharing of best practices. more...
IndianaMap
This ongoing multi-phase project envisions a single, widely accessible digital map for Indiana.
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Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Hydrography Updates
What's in a name? The difference between a creek and a ditch can make all the difference in the world when it comes to complying with federal codes, funding, and management. This project has improved the geographic name information in the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). The names listed in the NHD did not accurately reflect those in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), the authoritative federal source for geographic names. This project has been an essential first step toward ultimately building more accurate and complete NHD data for Indiana.
Essential Facilities Data for the IndianaMap
The US Geological Survey is funding this project to add essential facility structures to the IndianaMap. The additions include fire stations, police stations, emergency operations centers, hospitals, medical care facilities, and schools. The data is currently part of FEMA’s HAZUS Multi-Hazard risk assessment tool, which is widely used to model and analyze potential losses from floods, hurricane winds, and earthquakes. This project will also develop, deploy and test the ability for local non-GIS First Responders to maintain this structure information through a web-based Google Maps interface.
IndianaMap Framework Data Plans
State code stipulates that IGIC make recommendations to the Indiana Geographic Information Officer on a statewide data integration plan. This is being accomplished by breaking the information into framework data layers, and evaluating plans for each layer. more...
Return on Investment Study
Through a Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) grant from the Federal Geographic Data Committee, IGIC has produced a
return on investment study for statewide GIS. more...
IndianaMap for Economic Development
The IndianaMap package is an ideal tool to build thriving communities. IGIC is putting these digital map collections
into the hands of the people striving to improve Indiana economies. more...
IndianaMap - In A Library Near You!
With funding from an AT&T Excelerator Grant, IGIC and the Indiana State Library put new
county digital maps in at least one public library in every county in the state. more...
Huck Finn
The Huck Finn project encourages kids' involvement in the GIS through activities
like Paint Your Schoolyard.
Tie Card Scanning Project
In a multi-jurisdictional effort, surveyor's tie cards are being scanned and accessed electronically by
surveyors around the state. more...
GPS for Kids
Working with the Geography Educators' Network of Indiana, IGIC distributed GPS units, software,
and aerial photography to 10 schools and youth groups across Indiana.
