WMS / WFS Training
July 10th, 2008
Links to WMS/WFS Documentation and Training Materials
Download SDMI WMS ArcGIS layer files (*,lyr)
Please email your questions and comments to wms@alaskamapped.org Thanks!
update: WMS available in Google Earth
Alaska Statewide DEM Workshop
June 5th, 2008
2008 Alaska DEM Workshop is complete: download presentations and whitepaper here.
The Alaska Statewide Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Workshop will be held July 22 & 23, 2008 in Anchorage, Alaska. The goals of the workshop include:
- Learn about potential solutions from data providers
- Study requirements for an improved, statewide Alaska DEM
- Summarize options and classify potential solutions
- Make recommendations for next steps.
There is no cost for registration. Please register early to help us with logistics planning. A block of hotel rooms has been reserved for out of town guests.
Agenda: Final ver. 1.3
Data providers who will be presenting (links are to DEM product information):
UPDATE: Survey Available for DEM workshop attendees
We have a survey, as part of the 'Electronic DEM Delivery' talk, for you to take:
DEM Survey
SDMI WMS in Google Earth
April 3rd, 2008
You can now add the BDL and DRG (USGS Topographic Maps) WMS layers to Google Earth. The WMS is being made available via a KML files. You can open KML files in both Google Earth and Google Maps.
If you have any issues using the KML files, feel free to use the forum announcement as a place to give feedback.
- BDL.kml - SDMI's Best Data Layer
- DRG.kml - USGS Topographic Maps
- SDMI Google Earth Layers - User feedback forum
- Google Earth - Download Google Earth
SDMI Survey
March 6th, 2008
Survey is closed - Results from user survey is now available.
The SDMI survey has been published and is available to all to take. This survey is directed to those who utilize digital imagery and/or elevation data in their operations, and includes technicians and managers alike. If you have taken a prior draft version of this survey before, please take the time to complete this particular survey. We will be conducting follow-up on this survey. Your efforts will lead to better data upon which to base important decisions regarding SDMI. The survey is available at the following link:
This survey is very important to the SDMI project, as it will enable us to collect the data upon which to assess the need for digital imagery and elevation data, including resolving questions as to what resolution of data is most suitable for SDMI.
Please direct any questions you may have to the following email address. If you are having any problems with the survey, again, please direct these to this email.
sdmisurvey@hdrinc.com
SDMI Briefing Paper and AKSMC booth
February 26th, 2008
A two page paper summarizing SDMI goals and status as of February 2008 is now avaialble.
From the briefing:
Summary:
Government, military, and commercial operations need accurate digital base maps to meet their missions. Alaska’s Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative (SDMI) is an interagency program to produce high-resolution, digital base maps of the entire state. Existing topographic maps of Alaska are more than 40 years old, and inaccuracies of up to a quarter-mile exist in places. Alaska is the only state in the nation without current digital imagery and elevation maps at nationally accepted standards.
Read more... SDMI Briefing Paper: February 25, 2008
Also, SDMI will have a booth at the 42nd annual Alaska Surveying & Mapping conference this week from Tuesday afternoon until Thursday evening. There will also be a Friday morning technical session about SDMI.
SDMI Briefing Paper
August 2nd, 2007
A one page briefing paper summarizing SDMI goals and status as of July 2007 is now available.
From the briefing:
Summary:
Alaska’s Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative is an interagency effort to produce high-resolution, digital base maps of the entire state. Existing topographic maps of Alaska are more than 40 years old, and it’s common to find inaccuracies of up to a quarter-mile. Government and military operations and, just as importantly, private entities, need accurate digital base maps to succeed in computerized data environments. This initiative is timely because Alaska is the only state without digital imagery and elevation maps at nationally accepted standards.
Alaska SDMI Planning RFP Released
June 6th, 2007
The State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources has issued an RFP for planning and project management services for the Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative.
Interested parties should contact Marlys Hagen and provide their contact information, including email addresses, in order to receive notification of amendments. Her contact information:
Marlys Hagen
marlys_hagen@dnr.state.ak.us
DNR Procurement Officer
Department of Natural Resources
550 W. 7th Avenue Suite 1230
Anchorage, AK 99501-3564
907.269.8666 voice
907.269.8909 fax
907-269-8411 TDD
Important dates to note include:
- Proposals must be received no later than 4:00 P.M., Alaska time on July 17, 2007.
- There is a pre-proposal conference scheduled for Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in Suite 1860 of the Robert B. Atwood Building, 550 W 7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska.
Open Geospatial Consortium Standards Support
May 18th, 2007
The Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative makes all of its data held available through Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Mapping Services (WMS). A more in-depth overview and support is available at the SDMI UA-GINA support forum.
Here is a example of an image produced by the WMS service– Hood Lake near Anchorage, Alaska
Strategic Plan Released
March 9th, 2007
The Alaska Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative is pleased to announce the release of a Strategic Plan outlining the need, rationale, and benefits of improved base mapping of Alaska.
From the Executive Summary: “An underlying digital base map of Alaska is essential to support informed public policy and decision making on a broad scale. It is also critical to deliver competent disaster recovery and emergency services to the citizens of Alaska as well as a variety of other value added products, which would benefit both public and private users.”
For additional information please contact Alaska Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative personnel.