government private sector collaboration creates sustainable and cost effective geospatial programs

1. Government - Private Sector
Collaboration Creates Sustainable and
Cost Effective Geospatial Programs
GIS In The Rockies September 20, 2016

2. Presented by:
Brian Raber, CMS, GISP, GLS
Vice President- Geomatics, Merrick & Company
President Elect - MAPPS
Jason Caldwell
Vice President, Sanborn
President Colorado MAPPS

3. Presentation Topics
 Presentation Overview
 What is MAPPS?
 Government – Private Sector
Collaboration Success
Stories
USGS 3DEP
FAA UAV
 Comments and Discussion

4. Presentation Overview

5. Abstract
In a business environment where it seems like every dollar
is scrutinized, it has become important for the acquisition
of high quality data and professional services to be cost
effective, and contracting of such services to be efficient.
This presentation will focus on examples of programmatic
approaches to create geospatial data where federal, local,
and state governments are pooling budgets to reduce
overall costs to optimize their investment.
The presentation will also discuss the unique involvement
of a national geospatial association of private sector
companies that advocate and perform such programs.

6. What is MAPPS?

7. What is MAPPS?
 The national association of private sector geospatial firms
 34 years of congressional advocacy and partnering
 Actively engaged in the legislative process to leverage
geospatial solutions and services for societal benefits
 Geospatial profession and project recognition awards
 Code of Ethics and Principals that serve clients and public
 Supports an increase use of private sector firms and QBS
 Creates geospatial market and growth opportunities
 Raise awareness and contest as needed, unfair competition
 Bi-partisan Political Action Committee (PAC)
 Continuing education, networking, knowledge exchange,
and much more

8. What is CO-MAPPS?
 State chapter of national
association
 Formed 5 years ago
 Supported Governor’s
office to quantify number
of Colorado professionals
engaged in geospatial
activities
 Annual networking golf
event
 Quarterly business
meetings
 2017 Colorado Legislative
Day

9. Collaborate on Relevant CO Issues
 Grow Colorado’s geospatial
workforce with high paying
careers
 Leverage Colorado’s
concentration of firms for
economic growth
 Strengthen relationships with all
levels of academia
 Be a private sector voice in local
government and state legislature
 Pursue Public/Private
collaboration opportunities to
direct federal funds to Colorado
 Share knowledge of geospatial
innovation and technologies

10. A Few Recent MAPPS Accomplishments
 Advocating to congress for additional 3DEP funding
 Federal Land Inventory–FLAIR Act in current Energy Bill
 Actively helping pass the NOAA – Digital Coast Act and
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act
 Provided significant input to use private sector in the
Department of Transportation MAP 21 Act
 Collaborated with POB Magazine creating the first ever
POB Top 100 Geospatial Firms rankings
 Serves on the FAA Task Force for commercial operation of
UAS and provides input for rulemaking
 Provided input to Udall UAS Privacy/Surveillance Bill
 Assisted Governor's IT Office to prepare Colorado’s
Geospatial Footprint Survey

11. Government - Private Sector
Success Stories
3-D Elevation Program (3DEP)

12. 3-D LiDAR “Mission Critical”

13. Business Cases For LiDAR (adapted from USGS)
 Natural resources conservation
 Water supply and quality
 River & stream resource management
 Coastal zone management
 Forest resources management
 Rangeland management
 Wildlife and habitat management
 Agriculture and precision farming
 Geologic resource assessment and hazard
mitigation
 Mining planning, engineering, operations
 Renewable energy resources
 Hydrocarbon exploration, pipelines, safety
 Cultural resources preservation and
management
 Flood risk management
 Economic development
 Electric transmission and distribution
 Autonomous vehicle navigation
 Sea level rise and land subsidence
 Wildfire planning, emergency response
 Homeland security, law enforcement
 Civil protection and disaster response
 Land navigation and safety
 Marine navigation and safety
 Aviation navigation, safety, obstructions
 Infrastructure/construction management
 Urban and regional planning
 Health and human services
 Real estate, mortgage, insurance
 Archeology, human geography
 Educational campus facility management
 Recreation planning & management
 Telecommunications line-of-sight
 Transportation engineering and safety
 Cadastral modernization
 Bathymetric mapping
 Positive Train Control

14. 3DEP Partnership Program
 National LiDAR coverage in 8 years
 Executive Partners: USGS, FEMA,
NRCS, NOAA, HLS, USACE
 National Enhanced Elevation
Assessment (5:1 ROI)
 Ridged standards & quality levels
 25% large area cost efficiency
 Congressional and partner funding
 Annual Broad Agency
Announcement (BAA) process
 USGS Geospatial Products and
Services Contract (GPSC-3)
 Leverage the capability and
capacity of private sector
USGS Contact:
Vicki Lukas
Chief, Topographic Data Services
USGS Core Science Systems,
National Geospatial Program
email: vlukas@usgs.gov
Office: 703-648-4646
BAA Information Links:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/searc
h-grants.html?keywords=G15AS00123
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunit
y&mode=form&id=5cc8caa187a82585da6
0e6906ac1e7c8&tab=core&_cview=1

15. 2015 USGS 3DEP Awards
 72 pre-
proposals
requesting
over $50M
 29 projects
funded
 USGS, FEMA,
and NRCS
committed
$9.8M, with
$26.5M from
partners

16. 3DEP Letters of Endorsements
 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing (ASPRS)
 Association of American State Geologists (AASG)
 Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)
 Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)
 Management Association for Private Photogrammetric
Surveyors (MAPPS)
 National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC)
 National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
 National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)
 List continues to grow…………..

17. MAPPS Participation in 3DEP
 Education and Advocacy
 Congressional outreach
 LiDAR technology and use
 Return on Investment
 Benefits to state and society
 Create/sustain quality careers
 Multi-media 3DEP campaign
 Increase congressional
endorsement and funding
 3DEP Coalition
 Broaden funding base by
including non-government
community
 Stakeholder meetings
MAPPS Colorado Delegation on Capitol Hill With State
Representative Mike Coffman

18. Government - Private Sector
Success Stories
FAA - Unmanned Airborne
Systems (UAS)

19. Unmanned Aerial Systems
In the US alone, approximately 50 companies,
universities, and government organizations are developing
and producing over 155 unmanned aircraft designs.

20. UAS and Mapping
 UAS technology will
revolutionize aerial surveying
and mapping like no other
 Extraordinary amount of
Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation going into
aircraft, sensors, integration,
and applications
 A “tool in the toolbox” to
supplement manned aircraft
and satellites

21. UAS and MAPPS Professionals
Collaboration
 MAPPS engaged with FAA since 2008
 Testimony before several state
legislatures
 Liaison with Association for
Unmanned Vehicle Systems
International (AVUSI)
 Member of FAA-Advisory and Rule
Making Committee (ARC) on Beyond
Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS)
 Member of National Conference of
State Legislatures (NCSL)
Partnership on UAS

22. UAS and MAPPS Collaboration
Supports Sustainable Policy
 Aerial Surveying, Mapping,
Imagery mentioned in FAA
2013 “Roadmap”
 MAPPS member firms among
first to receive 333
waiver/exemptions
 Services/applications
mentioned in notice of
proposed rulemaking
(NPRM)

23. Conclusions

24. Why should this be Important for
Geospatial Professionals?
+ $73 billion market
+ Drives more than $1-trillion in economic activity
+ More than 500,000 American jobs are related to the
collection, storage and dissemination of imagery and
geospatial data
+ Another 5.3 million workers utilize such data
+ As much as 90 percent of government information has a
geospatial information component
+ Up to 80 percent of the information managed by
business is connected to a specific location
+ Identified by the Department of Labor as 1 of just 14
high growth sectors of the United States workforce

25.  Market Growth: Creating market
opportunities requires collaboration
and coordination between
government and private sectors
 Continuous Innovation: Requires an
ecosystem of sustainable sources of
demand, supply, and funding
 Advocate and Educate: Continually
inform congress, colleagues and
public of the professional
geospatial benefits
 Thinking Local: First MAPPS
Colorado Hill Day in 2017
Colorado Capital Building
Conclusions

26. Recognition for Collaboration
 Letter from DOI Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary
 “...pivotal time in the
geospatial community...”
 “…coordination and
collaboration required…”
 “… significant and growing
role of the private sector…”
 “…MAPPS in the forefront…”
 “…recognize MAPPS for
superior collaboration…”

27. Comments / Discussion

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