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State geospatial officer: 'Geospatial data is just data' — added location enables planning and flood response
Summary
Susan, acting state geospatial information officer, told the committee geospatial data is ordinary data with location attributes and described uses from flood mitigation to next-generation 9-1-1; she urged building shared statewide datasets rather than duplicating work locally.
Susan, the acting state geospatial information officer, told the committee that ‘‘geospatial data is just data… you add a location piece to it’’ and that adding geographic location allows officials to analyze impacts and target responses. She gave examples including parcel boundaries, floodplain delineation and building footprints and said accurate location data underpins emergency response, infrastructure planning and economic development.
Susan described the office’s mission as coordinating the development and maintenance of statewide geospatial datasets so local governments, regional commissions, state agencies and federal partners can “build it once” and reuse it. She said many jurisdictions currently create similar datasets independently, resulting in duplication and data that quickly becomes out of date without maintenance plans. The office’s initial priorities include transportation frameworks, addresses and building footprints to support the census and next-generation 9-1-1 implementation.
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