Nebraska Geospatial Strategic Plan 2012

Recent News - Draft Vision and Strategic Goals Outline

The planning committee has drafted a vision and strategic goals outline in late April. An outline of the entire strategic plan is underway and being reviewed by the GIS Council.

The NITC GIS Council Strategic Planning Committee is nearing completion of the statewide strategic planning effort. Prior to this, a total of six workshops were completed across Nebraska with 149 interested participants. The goal of the Strategic Planning process is to better understand the GIS/Geospatial stakeholder community and to develop a Geospatial Strategic and Business Plan(s) for Nebraska that properly reflects stakeholder priorities. This strategic planning process is not like any other planning effort conducted to date.

The general findings showed that there is an interest and needs at various levels of city, county, and state government for enhancing our geospatial infrastructure. There was also an indication of the lack of awareness of the GIS Council and it’s representatives, need for education for various geospatial technologies, and awareness of benefits of using geospatial technologies and data sharing in day-to-day business operations. A SWOT analysis has been recently completed and efforts are underway to complete a draft report.

Resources

SWOT Analysis Overview

GIS/Geospatial Workshop Presentation

Strategic Planning Committee Members

FGDC Proposal and Resources

The strategic planning effort has been initiated through the NITC GIS Council Strategic Planning Committee. Resources to support the planning process has been made possible through a cooperative grant effort called the Fifty States Initiative implemented between the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) and the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC). Through this grant, Applied Geographics, Inc. has been awarded the contract to facilitate the strategic planning and reporting process.