Current Lidar Status For Texas Texas has 100% of the state flown for lidar data Estimated availability of statewide lidar is Fall 2020 – Spring 2021 All remaining 2018 federal lidar projects have been released by the USGS and will be available on Data.TNRIS.org this winter. 100% doesn't mean we're done. Areas will need to continue to be refreshed as data ages and land cover changes due to development or natural events.
Statewide Orthoimagery Vendor: Google + AppGeo 6-inch Natural Color only Leaf-on/Leaf-off mix Licensed, Subscription for TX gov use WMTS/WMS or download Off-The-Shelf Acquisitions ongoing What’s Next: Continue indefinitely National Agriculture Imagery Program - NAIP USDA-FSA-APFO Vendor: Federal Contract 2018 = 0.6-meter Natural Color + Color Infrared Leaf-on Public domain WMS or download On-Spec Last acquired 2018 What’s Next: 2020? Texas Imagery Service TIS TNRIS + DIR Texas Orthoimagery Program TOP TNRIS Vendor: StratMap Contracts pool 0.5-meter Natural Color + Color Infrared Leaf-off Public domain WMS or download On-Spec Last acquired 2015 What’s Next: Meld w/ TIS
TEXAS IMAGERY SERVICE • Aerial imagery from Google! • 6-inch pixel resolution • Statewide coverage • 2011 - present • Automatic Imagery Updates • Entire state refreshed every 4-5 years • Streaming data service • WMTS/WMS links • Annual subscription fee • Join any time at prorated fee
TEXAS IMAGERY SERVICE • Discontinuation of imagery from Google • Renewal for one more State FY • Image updates from Google will end August 31, 2020 • Continued access to all past imagery • Continuation of the Texas Imagery Service!! • New opportunities • Better refresh • Drive spec’s • Reviewing options • Goals • Keep resolution 6-inch or near 6-inch statewide • Refresh Texas every 3 years; Urban areas flown annually • Keep current links
Year One Goals for Statewide Land Parcel and Address Point Projects(November 2018-19) • Study existing and past efforts for aggregation in these industries • Educate data creators of the need for data and consider feedback • Evaluate at least 3 methods to aggregate and share datasets • Select an agreed upon method to implement • Provide statewide datasets for agencies to fulfil required objectives • Support the geographic needs as stated in section 16.021 of the Texas Water Code • Provide stakeholders an accessible dataset (or web service) of parcels and address points • Annually update datasets from authoritative data sources, aggregators, or contractors • Establish a feedback loop for data creators and data consumers • Maintain project updates on https://tnris.org/stratmap/ • Create a marketing and communications plan • Establish relationships with the authoritative data sources, aggregators, and contractors of address point and parcel data • Provide data that will be discoverable, reliable, consistent, current, and resourced
What is a Land Parcel? “A parcel is an unambiguously defined unit of land with which a bundle of rights and interests are legally recognized in a community. A parcel encloses a contiguous area of land for which location and boundaries are known, described, and maintained, and for which there is a history of defined, legally recognized interests.” From Multipurpose Land Information Systems: The Guidebook (Epstein and Moyer, 1993, p. 13-2)
What do Appraisal Districts do? • agricultural and special appraisal • appraisal methodology • exemptions • property values • protests and appeals • special inventory appraisal • At an appraisal district in each county • In Computer Aided Mass Appraisal (CAMA) software • CAMA data joined to geometry in GIS Where are Land Parcels maintained?
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What’s next for the Land Parcel and Address Point programs? • Annual refresh of data, with 6 month pushes • Continue outreach at conferences, workshops, meetings • Consider geospatial services to distribute data • Work with data providers on providing complete data (joins) • Reach out to remaining 4 CADs not in process of converting • Reach out to “missing” cities and counties for address points • Continue to work with vendors on industry trends, legislation, etc. • Further visibility of StratMap program within the industry (Texas Imagery Service, training needs, user group, etc.)
How can you help? • Share feedback at our dataset web pages • Join a committee – land parcels or address points • Connect us with authoritative sources in areas with missing data • Pool resources – local, statewide, federal • Direct users to our dataset web pages • Share testimonials on successes via dataset web pages • Practice empathy
Empathy is the essential building block for compassion. We have to sense what another person is going through, what they’re feeling, in order to spark compassion in us. ~ Daniel Goleman
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