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About UsOn April 9, 2002 the Governor signed into law L.D. 2116 "An Act to Establish the Maine Library of Geographic Information (Chapter 649)). "Maine Library of Geographic Information" or "library" means the statewide network officially sanctioned by the Legislature through this Act by which data custodians or their designees organize, catalog, and provide access to public geographic information to all levels of government and to the public. LiDAR for New England Proposal Gains Support from Maine's GeoLibrary BoardThe Maine GeoLibrary Board voted on March 18 to support the LiDAR for New England proposal developed by the Maine Office of GIS and USGS in cooperation with Maine State Planning Office, Maine Department of Transportation, and the University of New Hampshire GRANIT data center. The proposal is an ambitious regional approach to LiDAR collection for all coastal counties in New England, and is slated to be the first part of an eventual complete New England LiDAR coverage. For more information, read the 2-page proposal at http://megis.maine.gov. 2008 Strategic Planning and Land Records ProjectNEW - Sewall Strategic Planning Report to the GeoLibrary Board is ready for public comment. You can download the strategic plan directly from the project page. Fifty States Initiative - Updating Maine's GIS Strategic Plan and Designing a Statewide Integrated Land Records System: The GeoLibrary Board recently received a matching grant from the US Geological Survey in support of the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) Fifty States Initiative. The work to be completed includes 2 tasks. Task 1 will update and enhance the GeoLibrary Strategic Plan and bring it into alignment with the goals of the Fifty States Initiative. Task 2 will recommend a conceptual framework and functional specification for an Integrated Land Records Information System for the State of Maine. More information... The Maine GeoLibrary Strategic Planning & Integrated Land Records Survey is complete. Thank you for your participation. Summary results and a full survey results report are now available for review.
Projects2009 Bond Request: The GeoLibrary Board has submitted a bond request for important Maine geospatial initiatives to the Governor's Office. The bond request total is $5.9M and covers: Integrated land records and municipal grants GeoLibrary Portal: The GeoLibrary metadata portal is running in beta mode, check it out! MEGIS/GeoLibrary Web Mapping Services: The Maine Office of GIS and the GeoLibrary Board are proud to present the first two (of what will be many) web mapping services, read about them on our projects page.
ParticipateGeoLibrary-L: The GeoLibrary has a new ListServ for the open discussion of GIS issues. For more information and to register, please visit http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?A0=geolibrary-l Become a Stakeholder: If you would like to register as a GeoLibrary Stakeholder and be notified of events and happenings please go to this URL, fill out the form and submit. http://megis.maine.gov/stakeholder/stakeholder.asp Orthoimagery Usage Survey: Please take the time to complete our Orthoimagery Usage Survey and let us know about the benefits and cost savings you have experienced using these GIS data layers.
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