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| Vermont Center for Geographic Information | |
|---|---|
| Name | Vermont Center for Geographic Information |
| Formation | 1991 |
| Type | Nonprofit consortium |
| Purpose | Geospatial data coordination |
| Headquarters | Essex Junction, Vermont |
| Region served | Vermont, United States |
| Leader title | Executive Director |
Vermont Center for Geographic Information.
The Vermont Center for Geographic Information operates as a statewide consortium linking State of Vermont, Essex Junction, Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont, United States Geological Survey, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in a cooperative model while interfacing with University of Vermont, Dartmouth College, Middlebury College, Vermont Agency of Transportation, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources to coordinate spatial data, maps, imagery and metadata across municipal, county, tribal, and federal stakeholders.
Established in 1991 amid national initiatives like the National Spatial Data Infrastructure and following models from the Federal Geographic Data Committee, the organization formed through collaboration among Vermont legislature, United States Department of Agriculture, United States Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Census Bureau, and local entities such as Chittenden County, Franklin County, Vermont, and Grand Isle County, Vermont to centralize cadastral, hydrography, elevation, and transportation datasets.
Governance is delivered through a consortium board reflecting representation from State of Vermont, municipal governments including Burlington, Vermont, academic partners like University of Vermont, and federal agencies such as the United States Geological Survey and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Funding streams have included allocations from the Vermont Agency of Transportation, grants from the National Science Foundation, cooperative agreements with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, project contracts with the United States Department of Agriculture, and support from private sector partners in the geospatial industry like Esri.
The center curates statewide datasets including orthophotography, elevation models, hydrography, parcels, and transportation layers compatible with standards from the Federal Geographic Data Committee, interoperable with tools from Esri, QGIS, GRASS GIS, and services used by U.S. Census Bureau programs. Services provided include metadata cataloging consistent with the Dublin Core and ISO 19115 standards, web mapping services based on Open Geospatial Consortium specifications, and data distribution systems that support hazard planning for partners such as the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and FEMA.
Collaborative networks span state agencies like the Vermont Agency of Transportation and Vermont Emergency Management, academic institutions including the University of Vermont and Castleton University, federal partners such as the United States Geological Survey and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tribal authorities, regional planning commissions like the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, and nonprofit organizations including The Nature Conservancy to advance land use planning, conservation, and infrastructure mapping.
Data and tools from the center underpin floodplain mapping used by Federal Emergency Management Agency flood insurance studies, transportation planning by the Vermont Agency of Transportation, natural resource management by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, cadastral mapping for county clerks in Addison County, Vermont and Rutland County, Vermont, and emergency response coordination with Vermont Emergency Management and United States Coast Guard sector partners. Academic research at University of Vermont and policy analyses by the Vermont Legislative Research Shop have utilized the center’s datasets for studies on land conservation, infrastructure resilience, and demographic change.
Operations are based in facilities near Essex Junction, Vermont and utilize enterprise GIS servers, remote sensing processing clusters, LIDAR workflows compatible with USGS Lidar specifications, and cloud-hosted services interoperable with platforms from Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform. Technical toolchains incorporate open-source software like QGIS and PostGIS alongside proprietary systems from Esri to manage large geospatial repositories serving municipal, state, and federal users.
Category:Organizations based in Vermont Category:Geographic information systems