Washington Framework Management Group

Meeting Notice

March 17, 1997

Dear Washington Framework Management Participant:

The next Washington Framework Management Meeting is scheduled for April 29, 1997 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the United Churches on the corner of 11th Ave. and Washington St., in Olympia, Washington. The afternoon part of the Framework Management Meeting will be set aside to explore the potential for interested parties to embark on a cooperative hydrography data framework effort.

The Department of Ecology and the Department of Natural Resources are working on keying it's environmental and natural resource data to a standard hydrography spatial data layer. In order to do this, we need a data layer that adheres to a common set of standards, that is free of spatial errors, and carries an associated feature based unique identifier. Presently, neither has the resources to meet this statewide need, but is interested in leveraging it's existing resources in a collaborative partnership with other organizations and interested parties.

Ecology and DNR envision the following benefits from such a cooperative effort:

• Develop of a sound data model and create an accurate statewide hydrography data set which organizations can begin to accurately register and assign environmental and natural resources information.
• Identify and evaluate the work required to create a data set that is of a consistent quality and supports the FGDC minimum set of hydrography attributes needed for inclusion into NSDI Geospatial Data Framework.
• Explore and develop the institutional arrangements among federal, state, and local organizations that are needed to complete a statewide surface water unique feature based identification system that meets or exceeds 1:24,000 scale accuracy.

During the meeting, Lynn Singleton will facilitate a discussion to see if there's interest in such an effort and to explore a future course of action for Washington state hydrography data users. If you have any questions please contact Joy Denkers at (360) 407-7128.

Sincerely,

Lynn Singleton, Project Manager Larry Sugarbaker, Asst. Division Manager

Information Integration Project Information Technology Division

WA Department of Ecology WA Department of Natural Resources