2. What Is Ramona? The GIS Inventory (Ramona) is produced by the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) as a tool for states and their partners to inventory GIS datasets. It is national and open to the entire public.
3. Benefits 1. Listing your inventory in Ramona connects you, both locally and nationally. 2. Listing your inventory in Ramona communicates our statewide progress and success. 3. Ramona offers an up-to-date inventory by data layer. 4. Ramona creates starter metadata. 5. Ramona offers the ability to generate reports.
4. Benefits 6. The Maryland GIS Inventory Challenge promotes statewide coordination. 7. Ramona offers convenient search capabilities for GIS data throughout Maryland, all in one place. 8. Ramona provides the big picture. 9. Ramona provides what one participating state calls an “online Rolodex of GIS data providers.”
5. 3 Week Challenge Recap The State of Maryland launched a 3-week inventory challenge in February, 2011. By the end of the 3-week challenge 1,109 data layers were registered to the State of Maryland 426 State agency data layers 14 private entity data layers 2 regional group data layers 1 federal agency data layers 666 county data layers
6. What’s New? A gap analysis was performed on the datasets registered through September 2, 2011. The focus of the analysis was to determine the participation levels of each county by dataset. To further refine the scope, the focus moving forward is to lead a campaign to populate Ramona with all framework layers. 1,638 total data layers 725 County data layers
14. Our Goals Populate the framework layers in Ramona during Geography Awareness Week, November 13-19, 2011. Encourage all users to verify and/or register information in February, 2012.
Purpose: to track data availability and the status of geographic information system (GIS) implementation in state and local governments to aid the planning and building of Spatial Data Infrastructures. The Random access metadata for online nationwide assessments (Ramona) database is a critical component of the GIS Inventory.