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Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Using NPS Focus for Image Management 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Overview • • • Buffalo River NPS Focus Background Image Management Features Partners Future Plans All photos and documents displayed in this presentation are on NPS Focus 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Caveats • Ego sum etiam eruditio • Nos es opus in is USS Arizona 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Caveats • I am still learning • We are working on it USS Arizona 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior NPS Focus Background • Launched in 2000 • Service-wide system for managing – images, documents, metadata • ANSI Z 39. 50 -compliant • Metadata for geospatial data – Predates NPS Data Store – Linked to NPS Clearinghouse at NC State Sequoia and Kings Canyon 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior NPS Focus Background • Current holdings (approximate): – 20, 000 metadata records – 11, 000 “image” files • . jpg &. tif • Includes scanned documents – 11, 000 document files • Dj. Vu (pronounced 'déjà vu') (. djvu) • MS Word (. doc) • Portable Document Format (. pdf) Casa Grande 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior NPS Focus Architecture • Blue Angel Technologies' Meta. Star 8 software – ANSI Z 39. 50 capability • Oracle 9 i database • Lizard. Tech software – Mr. SID and Dj. Vu encoding • Express. Server 4. 6 – Image server Jefferson National Expansion 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior NPS Focus Digital Library and Research Station http: //focus. inside. nps. gov/ 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior NPS Focus Digital Library and Research Station http: //npsfocus. nps. gov/ 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior NPS Focus Contents • Images – “Pretty” pictures – Data photos – Maps (JPG and PDF) • Documents – Original documents – Scanned documents National Register 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior NPS Focus Features • • • Gettysburg Searching Downloading Uploading Encoding Archiving 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Searching • Simple and advanced searching – Format (image, document, etc. ) – Collection – Date • Browse by subject and park – Drill down through subject hierarchies Booker T. Washington 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Searching • Other systems – Other NPS image collections – Other federal image collections – State parks web sites • Via Z 39. 50 – Miscellaneous cultural libraries – Library of Congress – University libraries (4) Manassas 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Downloading • Options – File size – File type/extension – Image dimensions – Resolution Muir Woods 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Batch Upload • Images & metadata – Metadata in a spreadsheet – NPS Focus staff performs bulk upload of metadata & image files – Metadata and image files linked internally Manassas 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Encoding/Compression • Images (JPG, TIFF) – Mr. SID encoding – Originals archived as TIFF and/or JPEG • Documents – Dj. Vu and PDF encoding – Archived in original format Sequoia and Kings Canyon 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer Archiving • Original images, documents, & metadata archived • Open/standard formats: – TIFF, JPG, XML • Separate permanent archiving • Extensive security and auditing – protects system and digital resources Hawai’i Volcanoes 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Image Creation and Management Guide • http: //focus. inside. nps. gov/docs/guide/i maging/index. html • NPS Focus Policy on Image Publishing • Determining size/dimensions/resolution • Using/Selecting Digital Cameras • Scanning Film, Prints, and Text • Incorporating Images into a Web Page • Linking to Images - options and code Vietnam Veterans 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Image Management Help Documents • http: //focus. inside. nps. gov/docs/Inside/ Help. html: – – – Vietnam Veterans Incorporating Images in Web Pages Linking to Images - options and code Web Publishing Policy Metadata Manual Image Creation and Management Guide NPS Digital Photo Metadata Standard 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Why Use NPS Focus? • Search other systems – LOC – University libraries • Links with other systems – PMIS – FMSS – IRMA • “Image Service” ? George Washington Carver 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Why Use NPS Focus? • Each park or program decides what digital resources to post on the NPS Focus Digital Library • Decision based upon: – Available financial/human resources – Number of images/documents Catoctin Mountain 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Why Use NPS Focus? • Web Services – Focus currently publishes a web service – Can deliver content to any web page or online application – Example: • Civil War Sesquicentennial Demo App Fire Management 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Focus Partners: CWSS/CW 150 • CW 150 demo application – http: //inpniscsgisdevb/Civil. War/map. aspx • Developed by Nate Irwin (RIMD) • Map interface with web services to: – – Wilson’s Creek Civil War battlefield data NPS Focus docs & images FMSS data LCS (List of Classified Structures) data 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior CW 150 Demo App 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior CW 150 Demo App 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior CW 150 Demo App 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior NPS Focus Future Plans • Migrate system to Denver – Expected cutover August 2008 • More web services • Encoding/compression – JPEG 2000? • Integration with Data Store/IRMA – Coordination/discussions forthcoming Dry Tortugas 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference

Resource Information Management Division National Information Systems Center Office of the Chief Information Officer National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior Thank You! • Greg Creamean – User Support • Amir Khan – Programmer • Allen Sparks – System Administrator 2008 GIS & Data Management Conference