This project will facilitate exchange of framework data between state and national data stores by deploying a Geo-Synchronization capability in New Hampshire using common National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) data models, services and applications. The project adopts a realistic approach to bridge the gap between current NHD production operations and the vision of the CAP grant. Specifically, they will transform Data Delivery Format XML produced by current NHD geo-edit tools to Web Feature Service Transactions (WFS-T) in order to support current and future NHD operations simultaneously. This approach will allow users to leverage current business processes without disruption. In addition, the project will deploy coordinated services to address the technical differences between "feature-based" Geo-Synchronization production methods and current "hydrologic basin-based" NHD production methods. The approach is a logical extension of NH DES’s stewardship agreement with USGS for developing and maintaining the state’s hydrography layer, and will enhance current stewardship practices to enable Geo-Synchronization. The team includes CubeWerx, the lead for the Geo-Synchronization draft specification and the CGDI Interoperability Pilot that serve as the template for this category, and the author of the draft NHD GML Framework Schema referenced in the grant solicitation. The combination of framework data experience and technology will ensure successful deployment of a practical leave-behind capability for New Hampshire and free, reusable NHD tools for the entire NSDI. 

Interim Report

Project Introduction Slides

New Hampshire Geological Survey, New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services (NH DES)

CubeWerx

Contacts:

Rick Chormann, New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services, Senior Hydrogeologist
603-271-1975
rchormann@des.state.nh.us

Jeff Harrison 
703-628-8655 
jharrison@cubewerx.com