The Iowa Geographic Information Council (IGIC) will lead a multiagency return on investment case study for the Iowa One Map public-private partnership. The public-private partnership will address the needs and interests of all stakeholders that will produce and consume data from the Iowa Geospatial Infrastructure (IGI). This project will specifically try to bring utilities together with local and state governments into an organizational model that leverages geospatial investments at all levels. Through the public-private partnership, utilities will have better access to a highly accurate common land base maintained at the local level while government partners will have better access to utility infrastructure layers for construction projects, emergency response and economic development purposes. While geospatial partnerships between utilities and local governments have been successful, this has not been tried at a larger statewide scale with the involvement of state, federal and other partners, and may provide a fundamentally new funding model for IGI and the NSDI. IGIC will be assisted with their project by the Geospatial Information and Technology Association (GITA), who participated in two earlier ROI studies of the IGI, and is widely respected for their work on geospatial issues within the utility industry.

Interim Report

Iowa Geographic Information Council

Contacts:

Jim Giglierano
319-335-1594
james.giglierano@dnr.iowa.gov