The purpose of the Wisconsin Land Information Program (WLIP) Annual Survey is to provide a periodic assessment of the status, progress, and benefits of the WLIP to each of Wisconsin's 72 counties and other interested parties. By tracking the same questions over time, users of the Survey are able to not only determine the status of the WLIP today, but understand how it has changed from prior years, seeing changes in things such as software, type and extent of data available, and types of applications that use the data.
Administration and support for the WLIP Survey ended in January 2004. The SCO took over the survey administration duties in the summer of 2006. To provide the most efficient means of surveying GIS data producers in the state, the SCO has been working to dovetail the WLIP Survey with the nationwide Ramona GIS Inventory System. The Ramona survey is an online survey already implemented to survey GIS data producers across the nation at the state, county and municipal levels.
Ramona was developed to inventory the GIS data holdings of tribal, state and local governments, and their partners. It provides one consistent platform for the nation that is designed to work in concert with the Geospatial One Stop (GOS) Portal, but it can also be customized for use by each state. Ramona allows its users to create their own profile, including information on their organization, systems, and data distribution and management policies. The system also provides a quick way to inventory individual data layers that only takes between 30 seconds and 2 minutes per layer.
Using Ramona will help state, local and tribal government agencies reduce the number of data inventory requests made by federal agencies. For example the Census Bureau routinely contacts agencies to obtain information for the TIGER Enhancement Database and the Federal Emergency Management Agency inventories all available data when it begins to update Flood Maps in each jurisdiction. By entering the information for your organization, at your own pace, you can reduce the complexity and frequency of these contacts and manage your time more effectively. Ramona will also be useful when government agencies are responding to emergencies. Your information will be readily available to other agencies and will reduce their need contact you. This will help to speed-up services to your citizens.
Information Policy
Coordinate Systems / Control / PLSS
Parcels / Land Use
Applications / Integration
Administrative Review
Spring 2004 |
Last WLIP Survey completed. |
Summer 2005 |
WLIB dissolved, recommendation that SCO administer WLIP Annual Survey. |
Fall-Winter 2005 |
Ramona Beta Test, Comments submitted. |
March 2006 |
Presentation on Ramona at WLIA Annual Conference. |
Spring 2006 |
Ramona Online Survey Released. |
May 2006 |
First informal working group meeting. |
June 2006 |
LION and WLIA Board motions directing SCO to have recommendations for proceeding by August, 2006. |
Sept. – Nov. 2006 |
Develop recommendations and briefings for reviewers. |
Nov. 2006 |
Present recommendations and participation strategy. Establish 4 Review Teams for Ramona WLIP Annual Survey feedback. |
Dec.-March 2006 |
Finalize additional questions for the Wisconsin Profile of Ramona. |
March 2007 |
WLIA Presentation |
April-June 2007 |
Outreach to stakeholder groups |
June 2007 |
Final review |
July 2007 |
Deploy Ramona including Wisconsin Profile |
Fall 2007 |
Prepare map-based reports on 2007 Status of WLIP Framework (SDI). |
• AJ Wortley - SCO
• Ted Koch - SCO
• Catrine Lehrer-Brey - SCO
• Lea Shanley - UW-Madison
• Jerry Sullivan – SCO
• David Hart - UW-Madison Sea Grant
• Steve Ventura - UW-Madison
• Aslı Göçmen - Urban and Regional Planning (URPL) and UW Extension
• Damon Clark - URPL
• Dick Vraga - USGS
• David Mockert - Wisconsin GIO
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