Publication List

Data development guidelines
Strategic planning
Annual reports
Promotional materials
 

Data Development Guidelines

• Making the most of geospatial data exchange: a guide for data distribution (59 p., 472K, PDF)
• Positional accuracy handbook: using the national standard for spatial data accuracy to measure and report geographic data quality (33 p., 920K, PDF)
• Implementation guide for parcel-based GIS in Minnesota local government (HTML)
• Minnesota geographic metadata guidelines: documenting geographic information (16 p., 228K, PDF)
• Identifying land parcels: is a statewide standard needed? (14 p., 446K, PDF)
• County soil surveys: guidelines for digitizing (14 p., 650K, PDF)
• Starting points: conventions for geographic information (11 p., 350K, PDF)
   

Strategic Planning

• 50 States Initiative Final Project Report: Implementing an enterprise strategy for Minnesota's Spatial Data Infrastructure, November 15, 2007 (17 p., 120K, PDF). See two reports listed below for the attachments referred to on p. 16; the Pandemic Needs Analysis report will be posted shortly.
• Compass Points Retreat, June 25, 2007 (facilitator's report for strategic plan retreat) (33 p., 309K, PDF)
• Minnesota's Strategic Plan for GIS (summary of the following two documents) (1 p., 60K, PDF)
• Minnesota State GIS Enterprise Conceptual Architecture Design (22 p., 178K, PDF)
  • The Case for a Minnesota State GIS Enterprise (a non-technical introduction to the Conceptual Architecture Design document, including an example of the benefits that such an architecture would provide) (8 p., 67K, PDF)
• A Foundation for Coordinated GIS: Minnesota’s Spatial Data Infrastructure (52p., 864K, PDF)
  • Minnesota Cadastral I-Plan (v. 1.2) (8 p., 181K, PDF)
• Turn-around document: hydrographic user information needs workgroup (75 p., 403K, PDF)
• The land records modernization committee report to the Governor's Council on Geographic Information (33 p., 222K, PDF)
• Guidebook to: Priority GIS Data (21 p., 165K, PDF)
• Laying the foundation for a geographic data clearinghouse (14 p., 461K, PDF)
   

Annual Reports

• Annual Report 2009: Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information (2 p., 329K, PDF)
• Annual Report 2008: Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information (2 p., 137K, PDF)
• Annual Report 2007: Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information (2 p., 125K, PDF)
• Annual Report 2006: Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information (2 p., 140K, PDF)
• Annual Report 2005: Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information (2 p., 258K, PDF)
• Annual Report 2004: Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information (HTML) or PDF version (2 p., 4.4MB)
• Annual Report 2003: Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information (2 p., 467K, PDF)
• Annual Report 2002: Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information (4 p., 13K, PDF)
• Annual Report 2001: Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information (3 p., 14K, PDF)
• Annual Report 2000: Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information (3 p., 12K, PDF)
• Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information: 1999 annual report (16 p., 262K, PDF)
• Cardinal points: fiscal year 1998 annual report (18 p., 255K, PDF)
• Charting progress: fiscal year 1997 annual report (23 p., 387K, PDF)
• Seeking common coordinates: fiscal year 1996 annual report (23 p., 601K, PDF)
• Progressing on course: fiscal year 1995 annual report (16 p., 499K, PDF)
   

Promotional Materials

• Communication Plan (14 p., 62K, PDF) and associated List of relevant organizations (5 p., 31K, PDF)
• GIS at work (32 p., 4.9MB, PDF)