[UW-GIS-L] Fwd: National Parcel Layer - The Latest SUPER APP Waiting for Universities to show us How to Use It

[Timothy Nyerges]

Since the biggest indicator of nonpoint source pollution is land use / 
land cover, then a national model of nonpoint source pollution could be 
possible. I will put this before the NSF CyberGIS team using TerGrid 
resources to see if it is a worthwhile endeavor.  Of course, I would ask 
NSF for the funds for the dataset, not UW Libraries.

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On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Phil Hurvitz wrote:


> Funny, it is a "SUPER APP" but they are "waiting for Universities to show us 

> How to Use It." I thought killer apps were defined based on use and 

> application, so it seems they may have put the cart before the horse. They 

> should give us a free copy and see what we can come up with! I'm sure some 

> clever folks at UW could make a silk purse out of it....

>

> -P.

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> On 10/22/2010 5:33 PM, Timothy Nyerges wrote:

>> Access to all parcels is indeed a lot data. The first law of geography

>> (Waldo Tobler) "more phenomena are related in closer promity that

>> farther away". Thus, Washington State parcels would more likely be in

>> demand, than those farther away (i.e., in other states).

>> 

>> The only application I can think of that would require such a dataset is

>> an insurance actuary project that would compute the probability of

>> damage to parcel property across the US or in a varietyof places across

>> the US.

>> Insurance companies are in business to undertake those kinds of

>> applications, whereas students, staff, and faculty are not. Any project

>> that would need such a dataset would put the fee into the project expense.

>> 

>> ROI does not seem like it would be worth in these times of austerity.

>> 

>> I could be wrong, but let us collection some input from parcels users

>> like myself for 25 years before making such an investment. I am

>> interested in using all parcels in the Puget Sound Basin to estimate

>> nonpoint source pollution moving into the Sound. However, I suspect

>> Luke's dataset will be sufficient.

>> 

>> Tim

>> 

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>> Prof. Tim Nyerges, Geography, University of Washington

>> Director, Professional Masters Program in GIS for Sustainability Management

>> Box 353550, Smith Hall 408, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

>> voice: 206-543-5296, fax: 206-543-3313, email: nyerges at u.washington.edu

>> http://faculty.washington.edu/nyerges

>> UCGIS Winter Meeting: Washington, DC / February 3 & 4, 2011

>> UCGIS Summer Assembly: Boulder, Colorado / June 22 & 23, 2011

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>> On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Matthew Parsons wrote:

>> 

>>> Campus GIS users: I've been getting the hard-sell to purchase the below

>>> product from Boundary Solutions, Inc.  My budget to acquire geospatial

>>> data

>>> is VERY tight.  Is there any interest in access to a national parcel data

>>> portal?  If there is not sufficient interest, I will decline the offer

>>> from

>>> BSI.  (Additional info available on BSI's website:

>>> http://www.boundarysolutions.com/)

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Thanks,

>>> 

>>> -Matt Parsons, Map Librarian

>>> UW Libraries

>>> 

>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

>>> From: DENNIS H. KLEIN <dklein at boundarysolutions.com>

>>> Date: Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:11 AM

>>> Subject: National Parcel Layer - The Latest SUPER APP Waiting for

>>> Universities to show us How to Use It

>>> To: "DENNIS H. KLEIN" <dklein at boundarysolutions.com>

>>> 

>>> 

>>> [IMAGE]

>>> 

>>> 

>>> 

>>> 

>>> --

>>> Matthew Parsons

>>> Acting Head, Map Collection

>>> University of Washington Libraries

>>> Box 352900

>>> Seattle, WA 98195

>>> 206-543-9392

>>> parsonsm at uw.edu

>>> 

>>> 

>>> 

>> 

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