Archiving Workgroups
The latest archiving workgroup (Archiving Imagery) was officially sunset 12/14/22. An Archiving Committee has been formed to carry on relevant parts of its work.
Multiple workgroups related to archiving have been formed at the Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council,
the latest of which was the Archiving Imagery Workgroup. The mission of the Archiving Imagery Workgroup was to investigate best practices for archiving imagery
data and continue to build on the work of the Archiving Pilot Workgroup, the Archiving Implementation Workgroup, and the Archiving Workgroup. An
Archiving Committee now exists to tend to Minnesota's geospatial data archiving needs.
Historical Geospatial Data Survey
Help us make the case for archiving geospatial data in Minnesota. The survey takes about five minutes to complete. Your ongoing input will help planning as we work toward proposing a geospatial archive for Minnesota. We appreciate your time and feedback.
Here are some initial stories!
Reports
- December 2022
- Archiving Imagery Workgroup Final Report and description of geospatial imagery formats
Summary of the workgroup's key findings from its research, community outreach and public survey - March 2022
- Archiving Pilot Workgroup Final Report
Summary of the workgroup's accomplishments, key findings, future considerations, next steps and future plans - February 2021
- Archiving Implementation Workgroup Final Report
Summary of the workgroup's accomplishments, key findings, future considerations, next steps and future plans - August 2019
- Archiving Workgroup Summary Report
Summary of the workgroup's accomplishments, key findings, future considerations, next steps and future plans - Archiving Strategy Subgroup Report
Archiving strategy that includes policies, best practices and procedures to be reviewed by the geospatial community - Priority Datasets Subgroup Report
A list of priority data layer themes to focus on for archiving purposes. - Archiving Agreement - Guidelines and Recommendations
Policies and guidelines for an open access archive of Minnesota geospatial data - February 2019
- Public Geospatial Data Archive Survey Report
A 10-question survey was intended to capture the relevant topics of interest toward data archiving methods, prioritization of archival dataset pilot projects, and related data archiving concerns such as retention policies, licenses and data use agreements, etc. The survey was publicized widely with the GIS community for feedback and guidance, and is helping to shape the scope of the Archiving Workgroup agendas and deliverables. The survey closed December 21, 2018.
Charters and Work Plans
- Archiving Imagery Workgroup (2022)
- Archiving Pilot Workgroup (2021)
- Archiving Implementation Workgroup (2020)
- Archiving Workgroup (2019)
Workgroup Leadership
Chair: Karen Majewicz, University of Minnesota, 612-626-6182, majew030@umn.edu
Vice-chair: Melinda Kernik, University of Minnesota, 612-301-3932, kerni016@umn.edu
Meeting Agendas and Notes
Return to MnGAC Committee and Workgroup page