NSGIC Coastal Caucus

National States Geographic Information Council

Annual ConferenceSeptember 14, 2010

Minneapolis, MN

12:20      Welcome, introductions

12:30 State’s Coastal Issues • What we heard at previous Caucuses• Using Digital Coast to address coastal issues

 12:40    Digital Coast update

• Coastal Inundation Viewer • Coastal County Snapshot • Ocean Jobs Snapshot• Web usability assessment

1:00    State of the Coast and Digital Coast• Placed based initiatives

1:10 Future direction of the Digital Coast Partnership Discussion/Feedback

AGENDA

State Coastal Issues

Who have we heard from and when?

Midyear 2009• New York• Delaware • California

Annual 2009• Ohio• Rhode Island• South Carolina• Hawaii• Alaska• Louisiana

Midyear 2010• Massachusetts• Washington

State Coastal Issues

Common Management Issue Areas: • Climate Change• Sea level rise• Coastal Inundation• Hazard Planning• Land Use• Coastal Erosion• Habitat Management/Wetland Loss• Conservation• Offshore Wind Power• More Data – specifically elevation

Q: How are some states using the Digital Coast to address these issues?