Cooperative consortium efforts between local governments and interested partners geared at acquiring aerial imagery and terrain mapping have a long and successful history in Wisconsin. Starting with a seven-county consortium in SW Wisconsin in 1995 and culminating with statewide imagery in 2010, our state’s grass roots efforts in geospatial data consortiums have resulted in some of the most successful, detailed and repeatable consortium efforts anywhere in the nation. This presentation will review the history, challenges, and lessons learned from the 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 consortium efforts.
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Wisconsin Aerial Imagery and Elevation Consortiums
1. Wisconsin Aerial Imagery
and Elevation Consortiums
Kirk Contrucci, Ayres Associates
May 18, 2012
Wisconsin Land Information Association
2012 Spring Regional
2. Overview of Presentation
• If you would understand anything, observe
its beginning and its development.
~Aristotle
• Presentation will focus on regional multi-
county consortiums
– Many others have occurred in WI
• Benefits, Challenges, and Keys to Success
9. 2010 Wisconsin Regional
Orthophotograhy Consortium
•Statewide coverage for the
first time in WI history
•3-, 6-, 12-, 18 in resolution
imagery
•2-, 4-foot contours
•Planimetric features
•Multiple countywide lidar
projects
•Numerous municipal inset
projects
•Minimum of 20% cost-
share from ‘partners’ to
‘participants’
12. Wisconsin Aerial Imagery
and Elevation Consortiums
Benefits
• Cost savings
– Economy of scale
– Share costs
– Eliminate Duplication of Efforts
– Attract Funding Partners
• Region-wide data sets
– Many applications transcend political boundaries
– Facilitates data sharing and inter-governmental
cooperation
• Strength in Numbers
13. Wisconsin Aerial Imagery
and Elevation Consortiums
Challenges (and a few suggestions)
• Geography
– Windshield time
• Differing agendas
– Look for mutual benefits
• Naysayers
– Win over the harshest critics
(and get used to it)
• Technical Complexity
– Consult the experts
• History
– Understand it…then dream big
14. Wisconsin Aerial Imagery
and Elevation Consortiums
Keys to Success
• Be flexible and adjust
• Spend your energy wisely
• Never ever ever burn bridges
• Leverage existing relationships to facilitate
participation and secure funding
• Design and implement an effective marketing
and communication plan
• Provide the resources necessary to
create confidence in the program
• Commitment/Tenacity/Perseverance
16. Wisconsin Aerial Imagery
and Elevation Consortiums
Kirk Contrucci, Ayres Associates
May 18, 2012
Wisconsin Land Information Association
2012 Spring Regional