About

Mission

Encourage the appropriate utilization of GIS technology and assist organizations to make public investments in GIS technology and geospatial data in an effective, efficient, and coordinated manner.

Representation

• State of Nebraska Agencies
• Local and County Government
• League of Municipalities
• Natural Resource Districts
• Public Power Districts
• Federal Agencies
• Nebraska GIS LIS Association
• Private Industry

Benefits

• Improved access to complete, high-quality geospatial data layers that are authoritative and peer-reviewed.
• Improved maintenance of regional and local geographic data as a result of common standards, procedures, and stewardship practices.
• Reducing overhead by "Creating it Once, Sharing it Many"
• Access to data and technology will be more consistent, with less regional disparity.
• Multi-jurisdiction geographic information management will be more efficient and better coordinated, particularly in response to natural disasters, homeland security, and other statewide emergencies.
• Opportunities for leveraging and sharing resources and funds for future data and technology needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and assistance to the GIS user community and Commission to facilitate the development and maintenance of the Nebraska Spatial Data Infrastructure (NESDI).
• Encourage and guide the development and implementation of collaborative enterprise-level services and access to data through NebraskaMAP.
• Reduce the public costs through government partnerships and broaden access to technology, tools, and related information.
• Facilitate the development and adoption of spatial data standards and data documentation.
• To enable the greatest return on public investments in data development by enabling and encouraging data sharing.
• Make recommendations to the Legislature and the Commission for program initiatives and funding.