Sharon gave a power point presentation about the history, goals, and current uses of the clearinghouse. Sharon also spoke about the need for metadata and walked us through a sample metadata set to help us become more informed about the necessary fields needed to be FGDC compliant. Kelly had attended and spoke of ArcView training classes being held at Pace University. Walt gave a brief overview of the previous meetings concerns regarding water classification. David spoke of the Division of Regulatory Affairs in New Paltz and how they have classified water quality.
All data is in a master database located at their headquarters.
It is not a digital database. Bob will report any new findings next meeting. If any suggestions, please contact Bill. Please contact Bill Schuster for extra copies of the NYS GIS Clearinghouse folders given out at this meeting.