The budget had been partially completed by Dave Hochede as far as the CityScan project was concerned, but nothing appeared in the budget for other GIS Cooperative initiatives. There was some talk of other things that might be funded by the Cooperative, one of which was a kind of contingincy fund for currently unforseen technical upgrades. Orthophoto Data Steve Whitney said their would be a small delay in Phase I of the orthophoto rectification project, due to a number of key personnel being out of the office for the Thanksgiving holiday. Phase I will transform GIS layers on MARS from the NAD27 to NAD84 datum. Short Reports Sources of commercial land use info - Many of the data layers deemed important in the 1997 survey had to do with land use issues.
Some work needs to be done to make sure the best source is used, with current, valid data.
Others interested in quarter sections should make themselves known to Don. Oracle 8I Spatial vs. IBM's UDB - some analysis needs to be done regarding these two DBMSs and their methods of handling spatial data. An article is being circulated indicating that UDB might be more efficient in delivering spatially related functionality. Reconciliation of adparcel and stnetall - work continues in this area. GIS Cooperative listserv - IT says we can support a listserv, but there didn't seem to be a lot of enthusiasm for it among those present.