Example: I-9 Institutions Sharing Geographic Information
Designed by Pat Shyhalla, NCGIA Buffalo
12/90. Draft Plan for the initiative presented to Board of
Directors
4/91. Pre-Specialist Meeting held in Chicago with 10
participants,
reviewed initiative background, developed a series of scientific
questions, outlined the scope of the initiative and considered ways of
facilitating non-NCGIA participation
6/91. Detailed planning document presented to Board of Directors,
established steering committee
8-9/91. Open call for participation distributed and published in
magazines, newsletters and electronic bulletin boards
11/91. Abstracts reviewed by 6 referees, 24 accepted from 47
submissions
1/91. Full position papers due
2/91. Specialist Meeting held in San Diego with over 30
participants
4/91. Meeting Report prepared
91 to 94 Research phase:
special sessions and keynote speeches presented at various conferences
related dissertation topics developed at two NCGIA sites, several
journal articles published by graduate students and faculty at all sites
related research conducted at U. Iowa, U. Wisconsin and Ohio State U.
visiting researchers at all NCGIA sites work on issues related to I-9
NCGIA works with USGS to identify framework datasets for NSDI
Annual GIS bibliography first published in 1991, continues annually in
on-line version
7/95. Initiative closed at URISA conference
1995. Book published: H.J. Onsrud and G. Rushton, eds., Sharing
Geographic Information, CUPR-Rutgers, Piscataway, NJ
12/95. Closing report compiled
6/96. Closing report presented to Board of Directors
Ongoing research:
important issues raised in I-9 have been carried forward to inform
later NCGIA initiatives, including I-15, 16, and 17