FedGeoDay 2026 Program

Presenters:

Marie Urban

Josh Coutts

Explore how Census population data combined with geospatial data can be integrated to develop risk, vulnerability, and resilience indicators to support national security, disaster preparedness, infrastructure resilience, and promote community well-being.

• Development of population exposure indicators, community vulnerability metrics, and resilience indicators.

• Data integration challenges administrative vs. gridded data, spatial scale challenges, MAUP and hierarchical modeling, temporal resolution differences, and uncertainty and validation.

• Case studies including disaster preparedness, infrastructure resilience, population displacement, and health/environmental exposure.

• Joint population resilience indicators, research publications, and collaborative projects.

Presenters:

Galen Scott

Dr. Dan Roman

Dr. Dan Gillins

Dr. Marian Westley

Dr. Dru Smith

Abstract:

The National Geodetic Survey will present an update on tools and models out for Beta testing access to the modernized NSRS. This will provide a more technical update to the customers of geodetic data for geospatial products and services. This update is intended for geospatial SME's within government and the private sector, but NGDA Theme Leads and Senior Agency Officials for Geospatial Information (SAOGI's) are welcome to participate. The intent of the session is to present the currently available data and models out for Beta realization with applications towards modernizing surveying techniques and migration of existing geospatial data to the modernized NSRS. SME's should takeaway knowledge of the tools and models and use this to develop update plans for when the NSRS is modernized in early 2027.

Presenters: Andrea Aime

This session provides an overview of GeoServer 3, featuring a guided tour of its updated user interface and key capabilities for serving and managing geospatial data.

Attendees will explore real-world use cases in maritime security and earth observation, highlighting how GeoServer supports mission-critical data dissemination.

The session also introduces modern standards and technologies, including OGC APIs and vector tiles, enabling more efficient and flexible data access. In addition, it will touch on GeoServer Cloud and how cloud-native deployments are shaping scalable geospatial infrastructures.

Led by GeoServer core developer Andrea Aime, the session will conclude with an open discussion and Q&A.

Facilitators: Rajan Desai, Puneet Kollipara, Jeremy Herzog, Jennifer Sims, Jessi Breen

This session examines what it takes to keep critical infrastructure datasets current, credible, and discoverable over time using the HIFLD Open dataset collection as a case study and common frame of reference.

• Using a World Café format, participants will rotate through three facilitated tables, each anchored by a subject matter expert who depends on public data as a consumer, navigator, or builder. Each table tackles a distinct, practical challenge of community centered data stewardship: What does it take for a community-maintained dataset to be credible, accessible, and open to community contributions? What governance and funding structures can make community maintained data stewardship sustainable? How can community centered data stewardship increase the usability and accessibility of public data?

• Rather than presenting solutions, the session is designed to surface what attendees already know in order to identify where coordinated action might close the gaps. Participants will leave with a better informed picture of the stewardship landscape, direct connections to peers working on adjacent problems, and a shared context for what comes next.

Who this is for:

This session is designed for data stewards, data managers, emergency planners, GIS practitioners, open data contributors, and technologists who directly depend on public critical infrastructure data or service communities that depend on this data. Familiarity with HIFLD Open or related federal datasets is helpful but not required.

Agenda:

• Introduction, light background on HIFLD and explanation of format (5 min)

• Guided small table discussions facilitated by an SME (see facilitators above) (40 min)

• Full-room synthesis and discussion (15 min)