FedGeoDay 2026 Program - Workshops

Agenda: 

MC: Galen Scott

Time

1:00 - 1:05 pm‍ ‍

Welcome - Marian Westley

1:05 - 1:15 pm‍ ‍

Introduction - Daniel Roman

1:15 - 1:35 pm‍ ‍

Definitional Products - Dru Smith

• Terrestrial Reference Frames

• North American Pacific Geopotential Datum of 2022 (NAPGD 2022)

• State Plane Coordinate System 2022 (SPCS 2022)

1:35 - 1:45 pm 

Maintenance of NSRS - Dru Smith

• Reference Epoch Coordinates (REC’s)

• Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)

• Intraframe Deformation Model (IFDM)

1:45 - 2:00 pm ‍ ‍

Q&A

2:00 - 2:15 pm‍ ‍

Break

2:15 - 2:45 pm‍ ‍

Demo: Data Delivery System - Brian Shaw

• NGS Map

• Geodetic Marks Pages

• Geodetic Station Pages

2:45 - 3:30 pm‍ ‍

Demo: Online Positioning User Service (OPUS) - Dan Gillins

3:30 - 4:00 pm‍ ‍

Demo: NGS Coordinate Conversion and Transformation Tool (NCAT) - Brian Shaw

4:00- 4:15 pm‍ ‍

Break

4:00 - 5:00 pm ‍ ‍

Q&A - Discussion - Daniel Roman

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, Jessi Breen, Jennifer Sims

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)