VRA 2015 Nps Focus Dietrich

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior

Resource Information Services DivisionNational Information Services CenterAssociate Director for Information Resources

“Get in the Picture: Involving Everyone in Digital Photo

Management”

Chris DietrichNational Park Service

Resource Information Services Division



The NPS Focus Team

Christie

McDonald

Chris

Dietrich

Timothy

Barnhart

(http://npsfocus.nps.gov)

http://npsfocus.nps.gov/





Chris Dietrich• B.S. Wildlife Biology• M.S. Forestry• Graduate Certificate in GIS• Project Management Professional (PMP)• NPS since 2000

– Application development– Data management/metadata– Project management



Asset Management in the National Park Service

• The “Landscape”:– 400+ Parks– 100’s of Programs– 8 Regions + Washington Office– American Samoa to U.S. Virgin

Islands

Petrified Forest



Asset Management

• Landscape Challenges:– Highly distributed geographically– High degree of independence for

units (Parks and Programs)– Many units independently funded– Each unit has unique “enabling

legislation”

Manassas



Asset Management

Jefferson National Expansion

• Personnel Challenges:– Rangers – GIS specialists– Librarians– Interpreters– Resource specialists– Seasonal employees– Volunteers



Digital Assets

• Audio• Video• Documents• Metadata• Photos

Sequoia and Kings Canyon



Digital Audio• Oral histories• Natural sounds• Digitized analog recordings• Historical recordings

– Thomas Edison early recordings: http://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/photosmultimedia/the-recording-archives.htm

• Just getting started cataloging audioPhonograph,

Thomas Edison

http://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/photosmultimedia/the-recording-archives.htm

http://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/photosmultimedia/the-recording-archives.htm



Digital Video

Videotaping Coral, Biscayne

• Resource inventory and monitoring• Events• Digitized analog content• Just getting started cataloging

video



Digital Documents

• Reports• Scanned historical documents

– Mission 2000 database of Spanish Mission records:

• Document management services:– National Register of Historic Places– Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance

Program

National Register



Metadata• Dublin Core• Federal Geographic Data

Committee• NPS Digital Photo Metadata

Standard (DPMS)• Embedded in photos

– EXIF, IPTC, XMP

NPS Photo Metadata



Digital Photos

• Data photos– Resource inventory and monitoring– Artifacts & specimens– Geotagged photos– Digitized analog photos and slides– Photos supporting funding for

projects – Photo management services for other

NPS information systems Lighthouse, Biscayne



Digital Photos

Alpine Wallflower, Rocky Mountain

• “Pretty pix”– Used in publications, presentations,

and on web pages– Landscapes, sunsets, etc.– Artifacts & specimens– Historic photos– People in parks– Interesting park features– Events



Bringing it all Together

• Metadata standard(s)• Desktop metadata editor• NPS Focus: Servicewide asset

management system (DAM)• Building community• Publishing data

George Washington Carver



Digital Photo Metadata Standard

• Based on– Dublin Core – FGDC Content Standard for Digital

Geospatial Metadata• Many elements, few required• Common framework

USS Arizona



Desktop Metadata Editor• NPS GeoJot+ Core• Mobile photo + metadata collection• Desktop photo metadata editing• Embeds metadata in photo• Tools

– Import metadata– Bulk metadata editing– Watermark photos with metadata– Export options

Sequoia and Kings Canyon



NPS Focus Digital Library

Old Spanish Mission, Pecos

• Enterprise digital asset management (DAM) system

• Digital library in place since 2000• Many photos and “documents”• Data photos, pretty pix, services• Adding audio and video• Working on archiving…



Building Community

• Communicate, collaborate, coordinate:– Park Digital Information Management– Digital Information Services Council– GIS Council– Communications Council– Records Management Program

• Legacy PreservationCasa Grande



Data Publishing/Sharing

• NPS Focus public and internal pages

• Integration with NPS.gov for photo management services

Dry Tortugas



The NPS Centennial

Mount Rushmore

• 2016 is the 100th anniversary of “America’s Best Idea”!

• Theodore Roosevelt established Yellowstone NP in 1872

• In 1916, Woodrow Wilson established the US National Park Service

http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks



The NPS Centennial• Find Your Park campaign

– National Park Foundation– reintroduce the National Park Service to a

new generation of Americans• Every Kid In A Park

– every 4th grade student – Every Kid in a Park passes available for the

2015-2016 school year– free access to national parks, national

forests, national wildlife refugesRoosevelt Arch,

Yellowstone

http://www.ypf.org/

http://www.nationalparks.org/ook/every-kid-in-a-park



Go Find A Park!

• Every US state has at least one NPS unit

• Rocky Mountain National Park• Find a park:

http://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm

Manassas





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Channel Islands

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Christie McDonald

NPS Focus Digital Library

Education

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