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Project Goal
The BLM initiated the Cultural Resources Data Sharing Partnership (CRDSP) in 1997 to meet commitments under the 1997 BLM national Programmatic Agreement.The BLM works in partnership with the State Historic Preservation Offices in 13 western states (Alaska, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington) to develop data sharing for the cultural and historical resources they manage. To CRDSP developed a vision statement that characterizes the goals of the partenrship; “Provide cultural resources professionals consistent, easy to use, reliable spatial information systems on their desktops with access to cultural spatial data servers that assist them in doing their jobs as managers, researchers, and cultural resource professionals.”Business Problem Solved
Management of both spatial and tabular cultural resources data; enhancing storage and maintenance of data as well as streamlining business processes. Both metadata standards for GIS content and GPS standards have been developed and employed to ensure consistency of datasets.
Technology Implemented
Varies by state, but GIS applications and tabular databases are employed. In California for instance a cultural GIS database tool was developed within the ArcGIS Desktop utilizing the ESRI geodatabase environment which streamlines data entry and provides standardization of the data sets and digitization of cultural resource information from BLM California, (Learn more about our application link)
Development Team Biography
Kirk Halford, BLM Archaeologist, CRDSP National Coordinator and California Data representative.
Eric Ingbar, Gnomon, Inc. Principal, Project Manager, Programmer
