Pilot of Public Health Distributed Geospatial Intelligence Network (PH-DGInet)

Title: Pilot of the Public Health Distributed Geospatial Intelligence Network (PH-DGInet). Authors: Carl Kinkade, MCRP, GISP Jim Tobias, BS, GISP Abstract: The Pilot of the Public Health Distributed Geospatial Intelligence Network (PH-DGInet) will demonstrate the utility of a Service-Oriented Architecture framework for shared geospatial services. The portal demonstration will show how geospatial data and services from various public health partners can be fused and viewed within the same geographic space. The Public Health DGInet can help states meet their Analysis-Visualization-Reporting (AVR) requirements for PHIN compliance. The PH-DGInet framework supports shared services such as a standardized geocoding service, web mapping services, cluster detection services, geospatial data sharing, and geovisualization. The creation of a framework for shared geospatial services and geospatial data is new to public health. This type of innovation will help public health to standardize services, reduce duplication of effort, and maximize the value of geospatial investments. The DGInet was originally created by ESRI for the FBI and the CIA and has been in service for the intelligence community since 1999. There are 23 existing nodes of this framework across the federal intelligence community and has helped these agencies to share services. The OMB Geospatial Line of Business involves consolidation of geospatial data, services, and use of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). The pilot of the Public Health DGInet shows the utility of an SOA framework for shared geospatial data and geospatial services for all Public Health partners.