1998 National Spatial Data Infrastructure Funding

Programs

The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Funding CAP--Coordinating Groups

Programs were established by the Federal Geographic Data

Committee (FGDC) to help form partnerships among

organizations that will assist in the evolution of the NSDI.

The three programs (Cooperative Agreements Program

(CAP), Benefits, and Framework Demonstration Projects

Program (FDPP)) provide funding for cooperative

agreements to federal, state, and local government agencies,

institutions of higher education, private and non-profit

organizations. The goal is to encourage resource-sharing

projects through the use of technology, networking, and more

efficient interagency coordination. For further information,

contact the FGDC Secretariat, c/o U.S. Geological Survey,

590 National Center, Reston, Virginia 20192; telephone 703-

648-5514; facsimile 703-648-4270; or E-mail gdc@usgs.gov.

The 1999 Program

An explanation of the 1999 NSDI Funding Programs and

application materials will be available in the Fall of 1998.

The open period for proposals will be 90 days. As with the

previous programs, proposals must involve two or more

organizations with participants providing matching funds or

resources. Formal announcement of the program will be

published in the Commerce Business Daily and the Federal

Register, and also will be available through the FGDC

homepage at http://www.fgdc.gov.

Alabama

Statewide GIS/Geospatial Symposium to Promote the

Development of a Coordinating Agency and the Alabama

Spatial Data Infrastructure

This project will support a symposium in Alabama to address

the importance of the development of the Alabama Spatial

Data Infrastructure. The symposium will bring together all

interested groups and organizations in the state to learn about

and discuss the challenges in creating a high-quality, accurate

public-domain digital geospatial framework for Alabama in a

coordinated fashion, and will develop a viable plan of action

for GIS coordination and framework development.

Principal: Berry H. Tew, Geological Survey of Alabama,

P.O. Box O; 420 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

35486-9780; (P)205-349-2852; (F)205-349-2861; 

Email: ntew@sand.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us; 

Web: http://www.gsa.tuscaloosa.al.us

Partner: State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama

Alaska

Alaska Transportation Mapping Coordination Project

Linking State and Local Programs to Build the NSDI

The purpose of this project is to better organize Alaska’s

state and local mapping authorities to address the

transportation framework layer. The participants seek to

provide local community input to the United States

Geological Survey (USGS) on the development a

transportation layer which is now an active project under the

national A-16 program. The NSDI project will build

relationships among state agencies and boroughs which can

address technical issues of incorporating local data to the

framework data set, evaluate transportation updates using

differential GPS technology, seek technical solutions for

creating a standard attribute listing, and to promote

technology transfer of technical skills and data sharing

between agencies. FDPP Transportation

Principal: Richard McMahon, Alaska Department of

Natural Resources, Division of Support Services, Land

Records Information Section 3601 C Street, Suite 916,

Anchorage, Alaska 99503; (P)907-269-8836;

(F)907-563-1497; Email: Richard_McMahon@dnr.state.ak; 

Web: http://www.dnr.state.ak.us

Partner: AK-DOT & Public Facilities, Fairbanks North Star

Borough, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Kodiak Island Borough,

Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Municipality of Anchorage,

City & Borough of Juneau
Implementation Strategy and Action Plan for the

Migration to FGDC-endorsed National Standards for

Geospatial Data.

This project develops a plan to migrate the existing

Municipality of Anchorage (MoA) Geographic Information

System to conform to National Spatial Data Infrastructure

and the Spatial Data Transfer Standards. This migration

study will identify the impacts on resources, budgeting

constraints, and outline the migration path and schedule

which will provide a common theme for documenting the

terminology and definitions of the MoA GIS program in

conformance with a national standard for digital geospatial

data. FDPP Elevation, Hydrography, and Cadastral

Principal: Aaron J. Ramirez, Municipality of Anchorage,

Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility Engineering Division

(GIS Section), 3000 Arctic Boulevard, Anchorage, Alaska

99503; (P)907-564-2765; (F)907-562-0824; 

Email: ramirezaj@ci.anchorage.ak.us; 

Web: http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us

Partners: Municipality of Anchorage/Management

Information Systems Department Geographic Information

Systems Division, Municipality of Anchorage/Department of

Public Works Building Safety Division, Municipality of

Anchorage/Community Planning and Development research

and Technical Services, Municipality of Anchorage, Finance

Department Property Appraisal Division, GeoNorth Inc.

Arkansas

Development and Implementation of a National Geospatial

Data Clearinghouse Node for Arkansas

This project will result in a searchable, FGDC compliant

NSDI Clearinghouse node at the University of Arkansas,

Fayetteville to support both new and existing users of the

geospatial data archive which has been established at the

Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST). As part

of this initiative, collaborators will construct metadata for

statewide data themes and a number of county-based and

local themes for framework data (geodetic control,

orthoimagery, elevation, transportation, hydrography, and

governmental units). All clearinghouse-related metadata will

be maintained in an enterprise-class data warehouse

accessible via broad bandwidth connections from around the

state. CAP — Clearinghouse

Principal: James A. Farley, Center for Advanced Spatial

Technologies, University of Arkansas, Ozark Hall, Room 12,

Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701; (P)501-575-6159;

(F)501-575-5218; Email: jim@cast.uark.edu;

Web: http://www.cast.uark.edu

Partner: Arkansas Department of Informational Services

California

Conduct a California Channel Islands Group GIS

Methodologies and Standardized Data Sharing

Conference

Project collaborators will organize a conference to be

integrated within the 1998 California Channel Islands

Symposium. Conference will focus on standardization of

datasets, data sharing, data distribution, and interagency

cooperation between Federal, State, Local, and private

agencies working within the coastal environment of the

Southern California Bight. Results will be incorporated into

the symposium proceedings, and dataset information will be

collected and made available on the World Wide Web. A

post-symposium strategy meeting will be held to analyze

results and provide a forum for future collaborations, as well

as continue work on the long-term goal of a central,

standardized dataset accessible to all agencies working

within the Southern California Bight. CAP — Coordinating

Groups

Principal: Ben Waltenberger, Channel Islands National

Marine Sanctuary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA

93109; (P)805-966-7107; (F)805-568-1582;

Email: bwaltenberger@cinms.nos.noaa.gov

Web: http://www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov

Partners: National Park Service, Minerals Management

Service

Acquisition, Coordination, and Dissemination of PLSS

Geographic Data for California's Central Valley

This project is designed to greatly enhance the capability of

the BLM in the California to generate coordinate data. Once

this data is generated it will then be used by all central

valley entities as a base layer in geographic information

systems that facilitate the resolution of critical

environmental and resource-based questions. The BLM will

partner with the Geomatics Engineering Program at the

California State University, Fresno and local valley based

levels of government to implement new innovative

mechanisms for generation of coordinate data. These

techniques involve conducting an inventory of Public Land

Survey corner monument coordinated and associated

attribute data available at various private, local, state, and

federal agencies. Standardization efforts will use NSDI

standards. FDPP — Cadastral, Geodetic, and Governmental

Units

Principal: Kenneth E. Sullivan Jr., U.S. Dept. of the

Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 2135 Butano Dr.,

Sacramento, California 95825; (P)916-978-4345;

(F)916-978-4327; Email: ksulliva@ca.blm.gov; Web:

http://www.ca.blm.gov

Partners: Geomatics Engineering Program/Dept. of CSEC,

Counties of Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and

Tulare
Teale Hydrography and EPA River Reach File 3-Alpha

Cross-Reference to the NHD

In cooperation with participating federal and state agencies,

we propose to demonstrate and evaluate the ability to

cross-reference information tied to the existing, official

California hydrography data set (Teale Hydrography) to the

new National Hydrography Data set (NHD). The goal is to

test, verify, and recommend enhancements to these

cross-referencing methods and seek, together with our

collaborators, to improve the transfer of reach-code

information from the California RF3-alpha and Teale

hydrography datasets to the NHD. Most researchers and

agency programs working on federal, state, and local projects

use the Teale Hydrography layer as a base to which to tie

their attribute information for rivers, streams, and shorelines.

An agency's ability to retain this legacy data and migrate

forward to the NHD base with minimal loss of information is

essential. Results and recommendations emerging from this

project will facilitate local, State, and Federal agencies in

other states to migrate to the NHD base. FDPP —

Hydrography

Principal: Dr. James F. Quinn, University of California,

Teale Data Center, 1 Shields Avenue, 410 Mark Hall, Davis,

California 95616; (P)530-752-8027; (F)530-752-3350; Email:

jfquinn@ucdavis.edu; Web: http://ice. ucdavis.edu

Partners: California Department of Fish and Game, Stephen

P. Teale Data Center, California Department of Forestry and

Fire Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region IX, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.

Geological Survey

The MarinMap and MIDAS Spatial Data Warehouse

During the past several years, the Marin Community

Foundation (a private, non-profit corporation), in cooperation

with Pacific Bell Telephone, Marin County government,

private non-profit organizations, local schools, libraries and

governments has created a extensive community information

system. This system is named MIDAS for "Marin Information

and Data Access System". With this NSDI grant, MarinMap

agencies and the Marin Community Foundation will; 1) add a

spatial data warehouse 2) document the metadata on an

established clearinghouse node, and 3) produce the materials

for a NSDI education and data sharing program. MarinMap

agencies will publish internet accessible data and maps of

public information available from local governments and

special districts. FDPP Transportation, Orthoimagery,

Hydrography, Governmental Units, Cadastral

Principal: Linda Christman, County of Marin, 3501 Civic

Center Drive, Suite 331, San Rafael, California 94903;

(P)415-499-6286; (F)415-507-4104; Email:

lchrist@marin.org

Partners: Marin Community Foundation, City of San Rafael,

Marin Municipal Water District, City of Larkspur, City of

Novato

Colorado and Utah

Southwestern Colorado NSDI Cooperative Partnership

Program to Promote Data Sharing

State and federal partners in Utah will work with the

Southwestern Colorado Data Center (SDSC) in Western

Colorado to increase the awareness of and the

implementation of metadata practices. Specifically the

project will: 1) bring SCDC's metadata into compliance

with the FGDC Metadata Standard, and serve it to the public

on our website, 2) create an Internet web browser-based

tool, and integrate it with our web browser-based map

viewer for point and click access to metadata, 3) work with

the State of Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center

and the Canyon Country Partnership to train selected local

agencies, which currently create spatial data, in metadata

specifics, and 4) develop and document a curricula for high

school students, currently knowledgeable in geospatial data

usage, in introductory metadata concepts. CAP

Clearinghouse-Local/Regional

Principal: Bill Ferguson, Southwestern Colorado Data

Center, Inc, 4433 County Road 23, Ridgeway, Colorado

81432; (P)970-626-3645; (F)970-626-3613; 

Email: billf@landuse.com; Web: http://www.landuse.com

Partners: State of Utah, Canyon Country Partnership,

Grand County Utah, Delta County Colorado, San Miguel

County, Ouray County Colorado, City of Montrose

Colorado, Mesa County Colorado, BLM Montrose District

Office, Manti-LaSal National Forest Utah, Colorado Natural

Heritage Program, Valley Land Conservancy

Delaware

Delaware Spatial Data Infrastructure: Implementation

Begins

In this project, a National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

node at the University of Delaware, will be advanced

through the participation of numerous state and local

agencies into a resource that references and assists in the

distribution of over 50 framework data sets, and identifies

information efforts and data resources throughout the state

of Delaware. The project includes several educational

outreach efforts to increase community involvement and use

of the clearinghouse. Investigations will also be conducted

as to how the clearinghouse can support land use policy

initiatives in the State. The collaborators will further

develop Internet-based documentation tools and research

how the emergence of Internet-based GIS relates to and can

be supported by the Clearinghouse. CAP Clearinghouse &

Educational 

Principal: David P. Racca, School of Urban Affairs and

Public Policy, University of Delaware, Graham Hall,

Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716-7330;

(P)302-831-1698; (F)302-831-3587; 

Email: dracca@udel.edu
Partners: Office of Information Systems, Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental

Control, Division of Soil and Water Conservation, Division of

Parks and Recreation, Division of Air and Waste Principal: Susan Carson Lambert, Kentucky Office of

Management, Division of Water Resources, Delaware Geographic Information Systems, 1024 Capital Center

Department of Transportation, Delaware Economic Drive, Suite 305, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601;

Development Office, Delaware Emergency Management (P)502-573-1450; (F)502-573-1458; Email:

Agency, Delaware Health and Social Services, State of slambert@msdlouky.org; 

Delaware Department of Labor, Delaware State Housing Web: http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/finance/depts/

Authority, State of Delaware Historic Preservation Office, ogis/gisdept.htm

State of Delaware Department of Agriculture, Delaware

Geological Survey, New Castle County Department of Land

Use, Kent County Department of Planning, Water Resources

Agency for New Castle County, City of Newark, Center for

Remote Sensing, Center for Historic Architecture and Design,

Geography Department

Iowa

Managing the Mississippi with Spatial Data: You Be the

Lockmaster This project will promote sharing of geospatial data by

"You Be the Lockmaster" is a cooperative partnership to

increase citizen awareness of the role of hydrologic spatial

data to manage the Mississippi River. The public will use

geographic data to operate an animated computer model of

the river at the Mississippi River Museum and at workshops.

This partnership will overcome a significant barrier to

management of the river--public awareness. The project will

measure increase in access and growth in knowledge about

spatial data on the Mississippi, and awareness and attitudes of

the public toward the collection and analysis of these data.

Benefits — Education

Principal: Jerry Enzler, Mississippi River Museum, P.O. Box Committee. The datasets will complement data under

266, Dubuque, Iowa 52004-0266; (P)319-557-9545; development by the Natural Heritage Network and National

(F)319-583-1241 GAP Analysis Program. CAP — Clearinghouse Local/

Partners: Environmental Management Technical Center,

USACE, IA Department of Natural Resources, Loras College, Principal: Mark Swan, The Nature Conservancy, P.O. Box

Clarke College, University of Dubuque, Minnesota Science 4125, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821; (P)504-338-1040;

Center, Dubuque Community School System, Midwest Area (F)504-338-0103; Email: mswan@tnc.org

River Coalition, Mississippi River Parkway Commission

Kentucky

The Transportation Framework in Kentucky--Where the

NSDI Meets the Road

This project is a collaborative effort among state, local and

federal agencies to (1) evaluate applicability of transportation

framework standards, (2) resolve technical issues and define

the data exchange procedures and protocols involved in

utilizing high resolution locally created street centerline data

in a more generalized statewide transpiration database; (3)

make state basemap data available to the NSDI framework in

a format which meets accepted standards; and (4) define and

articulate the necessary interagency agreements to ensure

ongoing data maintenance and exchange. FDPP —

Transportation

Partners: Louisville and Jefferson County Information

Consortium, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, U.S.

Geological Survey

Louisiana

Illinois, Mississippi, Kentucky,

Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri

The Mississippi Alluvial Plain Ecoregion Clearinghouse

Node of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure

establishing the Mississippi Alluvial Plain Ecoregion NSDI

clearinghouse node at the Louisiana Department of

Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The Mississippi Alluvial

Plain spans 24 million acres in seven states. The online

datasets will be biological in emphasis and formatted for

consistency with FGDC content standards and be compatible

with other GIS programs in the region. This node will

provide access to biological geospatial data and

FGDC-compliant metadata development by The Nature

Conservancy, the LDEQ GIS Center, and partners

comprising the Lower Mississippi Valley GIS Steering

Regional

Partners: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality,

Lower Mississippi Valley GIS

GIS Data Certification: Issues and Implementation

Strategies

The primary goal of the project is to provide framework

participants a realistic overview of geospatial data

certification that will enable them to determine the need,

feasibility, and effort required to develop and maintain such

a program. Louisiana State University (LSU) and the

Louisiana GIS Council (LGISC) will identify and review the

issues and implementation strategies associated with the

development of a GIS data certification program. Baseline

information about existing data certification programs and

data producer perceptions and concerns regarding data

certification will be collected and organized into a set of key
issue statements. The issues statements will serve as the

program requirements for formulation of alternative

implementation strategies. 

FDPP — All data themes

Principal: Lynda Wayne, Louisiana Geographic Information

Center, Center for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental

Resources, Louisiana State University, E302 Howe-Russell

GeoSciences Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803;

(P)225-388-3479; (F)225-388-5328; Email: lwayne@lsu.edu;

Web: http://atlas.lsu.edu/

Partners: The Louisiana Geographic Information Systems

Council (LGISC)

Maine

Spatial Data Institutions and Community Building in

Coastal Maine

This project will explore the needs for geographically

referenced data and other related spatial information at the

community level in coastal Maine. A series of structured

interviews will be conducted with participants from

organizations that are current or potential geospatial

information users. The core questions in this study address,

how are GIS and related technologies now being used toward

community problem solving, and how well are local 

organizations able to cooperate in use of spatial information

in realizing their common goals. An assessment of

appropriate directions for information sharing across

organizations and suggestions for the most appropriate means

toward this goal are among the expected outcomes from this

project. CAP Coordinating Groups

Principal: Prof. Harlan J. Onsrud, Spatial Information

Science and Engineering, University of Maine, 5711

Boardman Hall Rm.348, Orono, Maine 04469-5711;

(P)207-581-2175; (F)207-581-2206; 

Email: onsrud@spatial.maine.edu 

Web: http://www.spatial.maine.edu

Partners: Cobscook Bay Resource Center, College of the

Atlantic GIS Lab

Using the NSDI Framework for Rural Economic

Development

The project will evaluate the benefits of using NSDI

Framework data for rural economic development. Business

development models will be created from NSDI framework

data by the Piscataquis Economic Development Council, a

multi-sector partnership in Piscataquis County, Maine.

Benefits -- Rural Economic Development

Principal: John Holden, Eastern Maine Development

Corporation, P.O. Box 2579, Bangor, Maine 04402-2579;

(P)207-942-6389; (F)207-942-3548; Email:

jholden@emdc.org; Web: http://www.emdc.org

Partners: University of Maine, Maine Office of GIS

Michigan

Establishing a National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

Node for Michigan 

The Michigan Geographic Data Clearinghouse Node is a

project that establishes a searchable metadata database and a

NSDI clearinghouse node complying with FGDC-endorsed

standards and protocols. This node will provide both

metadata and spatial data developed by the Michigan

Geographic Framework Program, IMAGIN (an organization

comprised of agencies that produce, collect, analyze, and

distribute geospatial information in Michigan), and other

geospatial data producers in the state. CAP Clearinghouse

Principal: Rob Surber, Michigan Information Center,

Michigan Department of Management and Budget, 320 S.

Walnut St/P.O. Box 30026, Lansing, Michigan 48909;

(P)517-373-7910; Email: surberr@state.mi.us; 

Web: http://www.state.mi.us/dmb/mic/

Partner: IMAGIN, Inc.

Minnesota

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of MetroGIS

MetroGIS is a stakeholder governed effort of city, county,

and regional governments to share geographically referenced

data throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area for

growth management, farmland preservation, and

subregional planning for community development. This

project will evaluate the effectiveness of data sharing within

MetroGlS and identify constraints to effective sharing.

Benefits — Urban Planning

Principal: William J. Craig, University of Minnesota,

Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, 330 HHH Center,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455; (P) 612-625-1551;

(F)612-626-0273; Email: wcraig@atlas.socsci.umn.edu; 

Web: http://metrogis.org

Partner: Metropolitan Council, MetroGIS Staff Office,

Land Management Information Center

A Sustainable Fair-Share Model for Framework

Collaborative

This project seeks to document cooperative financing issues

that must be resolved for multi-jurisdictional goals of NSDI

framework projects to succeed. This project will 1) adapt the

seven NSDI framework functions to clarify appropriate roles

for data producers and integrators while addressing priority

information needs of MetroGIS stakeholders applicable to

NSDI framework data elements, 2) estimate the costs for

sustaining data sharing mechanisms consistent with the

MetroGIS vision and with the roles and responsibilities

needed to support the NSDI framework, 3) develop

guidelines for equitably allocating the costs of MetroGIS
among its stakeholders, considering contributions in the form

of funding, data, and people and equipment, and 4) document

project results. FDPP — Governmental Units, Cadastral,

Transportation

Principal: Randall Johnson, Metropolitan Council, 230 East Email: grctlh@showme.missouri.edu; 

5th Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101; (P)612-602-1638; Web: http://msdis.missouri.edu

(F)612-602-1404; Email: randy.johnson@metc.state.mn; 

Web: http://www.metrogis.org.us

Partners: Anoka County, Carver County, Dakota County, Transportation, Missouri Office of Administration, State

Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Scott County, Emergency Management Agency, Missouri State Census

Washington County, Association of Metropolitan, Metro Data Center, Missouri Department of Conservation 

Chapter Minnesota, Technology Information Education, MN

Land Management Information

Mississippi

A Proposal to Become a National Geospatial Data

Clearinghouse Node

In partnership with the Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP), a

consortium of organizations dedicated to improving the Gulf

ecosystem, the Mississippi State University Center for Air Sea

Technology (CAST) will establish an NSDI clearinghouse

node to serve the Gulf Coast region. As a representative of the

five states bordering the Gulf of Mexico and seventeen

Federal Agencies, GMP facilitates the protection and

restoration of the coastal marine waters of the Gulf of Mexico

and its coastal natural habitats. This proposal will fulfill an

urgent need for providing GMP and its partners a source of

critical data for the rapid response, status and trend analyses

of Gulf ecosystems, and decision making process. CAP — 

Clearinghouse

Principal: Tina Henson, Mississippi State University, Center

for Air Sea Technology, P.O . Box 6156, 305 Bowen Hall,

Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762; (P)601-325-7404;

(F)601-325-3803; Email: tina@spa.msstate.edu; 

Web Site: http:www.cast.msstate.edu

Partner: Gulf of Mexico Program

Missouri

Missouri National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Node 

The Missouri Spatial Data Information Service and project

collaborators will develop and maintain a NSDI

clearinghouse node on the Internet. This new node will

contain FGDC compliant metadata, FTP access to databases,

and textual and spatial search tools for query and retrieval of

metadata and spatial layers. A series of workshops will be

given and a training/education program established to educate

agencies and other entities within the state of the importance

of metadata and data sharing, as well as foster the

development within these agencies of protocols for this

documentation. CAP - Clearinghouse & Educational

Principal: Timothy L. Haithcoat, The Curators of the

University of Missouri, 18 Stewart Hall, The Curators of the

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211;

(P)573-882-2324; (F)573-884-4239; 

Partners: Missouri GIS Advisory Committee, Missouri

Dept. of Economic Development, Missouri Dept. of

National/International

Hierarchical Metadata Implementation for Ecosystem

Research Datasets

This proposal is to implement a hierarchical metadata

concept for shared research (non-framework) datasets with

spatial and temporal extent, as typically produced and used

in environmental and ecosystem research. Differences in

objectives for documentation and publication vs. data search,

leading to different hierarchical structures and information

storage requirements, will be defined for the purpose of

metadata implementation and system linkages. The

metadata concept and operable system will be usable for a

wide range of multi-disciplinary datasets that are prepared in

a research (rather than a standardized mapping) context, and

subsequently released for publication. The prototype

documentation/metadata format will resolve

incompatibilities between hierarchically stored metadata in

operable systems and search requirements of the NSDI. The

proposed hierarchical metadata format will make access to

documentation and metadata easy and presentable to users,

and will link to NSDI clearinghouse systems. CAP -

Standards

Principal: John J. Kineman, National Geophysical Data

Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80303;

(P)303-497-6900; (F)303-497-6513; Email:

jjk@ngdc.noaa.gov Web: http.//www.ngdc.noaa.gov/

Partners: Cooperative Institute for Research in

Environmental Sciences, NOAA Coastal Services Center,

USGS National Mapping Division, International Geosphere

Biosphere Program-Data and Information System (IGBPDIS), International Geosphere Biosphere ProgramInternational Human Dimensions Program/Land Use and

Cover Change (LUCC) International Project Office
Implementation of the NASA/LBA-Ecology National

Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Node

The NASA Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment

in Amazonia Ecology Project Office (LBA-Ecology) will

focus on establishing a NSDI clearinghouse node. The initial

implementation will serve as a data management system for

LBA-Ecology, for ingesting, tracking, archiving and

disseminating a high volume of diverse biophysical and

remotely sensed geospatial data. The clearinghouse will also

serve as a testbed for prototyping feasible and cost-effective

data sharing solutions within an international and interdisciplinary science community. In cooperation with

European and Brazilian partners, efforts will include

assessing the feasibility of expanding NSDI clearinghouse 

nodes into international territories by educating collaborators

of NSDI concepts, applying a hands-on experiment to test the

Z39.50 GEO profile at existing international data centers

using I-site software. Project collaborators will also continue

to work with the Global Change Master Directory in the

development of metadata tools software to assist scientists in 

describing datasets and translating this information into

compliance with the Content Standards for Digital Geospatial

Metadata. CAP - Clearinghouse

Principal: Marc Nadler, NASA/Goddard Space Flight

Center, Code 923, Biospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, Maryland

2077; (P)301-286-2424; (F)301-286-0239; Email:

Marc.Nadler@gsfc.nasa.gov; Web: http.//www.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Partners: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research,

Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle Project Office,

Center for Weather Forecast and Climate Studies, NASA

Global Change Master Directory, Oak Ridge National

Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

ISO/FGDC Clearinghouse Development and

Implementation for UNEP Data

Metadata and geospatial data transfer standards in the

scientific, management, and development communities

require international standards for the widespread use and

implementation of data documentation, dissemination, and

exchange. Project collaborators will work to establish and

pursue FGDC and ISO complaint clearinghouse nodes. 

Efforts will be focused on 1) establishment of an National

Geospatial Data Clearinghouse node to provide public access

to United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) data sets as

well as metadata converted from the UNEP metadata

standard; 2) enhancement of the PC MetaLite software,

screened by UNEP and USGS, to conform and produce ISO

compliant metadata; and 3) development of ISO metadata on

the UNEP/GRID clearinghouse to prototype the transition of

an NSDI clearinghouse node to an ISO compliant

clearinghouse node. CAP - Clearinghouse

Principal: Michelle Anthony, EROS Data Center, Sioux

Falls, South Dakota 57198; (P)605-594-6848; (F)605-594-

6529; Email: anthony@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov; 

Web: http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov

Partners: U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center,

NASA, ESRI, United Nations Environment

Program/Caribbean Environmental Programme, University of 

Kansas Geographical & Environmental Monitoring Lab 

National

Historic Black Colleges & Universities GIS Faculty

Workshop

The Howard University Urban Environment Institute will

conduct a GIS Workshop for faculty members from

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The

workshop will provide participants with an introduction to

the NSDI, GIS, remote sensing, GPS, and spatial data

analysis, in order to promote and facilitate the introduction

of geospatial information technology into their respective

academic programs. CAP - Educational

Principal: Cynthia Warrick, Howard University Continuing

Education, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 600, Silver Spring,

Maryland 20910; (P)301-585-2295; (F)301-585-8911

Partner: US Geological Survey

Proposed National Standards for the Floristic Levels of

Vegetation Classification in the United States

A standardized, refereed, and widely used vegetation

classification for the United States is urgently needed for

effective planning, management, and research of the nation's

ecological systems. On October 22, 1997, the Federal

Geographic Data Committee, endorsed the National

Vegetation Classification System (NVCS). The NVCS is

hierarchical using physiognomy and floristic at the lowest

levels. Although the NVCS recognizes floristic levels, it

does not include an actual classification of floristically

defined vegetation types. To identify, describe, and

document thousands of floristically based types nationwide

will require analysis of regional vegetation and

establishment of standards for plot data, nomenclature, and

review monographs proposing named units. The goal of this

project will be to draft such standards. CAP Standards

Principal: Dr. Mary C. Barber and Lori Hindinger,

Ecological Society of America, ESA Panel on Vegetation

Classification, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 420,

Washington, D.C. 20036; (P)202-833-8748

Partners: U.S. Geological Survey, Wichita State University

Workshop Support and Training for Outreach the K-12

Geospatial Data NSDI Clearinghouse Node

The objective of this proposal is to extend the dissemination

of information about the K-12 geospatial data NSDI

clearinghouse node established as part of an FGDC 1997

partnership agreement. This information will be

disseminated through the development of workshop

programs and materials to be presented at nationwide

educational conferences and K-12 teacher training programs

in the fields of science, environmental, geography and GIS

education. CAP - Educational

Principal: Susan Lindell Radke, Berkeley Geo-Research

Group, 51 Crest View Drive, Orinda, California 94563;

(P)925-254-0951; (F)925-254-0955; 

Email: kiznode@bgrg.com

Partners: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.,

National Council for Geographic Education
Nevada New Jersey

Establishing a National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Burlington County Road Centerlines Project

Node for Nevada

The State Mapping Advisory Committee (SMAC) will for Burlington County, NJ with a high degree of spatial

establish a National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse node for accuracy (+/-3 ft) and quality attributes which will be useful

the state of Nevada. The clearinghouse will provide access to and usable at state, county and local levels. This objective

FGDC-compliant metadata from municipal, county, state, and will be accomplished by utilizing Global Positioning

federal agencies, universities, and private industry, and links Systems (GPS) receivers to compile the coordinate segment

to spatial data sets located on other individual agency servers of the coverage and by field collection of attribute

throughout the state. An outreach effort to expand the information such as road name, speed limits, addresses, and

awareness and use of the clearinghouse to other organizations direction, etc. All data will be passed down to the township

will also be conducted. CAP - Clearinghouse level where it will be evaluated for completeness and

Principal: Gary Johnson, Nevada Bureau of Mines and

Geology, The Regents of UCCSN, for UNR, Office of

Sponsored Projects Administration, Mail Stop 325, Reno,

Nevada 89557; (P)702-784-4040

Partners: Washoe County Planning, U.S. Bureau of Land

Management, Southern Nevada Water Authority

New Hampshire

New Hampshire National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

Node

Project collaborators will establish the New Hampshire Node

on the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse at University

of New Hampshire by modifying the existing NH GRANIT

(Geographically Referenced And Information Transfer - the

statewide GIS database) web site as necessary to match FGDC

protocols and standards, and develop a long-term

maintenance program for the site. The Content Standards for

Digital Geospatial Metadata will be used to collect metadata

for all framework data (roads and trails, hydrography,

elevation, digital ortho-photography, public lands), and This effort will provide coordination between GIS-teaching

selected coastal and other GRANIT data layers. A guidebook institutions, their GIS curricula, and the needs of agencies

will also be prepared for governmental and other interested and industries hiring GIS-trained employees in North

organizations on the importance of data documentation, with Carolina. The project collaborators will hold a state-wide

particular reference to the FGDC metadata standard. CAP — meeting between institutions of higher education now

Clearinghouse teaching curricular in GIS and agencies and private industry

Principal: Fay Rubin, State of New Hampshire, Office of

State Planning, University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall,

Durham, New Hampshire 03824-3525; (P)603-862-1792; Principal: Professor Art Rex, Appalachian State

(F)603-862-0188; Email: fay.rubin@unh.edu University, Department of Geography and Planning, Boone,

Partners: Complex Systems Research Center University of

New Hampshire, Research Computing Center University of

New Hampshire Partners: Department of Geography and Planning,

The goal of this project is to create complete road coverage

attribute accuracy. Attribute corrections will be made by the

townships in house, by accessing Burlington County

Library's Public GIS Terminals, or by submitting paper

revisions back to the county. As new roads are built or the

location of existing roads are modified within each

township, notification will be sent to the county. Such roads

will be collected by GPS and added to the existing data layer

on a yearly maintenance basis. FDPP - Transportation

Principal: John Pavek, Burlington County Data Processing,

GIS Division, 49 Rancocas Road, Room 112, Mt. Holly,

New Jersey 08060; (P)609-265-3720; (F)609-265-5022; 

Email: Jpavek@co.burlington.nj.us

Partners: Burlington County Data Processing/GIS Division,

Bass River Township, Beverly City, Burlington City,

Chesterfield Township, Mt. Holly Township, Pemberton

Township, Southampton Township

North Carolina

Coordinating GIS in Higher Education in North Carolina

and governmental agencies that use GIS-trained students

from those institutions. CAP - Coordinating Groups

North Carolina 28607; (P)828-262-7057; (F)828-262-3067; 

Email: rexab@appstate.edu

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Department

of Geography, North Carolina Geographic Coordination

Council, North Carolina Center for Geographic Information

and Analysis
Promoting GIS and NSDI to Elected Officials in North Using the Community College System to Train and

Carolina Certify GIS Technicians for Framework Data Production

The collaborators will prepare a suite of briefing materials on

geographic information coordination for North Carolina The North Carolina Geographic Information Coordinating

elected officials in federal, state, and local governments. This Council will oversee an effort to assess the feasibility of

proposal will apply marketing principles to the creation of a using the community college system in North Carolina to

suite of briefing materials that can be used by the Center for train and certify GIS Technicians for Framework data

Geographic Information and Analysis, and other coordination production and integration work opportunities. This project

champions at the state, county and city levels. These will examine the possibility of creating an educational

materials will succinctly, innovatively and appropriately program to provide GIS technicians with the qualifications

outline the benefits of using geographic information systems and proficiencies to work in agencies supporting the role of

for local problem resolution and promote the value of "data producer" or "area integrator" for the National

coordination implicit in the National Spatial Date Geospatial Data Framework. FDPP - All Themes

Infrastructure. CAP — Educational Outreach

Principal: Diana Hales, Center for Geographic Information of Community Colleges, 200 West Jones Street, Raleigh,

and Analysis, Governor's Office of State Planning, 301 N. North Carolina 27603; (P)919-733-7051; (F)919-733-0680;

Wilmington St., Suite 700, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601; Email: johnse@ncccs.cc.nc.us; 

(P)919-733-2090; (F)919-715-0725; Web: http://www.ncccs.cc.nc.us

Email: diana@cgia.state.nc.us

Partners: North Carolina Association of County Analysis, National Center for Geographic Information and

Commissioners, North Carolina League of Municipalities, Analysis

Institute of Government

Metadata Specifications for North Carolina Land Records

and Other Local Government Data

The North Carolina Office of the Secretary of State-Land

Records Management Division (SOS-LRMD) will collaborate

with the North Carolina Center for Geographic Information

and Analysis (CGIA), Wake County, an the North Carolina

Property Mappers Association to evaluate, adopt, and

promulgate geospatial metadata specifications for the state's

digital land records mapping program. Results from the 1997

NSDI project "North Carolina Local Government

Clearinghouse Implementation Program: Wake County and

Municipalities" will be promoted for widespread

implementation by land records managers and GIS

professionals in local government. The collaborators will

organize, plan, and conduct a series of five one-day

workshops throughout the state to provide specific training to

county representatives on adopted metadata specifications.

This project will institutionalize the use of geospatial

metadata for land records mapping and advances the

development and use of metadata for other themes derived by

local government in North Carolina. CAP - Standards

Principal: Rex Minneman, North Carolina Secretary of

State's Office, Land Records Management Division, 

300 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601;

(P)919-733-7006; (F)919-715-0789; 

Email: rminnema@mail.secstate.state.nc.us

Partners: Center for Geographic Information and Analysis,

Wake County, NC Property Mappers Association

and Integration: A Feasibility Study

Principal: Dr. Elizabeth Johns, North Carolina Department

Partners: NC Center for Geographic Information and

Ohio

OhioView National Geospatial Clearinghouse Node

Development Project

OhioView collaborators will create a Ohio Geospatial Data

Clearinghouse node to provide access to high quality,

affordable high-resolution, stereo (3-D) multi-spectral land

satellite data to public and research users in Ohio. The

Clearinghouse will provide unrestricted public access to

metadata records, provide linkages to interactive online

datasets to support broad public use of geospatial data using

user friendly visualization tools, and provide linkages to

preprocessed images for use as educational or reference

materials. CAP - Clearinghouse

Principal: John Millard, Ohio View Research Consortium,

Miami University Libraries, Oxford, Ohio 45056;

(P)513-529-6789; (F)513-529-1719; 

Email: millarj@muohio.edu

Partners: US Geological Survey/EROS Data Center, NASA

Lewis Research Center
Oklahoma Pennsylvania

Integrated Approach of Using Geospatial Data in Logan Pennsylvania Interactive Watershed Atlas

County, Oklahoma

Logan County Conservation District is initiating a access to metadata and spatial data related to Pennsylvania's

countywide forum to bring geospatial users and creators watersheds. The Atlas is a collaborative project developed

together to identify where efforts can be made to gain a by the Pennsylvania Mapping and Geographic Information

comprehensive framework of geospatial data for Logan Consortium (PAMAGIC), the Pennsylvania State University,

County. The process of identifying needed framework, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental

creating and maintaining it for Logan County will be Protection. The target user group for the Atlas is users who

developed through this forum. The accomplishments made in are either unfamiliar with GIS or lack the

Logan County will be published in both technical and the hardware/software, training, or knowledge to effectively use

conservation planners' circles. The accomplishments will also a GIS. The Atlas' primary function is to act as a

serve as a guide for the development of five other model sites clearinghouse, accessible via the Internet, for data and

located throughout the United States. FDPP - Cadastral and metadata. The Atlas will contain three unique elements. 

Orthoimagery First, an interactive mapping capability that will allow users

Principal: Clifford Frick, Logan County Conservation

District, 2227 Iron Mound Drive, Guthrie, Oklahoma 73044;

(P)405-282-1650; (F)405-282-2651

Partners: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Langston

University, Logan County Board of Commissioners,

Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts, Farm

Service Agency

Oregon

A National Geospatial Clearinghouse for the Oregon

Coast

A collaborative effort between university, federal, state, and

regional entitles, will result in geospatial clearinghouse node

disseminating data for the Oregon coast. The clearinghouse

node will include coverage of coastal and marine resource

thematic data and FGDC-compliant metadata for all of

Oregon, as will as embedded URL linkages to data

throughout the state of Oregon. Protocols will be established This project brings together primary stakeholders in the

for maintenance and update, and training will be provided to region to test a marine component of the Cadastral Data

clearinghouse users and cooperators. Data mining efforts in Content Standard. In addition, it provides the technical

support of the clearinghouse will serve as a testbed for the means to create, document and disseminate the ocean

implementation of the new FGDC Standards for Shoreline cadastral data layer. The baseline (mean low water line); the

Data. The clearinghouse will be designed in such a way as to National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) boundaries; State

be easily accessible and understood by coastal managers, seaward boundary; "8 (g) Zone"; territorial sea boundary;

scientists, decision-makers and citizens of Oregon desiring to and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) will be mapped for the

obtain geographic information on coastal resources. CAP — four states of NC, SC, GA, and FL. Deliverables include a

Clearinghouse-Local/Regional report on using the cadastral standard offshore and possible

Principal: Dawn J. Wright, Department of Geosciences,

Oregon State University, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis,

Oregon 97331-5506; (P)541-737-1229; (F)541-737-1200;

Email: dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu/fgdc

Web: http://dusk.geo.orst.edu Principal: Cindy Fowler, Department of Commerce,

Partners: Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems Regional

Study, State Service Center for GIS, Tillamook Coastal

Watershed Resource Center, Interrain Pacific

The Pennsylvania Interactive Watershed Atlas will provide

to select, map, and view data through their web browser. 

Second, a searchable metadata catalog with links to data and

preview maps. Finally, an online educational tool to educate

users about Pennsylvania's watersheds, geospatial data, GIS, 

metadata, and the NSDI. CAP - Educational

Principal: Maurie Kelly, Environmental Resources

Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, Land and

Water Research Building, University Park, PA 16802;

(P)814-863-0104; (F)814-863-3378; Email: mck4@psu.edu;

Web: http://www.pasda.psu.edu

Partners: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental

Protection, Pennsylvania Mapping and Geographic

Information Consortium, Penn State University Libraries

South Carolina

Florida, Georgia, North Carolina

Implementing the Cadastral Data Content Standard for

Coastal and Ocean Data

extensions for that standard. In addition, the ocean cadastral

layers will be constructed, documented and made available

via a National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse node. CAP -

Standards

NOAA, Coastal Services Center, 2234 South Hobson

Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29405-2413; (P)843-

740-1249; (F)843-740-1224; Email: cfowler@csc.noaa.gov

Partners: DOI/MMS Mapping and Survey Dept., NOAA

Office of Coast Survey, Fairview Industries, and SE Ocean

GIS Group
Assessing the Benefits of Using a Geographic Information

System and the Internet for Integrated Ocean

Management

This project will demonstrate that data and tools provided

within the National Spatial Data Infrastructure will allow

coastal managers to better assess and plan for the use and

protection of their ocean resources. A regional GIS will be

built to create "geo-regulations"--or spatial data layers that

outline the jurisdiction of federal and state statues--for the

southeast Atlantic Ocean. Efficiency, effectiveness and equity

benefits of providing access to ocean data within the NSDI

will be assessed. Benefits - Ocean Management

Principal: Cindy Fowler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, Coastal Service Center, 2234 South Hobson

Ave, Charleston, South Carolina 29405; (P)843-740-1249;

(F)843-740-1224; Email: cfowler@csc.noaa.gov

Partners: Oregon State University, SE Ocean GIS Group

Vermont

Promoting a "Shared Information Resource" for Rural

Community Economic Development

Assesses the benefit of providing increased access to spatial

and economic data in support of rural community

development in Vermont. Benefits - Rural Economic

Development

Principal: Alice Doyle, Vermont Center for Geographic

Information, Inc., 206 Morrill Hall, Burlington, Vermont 

05405-0106; (P)802-656-4277; (F)802-656-0776; 

Email: aliced@vcgi.uvm.edu

Partner: University of Vermont, Center for Rural Studies

Vermont Best Surface Waters Project

The Vermont Center for Geographic Information (VCGI) and

partners will enhance Vermont's spatial data infrastructure by

extending the USGS/USEPA National Hydrography Data set

(NHD) standard to locally generated 1:5000 scale surface

waters data. The result will be a detailed, locally-generated

surface waters data layer, quality-controlled and integrated

with adjacent watersheds (horizontal integration) and

integrated with other local-scale features such as orthophotos

and bridge locations (vertical integration). Use of coding

compatible with NHD will enhance data sharing between the

local, state, and national levels. FDPP - Hydrography 

Principal: Eric Pyle, Vermont Center for Geographic

Information, Inc, 206 Morrill Hall, Burlington, Vermont

05405-0106; (P)802-656-4277; (F)802-656-0776; 

Email: ericp@vcgi.uvm.edu; Web: http://geo-vt.uvm.edu/

Partners: USDA/NRCS, USGS-NMD, VT Agency of

Natural Resources, Associates in Rural Development

Virginia

Implementation of a National Geospatial Data

Clearinghouse Node in the RADCO Region of Virginia

The Rappahannock Area Development Commission

(RADCO) and its partners will create, develop, implement

and maintain a National Geospatial Data clearinghouse for

finding and accessing geospatial data in a 1394 square mile

area that encompasses the City of Fredericksburg and the

counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, King George, and

Caroline. The Clearinghouse will provide both browse and

search online of the metadata and its associated geospatial

data for 50 geospatial data layers that have been created for

the RADCO region. CAP - Clearinghouse-Local/Regional 

Principal: Mike Tardiff, Rappahannock Area Development

Commission, Planning District Commission, P.O. Box 863,

512 Lafayette Blvd., Fredericksburg, Virginia 22404;

(P)540-373-2890; (F)540-899-4808; 

Email: mtardiff@fampo.state.va.us;

Web: http://www.radco.state.va.us

Partners: Counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Stafford,

King George, City of Fredericksburg

The Shenandoah Valley National Geospatial Data

Clearinghouse Node

The project collaborators will establish and maintain the

Shenandoah Valley National Geospatial Clearinghouse node

at James Madison University to provide access to metadata

and geospatial data relating to the Shenandoah Valley and

the State of Virginia. The project is a joint effort between

federal and state agencies, and is being coordinated by the 

Applied Spatial Research Center and the Center for

Geographic Information Science at James Madison

University. The collaborators will also conduct outreach

programs to local and regional governments, as well as the

private sector, to encourage them to participate. CAP — 

Clearinghouse-Local/Regional

Principal: James W. Wilson, James Madison University,

Center for Geographic Information Science MSC 4006,

Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807; (P)540-568-8186;

(F)540-568-8741; Email: wilsonjw@jmu.edu; 

Web: http://www.gis.jmu.edu

Partners: National Park Service, Shenandoah National

Park, George Washington - Jefferson National Forest,

Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Virginia

Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia

Department of Historic Resources
Coordination of Regional Metadata Standards

Development in Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia Planning District Commission (NVPDC) state and local agencies, as well as tribes, researchers,

will finalize and document work which has been initiated by private landowners, and other non- governmental

Northern Virginia GIS agencies in Fairfax, Prince William, organizations in the region. CAP - Clearinghouse Local/

and Loudoun Counties, to identify metadata fields (in Regional

compliance with the Contend Standards for Digital

Geospatial Metadata) for implementation of the Northern

Virginia Regional Metadata Standard. Collaborators will also

coordinate the completion of a user friendly database and

graphical user interface system for metadata entry and

reporting. CAP - Coordinating Group

Principal: Nancy L Michaelson, North Virginia Planning

District Commission, Division of Demographic and

Economic Analysis, 7535 Little River Turnpike, Suite 100,

Annandale, Virginia 22003; (P)703-642-4645;

(F)703-642-5077; Email: nmichael@nvpdc.state.va.us

Web: http://www.nvpdc.state.va.us

Partners: Most members of Northern Virginia GIS Users

Group

Creating a Region-wide Framework Activity

County, state and regional agencies, in addition to private database through which cadastral data can be maintained on

sector companies, will establish agreements that provide a the Internet. The project verifies a data model the projects

backbone on which the framework can be built. The project partners have identified: a data model that combines two

will develop methods for establishing partnerships for data Framework data themes. The project gathers and evaluates

creation, distribution, and sharing; identify high resolution user satisfaction with data, metadata, and the user

data that comply with metadata and spatial data transfer application. It proposes a method for cost recovery. The

standards; test data integration strategies within and among project capitalizes on past and current investments in

themes of data; and evaluate institutional capabilities for Washington State's Cadastral Framework data. FDPP -

maintaining and archiving data. The framework data theme Cadastral and Geodetic

that will be addressed at this time is a region wide

transportation data layer for the 4 county area and the City of

Fredericksburg, VA. FDPP - Transportation

Principal: Michael Tardiff, Rappahannock Area (F)360-902-1790; Email: greg.tudor@wa.dnr.gov; 

Development Commission, P.O. Box 863, 512 Lafayette Web: http://framework.dnr.state.wa.us

Blvd., Fredericksburg, Virginia 22404; (P)540-373-2890;

(F)540-899-4808; Email: mtardiff@fampo.state.va.us; 

Web: http://www.radco.state.va.us

Partners: County of Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg, Department of Revenue, Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Stevens

County of Caroline, King George County, County of Stafford County Partnership, Environmental Systems Research

Washington

A National Geospatial Clearinghouse Node for Geospatial

Information on the Olympic Peninsula

This project will build a National Geospatial Data

Clearinghouse node for Olympic Peninsula natural resource

metadata. This project will significantly add to the amount of

metadata for the Olympic Peninsula by providing dedicated

resources for outreach and metadata creation, producing

educational materials, and convening metadata workshops. 

Project collaborators will emphasize documentation of

biological and coastal/marine data for the Peninsula and its

surrounding waters, and will establish cooperative

relationships for the Olympic Natural Resources Center and

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and with federal,

Principal: Dr. David L. Peterson, U.S. Geological Survey,

Biological Resources Division, Field Station for Protected

Area Research, PO Box 352100, Seattle, Washington

98195-2100; (P)206-543-1587; (F)206-685-0790; Email:

wild@u.washington.edu;

Web: http.//www.onrc.washington.edu

Partners: State of Washington GIC, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, Olympic Coast National

Marine Sanctuary, Olympic Natural Resources Center,

University of Washington, Department of Geography, U.S.

Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division

Washington Framework Demonstration Project Phase II 

The project represents phase two of the Washington

Management Group's cadastral framework project. The

project defines, constructs, and delivers an operational

Principal: Greg Tudor, Washington State, Department of

Natural Resources, 1111 Washington ST SE, PO Box 47020,

Olympia, Washington 98504-7020; (P)360-902-1542;

Partners: Clark County/Assessment and GIS, Bureau of

Reclamation, Interagency Committee for Outdoor

Recreation, Longview Fibre Incorporated, Washington State

Institute, U.S. Geological Survey/Western Mapping Center,

Department of Community Trade and Economic

Development, Spokane County/Division of Engineering and

Roads, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest

Service/Region 6, Yakima County, Puget Sound Regional

Council, WA State Department of Transportation
West Virginia Wisconsin

Developing Dynamic Multimedia-base Educational

Outreach Software for Presentation of NSDI Concepts

This project will create a multimedia CD-ROM based

introduction to the key concepts of NSDI. The package will

prompt the user to answer a short list of questions, thereby

building a profile the software can use to guide the

presentation of NSDI concepts and information. The unique

element of this product will be its ability to present the NSDI

concepts in a manner most suitable for the individual using

the product; a dynamic environment that adjusts itself to

match the user's perspective. On startup, the user is prompted

to answer a series of questions that when answered will build

a profile that will guide the CD-ROM in its presentation of

the NSDI material to the user. CAP - Educational

Principal: Joe Sewash, WV State GIS Technical Center,

West Virginia University, Department of Geology and

Geography, 425 White Hall POB 6300, Morgantown, West

Virginia 26506-6300; (P)304-293-5603; (F)304-293-6522; 

Email: jsewash@wvu.edu; Web: http://wvgis.wvu.edu/

Partners: Office of the State GIS Coordinator, Davis and

Elkins College, University of West Virginia Board of Regents

Building the Foundation for a Fully Operational

Framework in West Virginia

This project is led by the West Virginia state GIS Technical

Center to coordinate the technology, institutions, and data

producers in West Virginia to build the foundation for a fully

operational Framework. The Technical Center and the WV

State GIS Coordinator will help organize the data user and

producer groups for transportation, hydrography, and digital

orthoimagery. The Technical Center will work with USGS

National Mapping Division to develop the methods to

transition the DLG-3 data to DLG-F data model to support

many of the framework concepts. The Technical Center will

educate the state GIS community about the NSDI Framework

and implications for the long-term distributed maintenance of

data. The Technical Center will conflate the 1:100,000 scale

National Hydro Data set (NHD) with the 1:24,000 scale

hydrography data and work with West Virginia Department

of Transportation, to integrate the transportation mapping

and attribute information from other local data producers. A

local/state/federal partnership will leverage the resources to

produce statewide DOQ’s. FDPP - Hydrography,

Transportation and Orthoimagery

Principal: Chetan Desai, West Virginia State GIS Technical

Center, 425 White Hall, POB 6300, Morgantown, West

Virginia 26506-6300; (P)304-293-5603; (F)304-293-6522; 

Email: cdesai@wvu.edu; Web: http://wvgis.wvu.edu/

Partners: USGS/National Mapping Division, Office of the

State GIS Coordinator

Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,

Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,

Missouri

National Park Service Midwest Region Geospatial

Metadata Education Initiative

The Midwest Region GIS Field Technical Support Center of

the National Park Service (NPS), in conjunction with the

Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility at the

University of Wisconsin-Madison, undertake an education

initiative to improve compliance with FGDC standards for

data and metadata distribution tailored to the needs of NPS

GIS staff in the field. It is designed to directly address data

documentation in the parks by providing the knowledge,

tools, and environment in which park GIS staff can

successfully bring their GIS programs into compliance with

FGDC standards. CAP Educational

Principal: Peter Budde, National Park Service, Midwest

Support Office - GIS FTSC, 550 Babcock Drive, Room B102

Steenbock Library, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; 

(P)608-265-3515; (F)608-262-250; 

Email: peter_budde@nps.gov

Partner: University of Wisconsin

Information Access System for Geodetic Control

This project will construct a unified information system for

access to geodetic data from distributed sources for federal,

state, regional, and local control. A unified system means that

the information will be consistent, the development process

will be done jointly, the data will be cooperatively

maintained, and the results will be repeatable in other

locations and extendible to other datasets. By combining all

of the available geodetic control from varying sources in one

access system, all the control and geodetic data for any

geographic area can be displayed, queried, retrieved, and

maintained. Control information and geodetic data of varying

accuracy will be universally available. The participants will

agree on form, format, interface, and metadata requirements

so that information from a county can be seamlessly made

available with information from the National Geodetic Survey

(NGS). This project will achieve this goal by addressing

issues related to point feature identification, point metadata

requirements, accuracy reporting and certification, and access

needs. FDPP — Geodetic Control and Point Elevation

Principal: Dr. D. David Moyer, Wisconsin State Geodetic

Advisor, National Geodetic Survey, 1007 WARF, 610 Walnut

Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2336; (P)608-266-3919;

(F)608-267-1859; Email: moyerd@mail.state.wi.us

Partners: Burnett County Surveyor/GIS Office, Columbia

County Land Information Office, Jackson County Land

Information Coordinator, WI DOT/Information Technology

Management, WI Land Information Association, WI Land

Information Board, WI County Surveyors Association and WI

Society of Land, WI State Cartographer's Office, University of

WI-Madison, GeoAnalytics, Fairview Industries