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    2003 CAP Grants Funding Categories and Awarded Projects for the 2003 Cooperative Agreements Program
The 2003 program provided approximately $1,076,000 to 51 organizations in five categories.
2003 Project Factsheet Version
Project List - includes status information
Project Maps: InteractiveMap Viewer Example - tinyGo to Category: **1 2 3 4 5******
**Category 1: Metadata Implementation Assistance Projects** Creating data about geospatial data (metadata) is an important first step in implementing the NSDI. These projects focus on acquiring the knowledge and experience to create metadata for clearinghouse discovery. Up to $9,000 per project, 24 awards.
**Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science****Alaska SeaLife Center** Seward, AKMichael Pendergast Collaborator: Kenai Fjords National Park ------------------------
**Wabasha County** Wabasha, MNRich Swanson Collaborator: GISRDC ------------------------**Northern Arizona University Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research**Flagstaff, AZNeil Cobb ------------------------
**Eastern Carolina Council of Governments** New Bern, NCAlex W. Rickard  Collaborators: Jones Co. Tax Dept., Town of Emerald Isle, City of Havelock ------------------------**Pima County Department of Transportation and Flood Control District** Tucson, AZSteve Whitney Collaborators: AZ State Cartographers Office, AZ Clearinghouse Node for Spatial Data ------------------------
**City of Dover****Community Services Department** Dover, NHKathleen Meyers ------------------------**County of Monterey** Salinas, CACarl E. Drummond Collaborators: Cities of Carmel, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas & Seaside ------------------------
**Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission** Dayton, OHMichael Lucas Collaborator: Montgomery/Greene Local Emergency Response Council ------------------------**County of Napa**Napa, CAMignon Everett ------------------------
**Ohio Department of Natural Resources****Division of Geological Survey** Columbus, OHJames McDonald Collaborator: Ohio Dept of Transportation ------------------------**Santa Clara Valley Water District**San Jose, CARicardo Rodriquez Collaborators: Counties of Santa Clara & Santa Cruz ------------------------
**Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program****Western Pennsylvania Conservancy**Pittsburg, PAChristine L. HarveyCollaborators: NatureServe, U.S. Geological Survey-NBII
------------------------**Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area- NPS**Thousand Oaks, CADenise Kamradt Collaborators: Resource Conservation District of Santa Monica Mountains, Cabrillo National Monument, Channel Islands National Park ------------------------
**South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks** Pierre, SDRon Woodburn Collaborator: SD Bureau of Information and Telecommunications ------------------------**City of Clearwater**Clearwater, FLDave Larremorecom ------------------------
**City of Lubbock**Lubbock, TXSally Still Abbe ------------------------**East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission** Baton Rouge, LA lagic/lsu.eduTroy Bunch ------------------------
**Utah State University** Logan, UTJohn Lowry ------------------------**University of Maryland****Center for Environmental Science**Cambridge, MDDan Fiscus Collaborators: Appalachian & Horn Point Laboratories ------------------------
**James Madison University****College of Integrated Science and Technology**Harrisonburg, VAJames W. Wilson, Collaborators: 20 local governments & Virginia Geographic Information Network ------------------------**NOAA/NESDIS National Oceanographic Data Center** Silver Spring, MDSheri Philips ------------------------
**Lamoille County Natural Resources****Conservation District & Nature Center**Morrisville, VTAllison Cardwell Collaborators: VT Dept. of Environmental Conservation – River Management Program; Lamoille County Regional Planning Commission; VT Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Markets; US Dept. of Agriculture. ------------------------**Silent Spring Institute** Newton, MATheresa Kennedy Collaborator: Cape Cod Commission
**Colville Confederated Tribes** Nespelem, WAGrant Timetwa**Category 2: Metadata Trainer Assistance**Understanding the metadata standard, and how to apply it to one’s data is a difficult first step in implementing data discovery through the clearinghouse. These metadata trainer projects provide metadata training to other organizations that need it. Up to $25,000 per project, 6 awards.
**Land Information Access Association** Transverse City, MIDave Frey -----------------------

**NatureServe**Arlington, VALynn KutnerVivian HutchinsonBruce Westcott  ------------------------**Louisiana Geographic Information Center****School of the Coast and the Environment Louisiana State University** Baton Rouge, LACraig Johnson ------------------------

**Tennessee Geographic Information Council** Oak Ridge, TNSam MoffatJoe Sewash ------------------------**National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program** Natural Resource Information Division Fort Collins, COLisa Nelson Chris DietrichJoe Gregson

**Texas Department of Information Resources**Austin, TXMichael Ouimet Collaborators: Texas Natural Resources Information System, Texas Geographic Information Council
**Category 3: Metadata Outreach**
These projects extend metadata programs in providing resources and staff to other organizations in innovative approaches to the implementation and service of metadata. This is a new CAP funding category in 2003. Up to $40,000 per project, 13 awards.
**US Geological Survey****National Biological Information Infrastructure**Reston, VAVivian Hutchison Collaborators: International Assoc. of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, NatureServe, Organization of Fish and Wildlife Managers, US Fish and Wildlife Service. Nationwide scope. ------------------------

**Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access****The Geospatial Data Clearinghouse for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania State University**University Park, PAMaurie Caitlin KellyChris Pfeiffer Collaborators: PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, PA Dept. of Environment Protection, Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Delaware River Basin Commission, The Heritage Conservancy, Natural Lands Trust, PA Organization for Watersheds and Rivers, Ducks Unlimited Inc, Londonderry School. Statewide scope. ------------------------**North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis**  Raleigh, NCZsolt NagytTom Tribble Collaborators: NC Geographic Coordinating Council, GICC/Local Government Committee. Statewide county & city government scope. ------------------------

**Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies****University of Arkansas** Fayetteville, ARDr. Fredrick LimpShane CovingtonJohn WilsonBrian Culpepper Collaborators: State Land Information Board, Arkansas Geographic Information Office. Local and statewide in scope. ------------------------**University of Idaho Library** Moscow, IDLily WaiBruce GodfreyFrank RobertsLinnea Marshall Collaborator: Coeur d’Alene Tribe GIS Statewide scope. ------------------------

**Utah Division of Information Technology Services Automated Geographic Reference Center** Salt Lake City, UT Dennis Goreham, 801.538.3163, dgroeham@utah.gov Collaborators: US Bureau of the Census, US Geological Survey. Statewide county and municipal scope. ------------------------**Land Management Information Center** St. Paul, MNChris CialekNancy RaderSusanne Maeders Collaborator: Minnesota State Archives Statewide scope. ------------------------

**New Mexico State University****Department of Geography** Las Cruces, NMDr. Robert J. CzerniakMatthew E. Rich Collaborators: NM Property Tax Division, NM Highway and Transportation Department Statewide focus on rural counties. ------------------------**Barrow Arctic Science Consortium** Barrow, AKAllison GravesRobert Bulger Collaborators: NSF Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center, Arctic Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Cincinnati, Alaska Data Visualization and Analysis Lab, North Slope Borough GIS, Nature Conservancy of Alaska. Barrow regional focus. ------------------------

**Earth Data Analysis Center****University of New Mexico**Albuquerque, NMAmelia M. BudgeKarl BenedictArleen Montoya-Anaya State and local agencies in scope. ------------------------**Center for GIS at Towson University** Towson, MDDavid SidesMatt Felton Joe BizzellMichael Bentivegna Collaborator: Maryland Geographic Information Committee Statewide and local government in scope. ------------------------

**County of Ventura****Geographic Information Services Information Systems Department**Ventura, CADawn Robbins, 805.477.7162, Collaborators: Channel Islands Regional GIS Collaborative, California Environmental Resources Evaluation System, Central Coast Joint Data Committee. Regional, state, federal, educational, non-profit, private sector organizations in scope. ------------------------**Water Resource Institute****California State University-San Bernardino** San Bernardino, CAJeff DavisDr. Mark KumlerLisa Pierce Collaborators: Southeastern California GIS Council, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District. Regional city and tribal governments, and conservation agency in scope.
**Category 4: Clearinghouse Integration with OpenGIS Services** These projects extend NSDI Clearinghouse nodes with OpenGIS Consortium compliant web mapping or web feature service capabilities. This allows linking to and viewing geospatial data from metadata in the clearinghouse utilizing embedded URL map requests. Up to $25,000 per project, 7 awards.
**Maine Office of GIS** Augusta, ME apollo.ogis.state.me.usDan WaltersCollaborator: Maine Library of Geographic Information Board
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**Geo Information Systems****University of Oklahoma** Norman, OKDavid Lowther ------------------------**George Mason University** Fairfax, VADr. Chaowei Yang Collaborators: Intergraph, University of Maryland – College Park -----------------------

**Natural Resource Information System****Montana State Library**Helena, MTDuane Anderson Collaborator: Geographic Information Systems Bureau ------------------------**Indiana Geological Survey**Indiana University Bloomington, INRich T. Hill Collaborator: Hamilton County ------------------------

**Oregon State University Department of Geosciences**Corvallis, ORDawn Wright Collaborators: Ecotrust, Oregon Ocean-Coastal Management Program ------------------------**Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office** Madison, WITed Koch**Category 5: Canadian/US Spatial Data Infrastructure Development** Building a spatial data framework in the Gulf of Maine to support benthic mapping for marine resource management. This project will initiate development of accessible geospatial data relating to the sea floor. The resulting infrastructure will be the Gulf of Maine Data Framework (GOMDF). The Federal Geographic Data Committee and GeoConnections Canada are jointly funding in parallel these projects. GeoConnections (www.geoconnections.org) is developing the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI). U.S. award $74,973. Canadian award $99,702.
*US Lead***Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System** Portland, MEPhilip Bogden

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