National Spatial Data Infrastructure 

2002 Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) 

Project Contact Information 

The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) represents a broad consortium of government agencies and nongovernment organizations that work together to promote more cost-effective production, ready availability, and 

greater utilization of geospatial data across a wide range of disciplines.The NSDI Cooperative Agreement Program 

(CAP) was established by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) to help form partnerships among 

organizations to implement the NSDI. Since 1994 the FGDC has provided funding and assistance to over 400 

organizations implementing the NSDI. This year’s program provided approximately $386,000 to 29 organizations in 

four categories. The program’s goal is to encourage resource-sharing projects through the use of technology, 

networking, and more efficient inter-organizational coordination. 

For further information see the FGDC website at http://www.fgdc.gov; contact the FGDC Secretariat, c/o U.S. 

Geological Survey, 590 National Center, Reston, VA 20192; telephone 703-648-5513; fax 703-648-5755; or email 

dpainter@fgdc.gov. 

• 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. 

Maximum award $6,000. 

California 

County of Santa Clara 

Office of the CIO 

1555 Berger Drive 

San Jose, CA 95112 

Priya Tallam

408.918.7002 

priya.tallam@isd.co.santa-clara.ca.us

Key staff: Janet Shyr 

Collaborators: City of San Jose, Santa Clara Valley Water 

District. 

Point Reyes National Seashore 

Geographic Information Systems Branch 

1 Bear Valley Road 

Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 

David Schirokauer 

415.464.5199 

dave_schirokauer@nps.gov

Key staff: Pam van der Leeden 

Collaborators: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 

Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Fire Safe Marin, Point 

Reyes Bird Observatory. 

Website: www.nps.gov/gis/available_data.htm

County of Ventura

Public Works Agency 

800 South Victoria Avenue 

Mail Stop 1670 

Ventura, CA 93009 

Dawn Robbins 

805.477.7162 

dawn.robbins@mail.co.ventura.ca.us

Key staff: Nancy Settle 

Collaborator: CERES Clearinghouse Node 

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Website: www.countyofventura.org

Colorado 

Mesa Verde National Park 

P.O.Box 8 

Mesa Verde National Park, CO 81330 

Allan Loy 

970.529.5067 

allan_loy@nps.gov 

Key staff: Theresa Ely 

Collaborator: NPS Intermountain GIS Support Office. 

Website: www.nps.gov/gis

District of Columbia 

World Resources Institute 

10 G Street NE 

Washington, DC 20002 

Johnathan Kool

202.729.7782 

Key staff: Christian Layke 

kool@wri.org 

Florida 

Martin County Board of Commissioners 

Information Technology Services/GIS 

2401 SE Monterey Road 

Stuart, FL 34996 

Heather Kostura 

561.221.1309 

Key staff: Kevin Kryzda, Brian Kincaid 

hkostura@martin.fl.us 

East Central Florida Regional Planning 

Council (ECFRPC)

631 North Wymore Road, Suite 100 

Maitland, FL 32751 

Mark Sievers 

407.623.1075 

sievers@ecfrpc.org

Key staff: Dawn Bisplinghoff, Albert Hill, Barbara Griffiths 

Collaborator: Florida Dept. of Transportation

Website: cfgis.org

Iowa

Muscatine Area Geographic Information 

Consortium (MAGIC)

Muscatine Power and Water 

3205 Cedar Street

Muscatine, IA 52761 

Mark Warren 

563.262.3328 

mwarren@mpw.org

Website: www.emapsplus.com

Maine 

Penobscot Nation 

Department of Natural Resources 

6 River Road 

Indian Island 

Old Town, ME 04468 

Binke Wang 

207.827.7776 

bkwang@penobscotnation.org 

Key staff: John Banks 

North Carolina 

The Project for Appalachian Community and 

Environment 

574 Elderberry Lane 

West Jefferson, NC 28694 

Ron Hancock 

336.973.8905 

email@the-pace.org

Key staff: Eric Woolridge 

Collaborator: Appalachian Voices 

New York

St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 

Environment Division/GIS Program

412 State Route 37 

Akwesasne, NY 13655 

Aimee Benedict 

518.358.5937 

earth@northnet.org

Key staff: Ken Jock 

Website: www.nysgis.state.ny.us

Ohio

Institute for Local Government Administration 

and Rural Development (ILGARD) 

Ohio University 

Building 22, The Ridges 

Athens, OH 45701 

David Simon 

740.597.2506 

simon@ilgard.ohiou.edu 

Key staff: Darren Cohen 

Collaborator: The Ohio Geographically Referenced 

Information Program (OGRIP) 

Website: www.state.oh.us/das/dcs/gis/index.html

Oregon 

Lane Council of Governments

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Local Government Service Division 

99 East Broadway, Suite 400 

Eugene, OR 97401 

Cress A. Bates 

541.682.4391 

cbates@lane.cog.or.us 

Key staff: Eric Brandt, Bob DenOuden 

Collaborators: City of Eugene Engineering, City of 

Springfield Public Works, Eugene Water & Electric Board, 

Lane County Public Works 

Puerto Rico 

Office of Management and Budget

Calle Cruz 254 

PO Box 9023228 

San Juan, PR 00902-3228 

Ivan Santiago 

787.725.9420 

isantiago@ogp.gobierno.pr

Key staff: Bennett Diaz, Daniel Biaz-Torres 

Collaborators: Planning Board, Permits & Regulations 

Administration, Dept. of Natural Resources & Environment,

Environmental Quality Board, Solid Waste Authority, Dept. 

of Health, Office of Historic Preservation, Dept. of 

Transportation & Public Works, Electric Power Authority, 

Water and Sewers Authority, Public Buildings Authority, 

Housing Dept., Economic Development Dept., Police Dept., 

Office of Emergency Management, Land Administration, 

Center for Municipal Tax Revenues 

Websites: prs01sq1.gobierno.pr and www.gobierno.pr

Rhode Island 

Rhode Island Water Resources Board 

100 North Main Street

Providence, RI 02903 

Connie McGreavy

401.222.5731 

cmcgreav@wrb.state.ri.us

Key staff: Steve Kut 

Collaborators: Rhode Island Dept. of Transportation, Rhode 

Island Dept. of Administration. 

Texas 

City of Fort Worth 

IT Solutions

1000 Throckmorton 

Fort Worth, TX 76102 

Randy Hunt

817.871.8239 

Randy.Hunt@ci.fort-worth.tx.us

Key staff: Leonard MacKenzie 

Virginia 

County of Albemarle 

Department of Planning and Community Development

401 McIntire Road 

Charlottesville, VA 22902 

Damon Pettitt 

434.296.5823 

dpettitt@albemarle.org

Collaborator: Virginia Geographic Information Network 

Website: vagis.state.va.us/documents/index.html

• 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. See the FGDC Metadata webpage for information on training 

sessions. Maximum award $20,000. 

Center for Biological Informatics 

U.S. Geological Survey

PO Box 25046 MS 302 

Denver, CO 80225 

Jennifer Gaines 

303.202.4260 

Jennifer_gaines@usgs.gov

Collaborating trainers: John Bocchino, New Jersey Dept. of 

Environmental Protection; Nina Savar, Northeastern Illinois 

Planning Commission; Helena Schaefer, USGS, National

Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA; Theresa Ely, 

National Park Service, Lakewood, CO; Anne O’DonnellBall, NOAA-Coastal Service Center, Charleston, SC. 

Website: http://www.nbii.gov

Center for International Earth Science 

Information Network (CIESIN) 

Columbia University 

61 Route 9W

PO Box 1000 

Palisades, NY 10956 

Dr. Robert Chen 

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845.365.8952 

bchen@ciesin.columbia.edu

Key staff: John Scialdone, Greg Yetman. 

Websites: www.ciesin.columbia.edu

& sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu

NOAA Coastal Services Center 

Coastal Information Services 

2234 South Hobson Avenue 

Charleston, SC 29405 

Cindy Fowler 

843.740.1249 

cindy.fowler@noaa.gov 

Key staff: Darcee Killpack 

Website: www.csc.noaa.gov

University of Idaho Library 

Box 442353 

Moscow, ID 83844-2353 

Lily Wai 

208.885.6344 

lwai@uidaho.edu

Key staff: Bruce Godfrey

Website: inside.uidaho.edu

Land Management Information Center 

(LMIC) 

Minnesota Planning 

658 Cedar Street, Room 300 

St. Paul, MN 

Christopher Cialek 

651.297.2488 

chris.cialek@state.mn.us

Key staff: Nancy Rader, Susanne Maeder 

Website: www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse

• Category 3: Clearinghouse Integration with OpenGIS Services 

These projects will extend NSDI Clearinghouse nodes with OpenGIS Consortium compliant Web Map or 

Web Feature software. This permits linking to and viewing geospatial data from metadata in the 

clearinghouse utilizing embedded URL map requests. Maximum award $20,000. 

Intergraph Corporation 

One Madison Industrial Park 

Huntsville, AL 35894-0001 

Melvin (Chip) W. Carr III 

703.264.5673 

mwcarr@ingr.com

Collaborators: Dr. Trevor Harris, West Virginia GIS 

Technical Center; Dr. Raul Ramirez, Ohio State University 

Center for Mapping; Patricia Mims, Laser-Scan, Inc. 

Website: www.intergraph.com

Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies 

University of Arkansas 

12 Ozark Hall

Fayetteville, AR 72701 

Shane Covington 

479.575.4074 

scoving@cast.uark.edu

Key staff: Dr. W. Fredrick Limp, Debbie Harmon. 

Collaborators: Oracle Corporation, ESRI, Western Arkansas 

Planning and Development District Inc., Arkansas State 

Geographic Information Office-Dept. of Information 

Systems, Arkansas State Land Information Board 

Website: http://www.cast.uark.edu/index.html

University of Delaware 

Research & Data Management Services 

IT-User Services 

002A Smith Hall

Newark, DE 19716 

Richard S. Sacher 

302.831.1466 

dsacher@udel.edu

Collaborators: Delaware Geological Survey; Delaware 

Geographic Data Committee. 

Website: www.nsdi.udel.edu

Center for Geographic Information Sciences 

Towson University 

8000 York Road 

Towson, MD 21252-0001 

David Sides 

410.704.5291 

dsides@towson.edu

Collaborators: Maryland State Geographic Information 

Committee, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. 

Website: cgis.towson.edu

Vision for New York, Inc. 

377 Broadway, 11th Floor 

New York, NY 10013 

Rob Hranac 

212.219.6006 

robhranac@vfny.org

Collaborator: Columbia University-CIESIN 

Website: www.vfny.org

Wyoming Geographic Information Science

Center (WyGISC) 

PO Box 4008 

University of Wyoming 

Laramie, WY 82071-4008 

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Jim Oakleaf 

307.766.2760 

joakleaf@uwyo.edu 

Collaborators: Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, 

Wyoming State Geological Survey, Wyoming Geographic 

Information Advisory Council.

Website: www.wygisc.uwyo.edu

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• Category 4: Canadian/U.S. Spatial Data Infrastructure Project 

Lake Ontario-St Lawrence River Framework Data Project. This project will develop a geospatial data 

framework essential for research, management and business operations in the Great Lakes region of New 

York, Quebec and Ontario. The project will initiate integration, storage, maintenance and accessibility to 

framework data layers. The project organization will allow for new and different participants, data types, 

geographic areas and data uses, and can be a model for other collaborative efforts. 

The Federal Geographic Data Committee and GeoConnections Canada are jointly funding this project. 

Canada. GeoConnections (www.geoconnections.org) is developing the Canadian Geospatial Data 

Infrastructure (CGDI). U.S. award $74,622. Canadian award $99,702.

U.S. Lead: 

Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office 

Engineering and Technical Services 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District 

477 Michigan Avenue 

Detroit, Michigan

Roger Gauthier 

313.226.8054 

roger.l.Gauthier@Ire02.usace.army.mil

Key staff: Julie Wagemakers, Jeffrey L. Ehman 

Collaborating organizations: International Joint 

Commission, Great Lakes Commission, Pangaea 

Information Technologies 

Canadian Lead:

Water Issues Division, MSC-OR 

Meterological Services of Canada 

Environment Canada 

867 Lakeshore Road 

Burlington, Ontario 

L7R 4A6 

Wendy Leger 

905.336.4949 

wendy.leger@ec.gc.ca

Key staff: Ian Gillespie, Andre Plante, Mike Robertson,

PeterJ. Zuzek, Christian J. Stewart. 

Websites: www.ec.gc.ca, 

huron.lre.usace.army.mil/hmpghh.thml, wwwijc.org, 

www.glc.org, www.gangaeatech.com

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For more Information on NSDI Initiatives 

visit the FGDC website at www.fgdc.gov or 

contact: 

Cooperative Agreements Program: 

David Painter, dpainter@fgdc.gov

Metadata: 

Sharon Shin, sharon_shin@fgdc.gov

Clearinghouse: 

Doug Nebert, ddnebert@fgdc.gov

Framework: 

Milo Robinson, mrobinson@fgdc.gov

The 2003 CAP Program 

The 2003 NSDI Cooperative Agreements

Program (CAP) will be announced Fall 2002

with awards the Spring 2003. The CAP

program announcement, description,

application information and materials will be online at the FGDC website. Watch the FGDC

website and “CAP/Funding” webpage for the

upcoming 2003 program.

http://www.fgdc.gov 

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