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National Spatial Data Infrastructure Funding Program

2000 Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP)

Participating Organizations Contact Information

The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) 

represents a broad consortium of government 

agencies and non-government organizations that 

work together to promote more cost-effective 

production, ready availability, and greater 

utilization of geospatial data across a range of 

disciplines. NSDI Funding Programs were 

established by the Federal Geographic Data 

Committee (FGDC) to help form partnerships 

among organizations to implement the NSDI. This 

year’s program provided $1,000,000 to 

organizations in six categories. The program goal 

is to encourage resource-sharing projects through 

the use of technology, networking, and more 

efficient inter-organizational coordination. 

The National Biological Information 

Infrastructure (NBII) has joined with the NSDI to 

help support several projects that will increase 

access to a variety of biological data sets from key 

activities around the U.S. Indicated by an asterisk 

(*) are this years five projects that are being cofunded by the NBII and the NSDI.

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@usgs.gov

l Category 1 – “Don’t Duck Metadata”

These funds assist organizations in acquiring the skill 

and ability to document (create metadata) their data 

holdings for clearinghouse discovery. Data about data 

or metadata is an important first step in implementing 

the NSDI.

Alaska

State of Alaska

Department of Natural Resources

Alaska State Geospatial Data 

Clearinghouse

550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 706

Anchorage, AK 99501

Dorothy Mortenson

907.269.8852

f: 907.269.8918

www.asgdc.state.ak.us

www.dec.state.ak.us/ciimms

North Slope Borough Planning Department

P.O. Box 69

Barrow AK 99723

Allison Graves

907.852.0333

f: 907.852.5991

agraves@co.north-slope.ak.us

www.co.north-slope.ak.us/gis

California

*San Diego State University Foundation

5500 Campanile Drive

San Diego, CA 92182-1931

Dr. Richard Wright

619.594.5466

f: 619.594.4938

wright@typhoon.sdsu.edu

University of California, San Diego

White Mountain Research Station

3000 E. Line Street

Bishop, CA 93514

Dr. Susan Szewczak
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760.872.4214

f: 760.873.7830

Susan@wmrs.edu

http://www.wmrs.edu

http://ice.ucdavis.edu

Colorado

U. S. National Park Service

Intermountain Region

Natural Resources, Research & Technology 

– GIS Program

PO Box 25287

Denver, CO 80225-0287

Brian T. Carlstrom

303.987.6653

f: 303.969.2644

brian_carlstrom@nps.gov

129.24.219.65/gis/metadata/meta-intro.htm

http://www.nps.gov/gis/available_data.html

U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Geographic Data Service Center

3000 Youngfield Street, Suite 230

Lakewood, CO. 80215

W.J. Bonner, JR

303.231.5100 x332

f: 303.231.5122

bbonner@gdsc.bia.gov

District of Columbia

Washington GIS Consortium

801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 301

Washington, DC 20576

Robert Gaines

202.482.7220

f: 202.482.7272

wgisgaines@ncpc.gov

http://www.ncpc.gov/planning_init/wgis.html

http://www.wgis.org

Georgia

University of Georgia Research Foundation

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

621 Boyd Grad Studies

Athens, GA. 30602-7411

Christopher Romanek

803.725.5883

f: 803.725.3309

romanek@srel.edu

Hawaii

*Hawaii Geographic Information

Coordination Council

7192 Kalanianaole Hwy, Suite G-240

Honolulu, HI 96825

Royce Jones

808.395.6977

f: 808.395.6978

rjones@esri.com

http://www.mhpcc.edu/HIGICC

Idaho

United States Bureau of Reclamation

Pacific Northwest Region

1150 N. Curtis Road, Suite 100

Boise, ID 83706-1234

Gregory Gault

208.378.5325

f: 208.378.5305

ggault@pn.usbr.gov

www.pn.usbr.gov

Idaho State University

GIS Training & Research Center

921 S. 8th Avenue

PO Box 8046

309 Fine Arts Building

Pocatello, ID. 83209-8046

Keith T. Weber

208.282.2757

f: 208.282.5802

webekeit@isu.edu

giscenter.isu.edu

giscenter.isu.edu/data

Coeur d’Alene Tribe

850 A Street

P.O. Box 408

Plummer, ID 83851

Frank Roberts

208.686.5307

f: 208.686.1901

froberts@dmi.net

Illinois

Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission

222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1800

Chicago, IL 60606

Nina Savar

312.454.0400 X605

f: 312.454.0411
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nsavar@nipc.org

www.nipc.cog.il.us

County of Adams

Adams County Highway Department

101 N. 54th Street

P.O. Box 3797

Quincy, IL 62305-3797

Richard Klusmeyer

217.223.0614

f: 217.223.9418

achd@adams.net

www.co.adams.il.us

Indiana

Indiana University

Research and Sponsored Programs

620 Union Drive, Room 618

Indianapolis, IN 46202-5167

Robin A. Crumrin

317.278.2327

f: 317.278.2300

rcrumrin@iupui.edu

http://atlas.ulib.iupui.edu

http://www.state.in.us/ingisi

Kentucky

Kentucky Office of Geographic 

Information

23 Millcreek Park, Building 2

Frankfort, KY 40601

Ted Stumbur

502.573.1453

f: 502.573.1711

ted.stumbur@mail.state.ky.us

http://ogis.state.ky.us

Maryland

Salisbury State University

Mapping Science Group

1101 Camden Avenue

Salisbury, MD 21801

Dr. Michael Scott

410.543.6456

f: 410.548.4506

msscott@ssu.edu

www.ssu.edu/Schools/Henson/Geography/msg/

www.edillc.com

Minnesota

Office of Strategic & Long Range Planning

330 Centennial Building

658 Cedar Street

St. Paul, MN 55155

Christopher Cialek

651.297.2488

f: 651.296.1212

chris.cialek@mnplan.state.mn.us

http://www.lmic.state.mn.us

http://mgdc.lmic.state.mn.us/documents

http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm

http://geogateway.state.mn.us

Arrowhead Regional Development 

Commission

221 West 1st St.

Duluth, MN 55802

David Yapel

218.529.7539

f: 218.529.7592

Dyapel@mail.ardc.org

http://www.ardc.org

http://metadata.ardc.org

http://mgdc.lmic.state.mn.us/documents

http://geogateway.state.mn.us/documents/index.html

Montana

Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

Flathead Indian Reservation

P.O. Box 278

Pablo MT 59855

Peter Gallard 

406.675.2000 x1205

f: 406.675.2713

peterg@cskt.org

Nevada

*University of Nevada, Reno

Biological resources Research Center

Sponsored Projects/MS 325

Reno, NV. 89557-0240

Robert Elston

775.784.4565

f: 775.784.1369

rge@biodiversity.unr.edu

http://nvmeta.nbmg.unr.edu

New Hampshire

Central NH Regional Planning Commission

12 Cross Street

Penacook, NH. 03303
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Michael Tardiff

603.753.9374

f: 603.753.9387

mtardiff@cnhrpc.org

http://www.cnhrpc.org

North Carolina

Lynda Dorian Wayne

(Private Consultant)

60 Cherokee Road

Asheville, NC. 28801

828.250.3801

f: 828.251.6242

Lwayne@email.com

Rhode Island

*University of Rhode Island

Environmental Data Center

Lower College Road

Kingston, RI 02881

Peter V. August

401.874.4794

f: 401.874.4561

pete@edc.uri.edu

http://www.edc.uri.edu/ftsc/

South Dakota

United States Geological Survey

Water Resources Division—SD District

1608 Mt. View Road

Rapid City, SD 57702

Janet Carter

605.355.4560 x215

f: 605.355.4523

jmcarter@usgs.gov

http://sd.water.usgs.gov/projects/bhhs/BHHS.html

Tennessee

University of Tennessee Library

Special Collections

Hoskins Library

404 Andy Holt Tower

Knoxville TN 37996-0140

James Lloyd

865.974.4480

f: 865.074.0560

jlloyd@utk.edu

Washington

U. S. National Park Service

Pacific West Region

909 First Avenue 5th Floor

Seattle, WA 98104-1060

Craig Dalby

206.220.4261

f: 206.220.4159

craig_dalby@nps.gov

http://www.nps.gov/gis/

U.S. Geological Survey

Biological Resources Division

FRESC-Cascadia Field Station

University of Washington

College Forest Resources

Seattle, WA. 98195

David L. Peterson

206.543.1587

f: 206.543.1587

wild@u.washington.edu

http://www.cfr.washington.edu/usgs.cascadia

NOAA

National Ocean Service

7600 San Point Way NE

Seattle WA 98115

Peter Leon

206.526.4583

f: 206.526.6952

peter.leon@noaa.gov

http://www.esdin.noaa.gov/server

Pacific Biodiversity Institute

314 Castle Avenue

P.O. Box 298

Winthrop, WA 98862

Jason W. Karl

509.996.2490

f: 509.996.3778

Jason@pacificbio.org

http://www.pacificbio.org

State of Washington Department of 

Ecology

Shorelands & Environmental Program 

Assistance

PO Box 47600

Olympia, WA. 98504-7600

Brian G. Voigt

360.407.6568

f: 360.407.6902

bvoi461@ecy.wa.gov
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http://www.wa.gov/ecology/sea/swce/index.html

http://wa-node.gis.washington.edu

http://buccaneer.geo.orst.edu

l Category 2 – ISO Metadata Software 

Development

Public domain software will be developed as a result of 

this project that meet the need for conversion from 

FGDC-endorsed metadata to the upcoming 

international ISO standard.

RTSe—USA, Inc.

4038 148th Ave., NE

Redmond, WA. 98052

Bruce Westcott

802.223.7074

f: 802.223.7402

bruce.westcott@rtse.com

http://www.rtseusa.ocm

l Category 3 – ISO Metadata Training

These projects will develop training resources 

necessary to implement the impending international 

metadata standard.

U.S. Geological Survey

Center for Biological Informatics

Kipling Building 810, Room 8000 

Denver Federal Center

Denver, CO 80225

Sharon Shin 

303.202.4230

f: 303.202.4219

Sharon_shin@usgs.gov

http://www.nbii.gov/metadata

New Jersey Department of Environmental 

Protection

PO-420

Trenton, NJ 08625

Paul Caris

609.633.1235

f: 609.292.7900

pcaris@gis.dep.state.nj.us

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/endex.html

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 

University

Conservation Management Institute

College of Natural Resources

203 West Roanoke Street

Blacksburg, VA 24061

Lila Borg Wills

540.231.7348

f: 540.231.7019

lborge@vt.edu

http://fwie.fw.vt.edu

http://www.nbii.gov/metadata/

l Category 4 – Web Mapping Testbed

There is a need among GIS users to be able via the 

Internet and the NSDI Clearinghouse to easily discover 

and view map data from multiple servers. These 

projects will develop this technical ability and will be 

based on and assist in refining the evolving OpenGIS 

Consortium’s open specifications for web mapping.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge MA 02139

Joseph Ferreira, Jr

617.253.7410

f: 617.253.3625

jf@mit.edu

http://ortho.mit.edu

http://coast.mit.edu

North Carolina Center for Geographic 

Information & Analysis

301 N. Wilmington St., Suite 700

Raleigh, NC. 27601-2825

Tim Johnson

919.733.2090

f: 919.715.0725

tim@cgia.state.nc.us

http://www.cgia.state.nc.us

http://www.ncmapnet.com

http://www.maps.co.mecklenburg.nc.us

http://ci.durham.nc.us/gis/gis_impas.html

NOAA

National Geophysical Data Center

325 Broadway DSRC Bldg. 1B148

Boulder, CO 80303

Dr. Ray E. Habermann

303.497.6472

f: 303.497.6513

haber@ngdc.noaa.gov

http://www/seg/tools/sdts/main.html

U.S. Geological Survey

EROS Alaska

4230 University Drive

Anchorage, AK 99508

Mark Shasby

907.786.7022
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f: 907.786.7036

shasby@usgs.gov

http://agdc.usgs.gov

http://www.asgdc.state.ak.us

http://www.dec.state.ak.us/ciimms/

http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/gis/gisinternet/htmls/gis

home.htm

l Category 5 – Framework 

Demonstration Projects

Organizations constantly need high-quality basic 

geographic data to solve a host of community problems. 

These projects will demonstrate GIS decision support 

through the collaborative creation, use and maintenance 

of geospatial data.

Canaan Valley Institute 

Route 1, Box 190

Snowbird Building

Davis, WV 26260

Paul Kinder

304.866.4739

304.866.4759

pkinder@mail.canaanvi.org

http:/www.canaanvi.org

Montana Dept. of Administration

Information Services Division

PO Box 200113

Helena, MT 59620-0113

Stewart Kirkpatrick

406.444.9013

University of Arkansas

Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies

Ozark Hall, Room 12

Fayetteville, AR. 72701

Fred Limp

501.575.6159

501.575.5218

Fred@cast.uark.edu

http://www.cast.uark.edu

Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office

University of Wisconsin-Madison

550 North Park Street

Madison, WI. 53706

Ted Koch

608.262.6852

608.262.5205

http://www.geography.wisc.edu/sco

l Category 6 – Canadian/US 

Framework

Framework recognizes the need to leverage expensive 

GIS data resources through the collaborative activities 

between organizations. This years Canadian-US 

framework project focuses on the international aspect 

of cross -jurisdictional collaboration.

U.S. Lead 

*Mountain West GIS Cooperative

211 North Grand, Suite B

Bozeman, MT 59715

Anthony Thatcher

406.582.1099

tony@mountainwestgis.org

Canadian Lead

Geomar Consulting Ltd.

PO Box 1843

Grand Forks, B.C.

V0H 1H0

Jack Wierzchowski

250.442.4244

250.422.4233

geomar@sunshinecable.com

Craig Stewart

403.220.8968

403.289.9311

stewart@rockies.ca

http://www.rockies.ca/y2y/

The 2001 CAP program

Next year’s CAP program will be announced the 

FALL of 2000 with the application open period for 

submission of proposals early 2001. Application 

materials will be on-line at the FGDC website. 

Watch the FGDC website and funding page for 

information.

http://www.fgdc.gov