This document will serve as the Final Technical Report in fulfillment of Cooperative Agreement No. A questionnaire was provided to the data stewards in order to streamline the production of metadata. The Clearinghouse node was implemented at the University of Arizona's College of Agriculture. A duplicate node is planned to ensure uninterrupted access to Arizona metadata archives. Training and educational presentations have occurred at many levels including training university students, collaborator training, and presentations at statewide GIS conferences.
Further training is under development and provided as necessary.
The level of participation and the results of the project speak very well towards the effectiveness of the FGDC in promoting and facilitating implementation of the Content Standard and Clearinghouse node. Despite the successful implementation of the metadata standard several issues arose with the standard. We believe the Clearinghouse serves an important role as a data discovery site and hope that the Clearinghouse concept will continue to evolve with better technology and increased user needs. Most have been involved in digital geographic data development and distribution for many years. The collaborators believe, that for the NSDI to be functional, it is important to coordinate activities between levels of government, integrate data from various producers, and make the data available to the entire community of users.