National spatial data infrastructure partnership programs : rethinking the focus / Mapping Science Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council, Mapping Science Committee, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Mapping Science Committee.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

The Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems.

Digital mapping.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) was envisioned as a way of enhancing the accessibility, communication, and use of geospatial data to support a wide variety of decisions at all levels of society. The goals of the NSDI are to reduce redundancy in geospatial data creation and maintenance, reduce the costs of geospatial data creation and maintenance, improve access to geospatial data, and improve the accuracy of geospatial data used by the broader community. At the core of the NSDI is the concept of partnerships, or collaborations, between different agencies, corporations, institutions, and levels of government. In a previous report, the Mapping Science Committee (MSC) defined a partnership as "...a joint activity of federal and state agencies, involving one or more agencies as joint principals focusing on geographic information." The concept of partnerships was built on the foundation of shared responsibilities, shared costs, shared benefits, and shared control. Partnerships are designed to share the costs of creation and maintenance of geospatial data, seeking to avoid unnecessary duplication, and to make it possible for data collected by one agency at a high level of spatial detail to be used by another agency in more generalized form. Over the past seven years, a series of funding programs administered by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) has stimulated the creation of such partnerships, and thereby promoted the objectives of the NSDI, by raising awareness of the need for a coordinated national approach to geospatial data creation, maintenance, and use. They include the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program, the Framework Demonstration Projects Program, the Community Demonstration Projects, and the Community-Federal Information Partnerships proposal. This report assesses the success of the FGDC partnership programs that have been established between the federal government and state and local government, industry, and academic communities in promoting the objectives of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

Contents:

National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Programs

Copyright

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Preface

Executive Summary

1 NSDI and Partnerships

GOALS OF THE NSDI

COORDINATION AND LEADERSHIP

COMPONENTS OF THE NSDI

Data Standards

National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse

NSDI Framework

PURPOSE OF THE REPORT

2 Review of NSDI Partnership Programs

NSDI COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM

Framework Demonstration Projects Program

Don't Duck Metadata

COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

COMMUNITY-FEDERAL INFORMATION PARTNERSHIPS

PRIMING THE PUMP-THE FEDERAL ROLE IN NSDI PARTNERSHIP INITIATION

THE FUTURE FEDERAL ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE NSDI

3 Future Partnerships and the Evolution of NSDI Activities

FRAMEWORK DATA PRODUCTION

DATA ACCESS, USE, AND OTHER FRAMEWORK ISSUES

THE TIME DIMENSION: DATA UPDATE, ARCHIVING, AND CHANGE DETECTION

PRIVACY, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND PUBLIC ACCESS ISSUES

THE GEODATA ALLIANCE-AN INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE NSDI

4 An Extended National Spatial Data Infrastructure Framework: The Role of Other Organizations

ARGUMENTS FOR AN EXTENDED FRAMEWORK

DEFINITION OF A CITY OR COUNTY EXTENDED FRAMEWORK

DEFINITION OF A STATE OR TRIBAL NATION EXTENDED FRAMEWORK

SUMMARY OF SPATIAL DATA THEMES

ROLES OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

5 Conclusions and Recommendations

References

Acronyms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-80).

ISBN:

0-309-18340-5

1-280-18415-9

9786610184156

0-309-56581-2

OCLC:

70748924