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FGDC-endorsed standards

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• Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
• • Base Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version 2.0), FGDC-STD-001-1998
    
  • Part 1, Biological Data Profile, FGDC-STD-001.1-1999
  • Part 2, Metadata Profile for Shoreline Data, FGDC-STD-001.2-2001
    
• Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)
• • Parts 1-4, FGDC-STD-002.1
  • Part 5: Raster Profile with Basic Image Interchange Format (BIIF) Extension, FGDC-STD-002.5
    
  • Part 6: Point Profile, FGDC-STD-002.6
    
  • Part 7: Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) Profile, FGDC-STD-002.7-2000
• Cadastral Data Content Standard, FGDC-STD-003
• Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats in the United States, FGDC-STD-004
  
• National Vegetation Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-005
• Soil Geographic Data Standard, FGDC-STD-006
  
• Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards
• • Part 1: Reporting Methodology, FGDC-STD-007.1-1998
    
  • Part 2: Standards for Geodetic Networks, FGDC-STD-007.2-1998
  • Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy, FGDC-STD-007.3-1998
  • Part 4: Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Facilities Management, FGDC-STD-007.4-2002

• • Part 5: Standards for Nautical Charting Hydrographic Surveys, FGDC-STD-007.5-2005
• Content Standard for Digital Orthoimagery, FGDC-STD-008-1999
• Content Standard for Remote Sensing Swath Data, FGDC-STD-009-1999
  
• Utilities Data Content Standard, FGDC-STD-010-2000
• Standard for a U.S. National Grid, FGDC-STD-011-2001
  
• Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002

• Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization, FGDC-STD-013-2006