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Project: |
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure |
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| Leader: | Alan
R. Stevens, asteve1@usgs.gov
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| Overview: | The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure supports
ready global access to geographic information. This is achieved through
the coordinated actions of nations and organizations that promote awareness
and implementation of complimentary policies, common standards and effective
mechanisms for the development and availability of interoperable digital
geographic data and technologies to support decision making at all scales
for multiple purposes. These actions encompass the policies, organizational
remits, data, technologies, standards, delivery mechanisms, and financial
and human resources necessary to ensure that those working at the global
and regional scale are not impeded in meeting their objectives. |
     
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| USGS Mission Tie In: |
All disciplines within the USGS as well as throughout
federal, state, and local governments require the use of georeferenced information
for decision support. The USGS disciplines have both national and project
requirements to collect archive, and share scientific information. Using
common standards, and interoperable systems and techniques will save valuable
resources by eliminating or reducing duplication. Similarly, all the disciplines
work globally, and is typically critical to obtain project related information/data
that can be georeferenced and exchange that data and other data with colleagues
within these countries. |
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| Discipline: | Geographic Information Office | ||
| Locations: | Asia and the Pacific, Central and South America, Europe, and Africa. | ||
| Web Sites: | www.gsdi.org
www.fgdc.gov |
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| Partners: | European
Umbrella Organisation for Geographic information (EUROGI) Permanent Committee for GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP) Permenant Committee for the Americas (CPIDEA) Africa (still developing) CODI Open GIS Consortium (OGC) ESRI |
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U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://international.usgs.gov/projects/prjgsdi.htm
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