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Geospatial One-Stop

The Geospatial One-Stop (GOS) project is an E-Government initiative, managed by the U.S. Geological Survey that promotes coordination and alignment of geospatial data collection, maintenance, and access among all levels of government. The project works to provide one-stop Web access to our nation's geospatial information through development of a Data Discovery Portal www.geodata.gov. The portal is populated by hundreds of Federal, State, local and Tribal organizations that are the creators and stewards of geographic information system data sets.

Data (metadata) are submitted to the portal by contributing government agencies at all levels (Federal, State, local, and Tribal), companies, academia, nonprofit organizations, and individuals. People looking for data can find it in the portal by performing searches of the portal's catalog or browsing featured data in the data Communities. The records within the portal direct users to the actual data sources. Many of the data sources can be directly downloaded or viewed with the portal's map viewer.

The data partnership Marketplace is a key component of the portal. Participants and users post their planned geospatial data acquisition activities in the Marketplace. This enables identification of opportunities for future data collaboration, and allows organizations to leverage resources, maximize geospatial investments, and reduce redundancies in data acquisition.

The Geospatial One-Stop project, through the geodata.gov portal, and closely working with The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDD), The National Map program and their many partners:

• Provides easier discovery and access to our national geospatial data assets
• Encourages collaborative planning across the government for future investments in geospatial data
• Expands partnerships that help leverage investments and reduce duplication
• Facilitates partnerships and collaborative approaches in the sharing and stewardship of data

Go to the Geospatial One-Stop Web Portal (www.geodata.gov).

Geospatial One-Stop Fact Sheets

Several Fact Sheets have been developed to highlight key features in the Geospatial One-Stop portal. These Fact Sheets can be obtained from the links below.

Note: These documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF) and require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free download.

• Geodata.gov (a general overview of the portal) (731 KB)
• Community Information (311 KB)
• How to Make a Map (672 KB)
• Cooperation on Data Acquisitions in the Marketplace (355 KB)
• How to Publish Data (255 KB)
• How to Search for Map Data or Map Services (371 KB)
• Map Service Availability and the Map Service Status Checker (334 KB)