2008 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program
2008 CAP projects listed by category with category descriptions.
The 2008 CAP announcement is available here. Over $1.1 millon was granted under this year's program.
- 2008 Projects Factsheet (PDF Format)
- Project List - include status information
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Project Maps: Interactive or PDF version
Category 1: Metadata Trainer and Outreach
Assistance provides assistance to organizations with NSDI
expertise knowledge and experience in assisting other organizations
with the training and implementation of metadata, clearinghouse or web
mapping services.
Up to $25,000 per project, 4 projects.
George Mason University |
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Sonoma Ecology Center |
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Innovate!, Inc. |
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Northern Arizona University |
Category 2: Best
Practices in Geospatial Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
In support of the goals of the Geospatial Line of Business
(LoB), the effective design and deployment of Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA) using Web Services will determine the success of
shared access to geospatial data and applications. This category seeks
joint proposals from federal government and industry leaders to design,
deploy, and document reusable geospatial services and applications
using SOA. Solutions are sought that satisfy multi-agency requirements
through the modeling and deployment of business processes through
related data and service components. Documentation of implemented best
practices is required to identify and educate federal agencies on the
issues of design, implementation, and application for use in future
government-wide services associated with the Geospatial LoB.
Up to $100,000 per project, 3 projects.
CubeWerx USA |
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Indiana University |
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Image Matters, LLC |
Category 3:
Fifty States Initiative
Projects will develop and implement statewide strategic and business
plans that will facilitate the coordination of programs, policies,
technologies, and resources that enable the coordination, collection,
documentation, discovery, distribution, exchange and maintenance of
geospatial information in support of the NSDI and the objectives of the
Fifty States Initiative Action Plan.
Up to $50,000 per project, 8 projects. Go here for more
information about this initiative.
Colorado |
Georgia |
Hawai'i |
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Idaho |
Nebraska |
Pennsylvania |
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South
Carolina |
Virgin
Islands |
Category 4:
Joint Canadian and United States Spatial Data Infrastructure
Project will stimulate cross-border cooperation over a
geographic area through the use of connected, distributed data and
services. The themes of interest are Public safety and security
(situational awareness, management of consequence, and critical
infrastructure identification) and Aboriginal and Native American
peoples (land and resource management or community planning).
Up to $75,000 per project, 1 award.
Carbon Project
Burlington, Massachusetts
Jeff Harrison
Category 5: Building data stewardship for The National Map
and the NSDI will focus on fostering stewardships for either
structures data or for transportation data through best business
practices. Primary needs for structures data are the geospatial
location, classification, and other characteristics of manmade
facilities, based on homeland security requirements. Primary needs for
transportation data are updates for features, attributes, and geometry
to the baseline roads data developed through Census MAF/TIGER Accuracy
Improvement Project (MTAIP) sources. The data will be part of a
national data inventory of consistent, seamless, integrated data that
is continuously improved through the incorporation of data updates from
the data community.
Up to $50,000 per project, 4 awards.
Iowa Geographic Information Council
(IGIC) |
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West Virginia University |
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Minnesota Land Management Information
Center (LMIC) |
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Towson University |
Category 6: FGDC-Endorsed Standards Implementation
Assistance and Outreach (excluding Metadata Standards) will
provide funding to organizations to assist in the implementation of
FGDC- endorsed standards (excluding metadata standards, see category 1
above). For many FGDC-endorsed standards, there are few, if any,
resources that guide organizations in implementing standards. Without
resources that document best practices, provide experienced advice, and
new techniques, the implementing organization has a steep learning
curve.
Up to $50,000 per project, 4 awards.
Coordinate Solutions |
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Delta State University |
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North Carolina Center for Geographic
Information & Analysis (CGIA) |
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University of Montana |
• See the CAP Project Administrative Guidance for information about correspondence, reimbursement, modifications, and reporting for CAP projects.