[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Pages 778-779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-206]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey

 

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC); Open Meeting on 
Creating a Geospatial Data Framework for the National Spatial Data 
Infrastructure (NSDI)

AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Geographic Data Committee has organized a 
Framework Working Group to gather information for and create the 
structure for a national geospatial data framework for the National 
Spatial Data Infrastructure. The purpose of the meeting is to receive 
public comments on different perspectives on the framework, and the 
need for and approaches to providing elevation and cadastral data to 
the framework.

DATES: January 18, 1994, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Fifth Floor Conference Room, 
State Office Building, 400 North State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
This is the only meeting that will be held in Salt Lake City.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Persons planning to attend or to make a presentation at the meeting 
should notify Dennis Goreham, Manager, Utah Automated Geographic 
Reference Center, 5130 State Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah 
84114, telephone (801) 538-3163; facsimile (801) 538-3622.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Admittance will be limited to the seating 
available. Persons planning to attend the meeting should contact Mr. 
Goreham as described above.
    As part of this effort the working group will hold open meetings to 
receive input from any interested parties. The public is invited to 
prepare a presentation on any of the topics listed in the Summary 
section of this notice. Presentations should be limited to 15 minutes. 
(Presentations may be limited to a shorter time if necessary so that 
all may be heard.) An overhead projector and slide projector will be 
supplied. The working group will also accept written comments, which 
should be received by Mr. Goreham before January 18, 1994.
    This meeting is part of a series on developing a geospatial data 
framework for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. The framework 
will provide a minimum set of geographic data that is useful to a 
maximum number of users within any geographic area or nationwide. 
Framework data will be produced to known standards in the fastest time 
frame possible and for the most reasonable cost. Creation of such a 
geospatial data framework will eliminate much of the redundancy in data 
capture by making available a basic set of geospatial data to which 
other data can be related. The framework data would be of recognized 
quality and would be available in ``standard'' formats. The geospatial 
data framework also will provide a means to integrate data from 
numerous collection activities in various agencies and will encourage 
data sharing among different disciplines. The components of the 
framework will likely include digital ortho imagery, geographic and 
cadastral reference systems, elevation, and spatial representations of 
transportation, hydrography, and administrative and political units. 
This meeting will address elevation and cadastral data; subsequent 
meeting will address the other themes.
    The Framework Working Group consists of representatives of Federal, 
State, regional, and local government agencies engaged in the 
collection, maintenance, and development of geospatial data. The 
working group will define the components, identify the standards for 
the initial collection and maintenance, recommend a time frame for 
production and maintenance, and develop a plan for funding a framework 
of geospatial data as the foundation for the NSDI.

    Dated: December 29, 1993.
Allen H. Watkins,
Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 94-206 Filed 1-5-94; 8:45 am]
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