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Weaving a National Map A Review of the U.S. Geological Survey Concept of 'The National Map' (2003) / Chapter Skim
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... The National Map is envisioned by USGS as a database providing 'public domain core geographic data about the United States and its territories that other agencies can extend, enhance, and reference as they concentrate on maintaining other data that are unioue to their needs" (USGS, 2001~. A motivation behind The National Map is the need to update aging national paper map coverage.
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... and a compilation of community input solicited by USGS on the previous draft of its vision document. BROAD CONCLUSIONS AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS The committee acknowledges that the USGS Geography Discipline1 has made a bona fide effort to confront its future head-on with The National Map vision.
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... Recommendation: The USGS should move expeditiously to develop an implementation strategy for its National Map concept in collaboration with USGS's many partners. The strategy should be clear on the needs, roles, incentives, and projected costs for all partners, on goals, milestones, and responsibilities, and on the USGS role with respect to Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
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... The USGS should place more Geography Discipline emphasis on building these partnerships to assemble Framework data through collaborative programs. in this report the committee discusses the similarities of The National Map and the existing National Atias of the United States of America~.3 The latter is described by the USGS as being a component of The National Map (USGS, 2001~.
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... The second structure, called 17' e National Map, would serve users needing integrated larger-scale data, drive updates to the enhanced National Atlas, and implement many of the ideas that the USGS has proposed: seamiessness, voluntary contribution, a mix of public domain and private data, shared metadata, and nonuniform scale. In addition to the key recommendations included in this summary the committee adds further recommendations in Chapter 5.
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... In addition to the key recommendations included in this summary, the committee adds farther recommendations in Chapter 5. The recommended actions could, if embraced and implemented, ensure that the USGS enters the 2ISt century with a sound national mapping strategy.
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