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4 RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 41-44

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... data be considered the critical foundation of the national spatial data infrastructure. The foundation consists of spatial data that are the minimal directly observable or recordable data to which other data are spatially referenced and from which other digital spatial data may be compiled.
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... Framework designation should be based on the following criteria: . broadest national constituency of users spanning the largest geographic area and supporting the greatest number of applications; significant return on investment in the form of increased productivity and efficiency; need to manage critical resources for developing policies or administering programs for preservation and use of resources; and constitutes a fundamental source to create or leverage other spatial data.
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... Three spatial data themes transportation, hydrology, and boundary elements were designated by President Clinton in Executive Order 12906 as the minimal elements of a framework that should be completed by January 1998 in order to support the decennial census of 2000. This activity should be established concurrently with a concerted federal effort to develop partnerships with the states and other parties.
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... Specific research should include the following needs: data integration from multiple sources and spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions; intelligent query systems to facilitate successful browse and access to items in very large data bases and distributed networks; improved updating procedures to maintain the foundation and framework data and metadata; and standards for certification of the foundation and framework data.
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