National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Programs Rethinking the Focus (2001) / Chapter Skim
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By using $645,000 provided by the National Performance Review Fund, FGDC was able to fund six projects from 1998 to 2000 that demonstrate the importance of geospatial data in community-wide planning. At its September 1999 meeting, the MSC heard presentations on the program as a whole, and on projects carried out in Dane County, Wisconsin; the Tijuana River Watershed; Gallatin County, Montana; and the Baltimore City Police Department.
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Geospatial information provides the common language among five overlapping projects within the NERR, with an improved assessment of flood vulnerability as a major goal. Available at: http://typhoon.sUsu.edu/tjwater.
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Although the federal investment is small, it is being spent in just a few local areas, and thus can be expected to have a more significant local impact than the same amount of investment directed at an entire state. The corurnittee believes that these projects represent a valuable investment in a few well-designed experiments.
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