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As dominant sponsors of a first stage of adoption, the federal government has successfully "primed the NSDT pump." This priming action appears to have been primarily directed at the one specific goal of improved access to data, and the evidence the committee gathered clearly demonstrates that the NSDI does indeed improve access to data. The actions of the federal sponsors of the NSDI, in creating the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (NGDC)
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Demonstrations should be widely visible to the geospatial data community, and sufficient resources should be provided to ensure that results are widely disseminated. This can be in the form of virtual town hall meetings and "cookbooks" that demonstrate clear success stories that should be widely distributed at professional meetings attended by local government officials and workers.
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Geospatial data are used for many purposes, and their use supports many goals. As a result, there is some danger that programs designed to promote the NSDT may become convolved with other programs, be diverted to serve other needs, or expected to serve too many different purposes.
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