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4 Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 38-42

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... NMD research should span the spectrum from applied to fundamental; from improved methods for determining user data product requirements to advanced visualization and spatial temporal modeling of land-cover changes; from advanced hardware and software for acquiring, extracting, storing, managing, processing, analyzing, and displaying spatially referenced data to standards for the electronic transfer of spatially referenced data. There is much to be done.
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From page 39...
... Productive research themes identified in this document encompass digital cartography, geographic information systems, remote sensing, and image processing and analysis. They include digital spatial data modeling, hardware and software development, land-use and land-cover analysis, monitoring of global change, and management of global change data.
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From page 40...
... Global Change 12. Data Collection, Management, and Dissemination s 8,9,12 1~7,8, 9,10 D D C D A D B A B C A = Very important; B = Moderately important; C = Important; D = Related
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... A spinoff of such a program would be a strengthened educational base needed for a robust national spatial data infrastructure. The need for balance between fundamental inquiry and operationally oriented applied research is probably best achieved when all elements of the national mapping infrastructure—government, private sector, and universitiesare healthy and focused on common problems.
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... 5. The committee recommends that the National Mapping Division develop programs to produce and facilitate a wider Varied of "non-standard spatial data products in support of diverse user requirements for data and information within and beyond federal agencies.
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