EGov Standards Workshop

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Geospatial One-Stop Gateway for Discovery and
Access

• E-Gov Standards Workshop 2
• February 2, 2007

Billy R. Tolar, Jr. btolar_at_usgs.gov
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What is Geospatial One-Stop?

• E-Government Initiative
• The geographic component of the Presidents
  Management Agenda
• OMB oversees the E-Government Initiatives
• Department of Interior serves as the Managing
  Partner for Geospatial One-Stop
• One of the ways the National Geospatial Programs
  Office (NGPO) brings increased visibility and
  implementation of the NSDI.

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Geospatial One-Stop

• Purpose of the project
• Making it
• Easier
• Faster
• Less expensive

For all levels of government and the public to
access geospatial information.
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Leading the Development of Partnerships to Build
the NSDI
GOS Portal
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Geospatial One-Stop Governance
Intergovernmental Board of Directors

• National Association of State CIOs
• National States Geographic Information Council
• National Association of Counties
• National League of Cities
• International City/County Managers Association
• Intertribal GIS Council
• Western Governors Association
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Commerce Census Bureau, NOAA
• Department of Transportation
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Geospatial One-Stop (GOS)
Federal Data Sets
State/Regional Data Sets

• Examples
• USGS Hydrography
• NGS Geodetic Control
• BLM PLSS
• DoD Defense Installations (DISDI)

• Examples
• North Carolina
• San Francisco Bay Area (BARGC)

National Metadata Catalog (GOS)
Integrated National Data Sets

• Examples
• Transportation
• Landmarks
• Hydrography
• Land Use

Scientific Knowledge

• Examples
• Reports
• Models
• Applications

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Geospatial One-Stop Version 2www.geodata.gov

• Usability
• Improve user experience
• Support multiple audiences
• Performance
• Sub-second responses
• Interoperability
• Support evolving standards (Portals, OGC, etc.)
• Support data download
• Functionality
• two clicks to content
• Collaboration tools
• Marketplace community
• New technologies

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New Enabling Technologies
Portal Technology
JSR - 168
New interoperability standard
Search Engine- Google
Spatial Toolkits
Communities
Whats New
Marketplace
Portlet building blocks
What this Means
GIS Centric
Web Standard
Specialized Search
Google-like
Uniform View
Personalized
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Architecture
JSR-168
IBM WebSphere Portal
WMS
Single Sign-on and Personalization
WFS/GML
Apps
FGDC
Publish
Search
Map Viewer
WCS
ArcIMS
ISO
WMC
Other JSR-168 Portlets
Open LS Gazetteer
Catalog Service GIS Portal Toolkit
Metadata Harvester
CS-W
CS-W
Z39.50
Z39.50
Google http
WAF / XML
ESRI-Google Spatial Extender
Natural Language Search
OAI
OAI-PMH
Google Search Appliance
ArcIMS
Open LS Gazetteer
Metadata Catalog
COTS Standards Based
( Programmatic Connection )
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Take Away Messages

• GOS facilitates discovery of the Nations
  geospatial resources
• Portal organizes metadata and speeds up searching
• Builds on the NSDI Clearinghouse harvesting
  hundreds of nodes
• GOS currently has 100,000 publications

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Storm Response Preparedness

• Geospatial One-Stop, On-line Portal for
  Geospatial Data Information Sharing - geodata.gov
• Hurricane Community - organizing data and
  applications for response and recovery
• Data Partnership Marketplace for coordinating
  acquisition plans and requirements
• GIS for the Gulf - Project Homeland Integrated
  Database (DHS,USGS, NGA)
• The National Map Data delivery, download, and
  updated USGS maps and products

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Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)

• The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is
  an interagency committee that promotes the
  coordinated development, use, sharing, and
  dissemination of geospatial data on a national
  basis. This nationwide data publishing effort is
  known as the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
  (NSDI). The NSDI is a physical, organizational,
  and virtual network designed to enable the
  development and sharing of this nation's digital
  geographic information resources. FGDC activities
  are administered through the FGDC Secretariat,
  hosted by the National Geospatial Programs Office
  (NGPO) of the U.S. Geological Survey. The NGPO
  oversees other geospatial programs of national
  importance including The National Map and the
  Geospatial One-Stop activity.
• The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  established the FGDC in 1990 and rechartered the
  committee in its August 2002 revision of Circular
  A-16, Coordination of Geographic Information and
  Related Spatial Data Activities. The FGDC is a
  19 member interagency committee composed of
  representatives from the Executive Office of the
  President, and Cabinet level and independent
  Federal agencies. The Secretary of the Department
  of the Interior chairs the FGDC, with the Deputy
  Director for Management, Office of Management and
  Budget (OMB) as Vice-Chair. Numerous stakeholder
  organizations participate in FGDC activities
  representing the interests of state and local
  government, industry, and professional
  organizations.

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Executive Order 12906
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Executive Order 12906of April 11, 1994

• Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and
  Access The National Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Geographic information is critical to promote
  economic development, improve our stewardship of
  natural resources, and protect the environment.
  Modern technology now permits improved
  acquisition, distribution, and utilization of
  geographic (or geospatial) data and mapping. The
  National Performance Review has recommended that
  the executive branch develop, in cooperation with
  State, local, and tribal governments, and the
  private sector, a coordinated National Spatial
  Data Infrastructure to support public and private
  sector applications of geospatial data in such
  areas as transportation, community development,
  agriculture, emergency response, environmental
  management, and information technology.
• NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as
  President by the Constitution and the laws of the
  United States of America and to implement the
  recommendations of the National Performance
  Review to advance the goals of the National
  Information Infrastructure and to avoid wasteful
  duplication of effort and promote effective and
  economical management of resources by Federal,
  State, local, and tribal governments, it is
  ordered as follows

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Executive Order 12906

• Section 1. Definitions. (a) National Spatial
  Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
• means the technology, policies, standards, and
  human resources ecessary
• to acquire, process, store, distribute, and
  improve utilization of geospatial
• data.
• (b) Geospatial data means information that
  identifies the geographic
• location and characteristics of natural or
  constructed features and boundaries on the earth.
  This information may be derived from, among other
  things, remote sensing, mapping, and surveying
  technologies. Statistical data may be included in
  this definition at the discretion of the
  collecting agency.
• (c) The National Geospatial Data
  Clearinghouse means a distributed
• network of geospatial data producers, managers,
  and users linked electronically.

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Executive Order 12906

• Sec. 2. Executive Branch Leadership for
  Development of the Coordinated National Spatial
  Data Infrastructure. (a) The Federal Geographic
  Data Committee (FGDC), established by the
  Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  Circular No. A16 (Coordination of Surveying,
  Mapping, and Related Spatial Data Activities)
  and chaired by the Secretary of the Department of
  the Interior (Secretary) or the Secretarys
  designee, shall coordinate the Federal
  Governments development of the NSDI.
• (b) Each member agency shall ensure that its
  representative on the FGDC holds a policy-level
  position.
• (c) Executive branch departments and agencies
  (agencies) that have an interest in the
  development of the NSDI are encouraged to join
  the FGDC.
• (d) This Executive order is intended to
  strengthen and enhance the general policies
  described in OMB Circular No. A16. Each agency
  shall meet its respective responsibilities under
  OMB Circular No. A16.
• (e) The FGDC shall seek to involve State, local,
  and tribal governments in the development and
  implementation of the initiatives contained in
  this order. The FGDC shall utilize the expertise
  of academia, the private sector, professional
  societies, and others as necessary to aid in the
  development and implementation of the objectives
  of this order.

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Executive Order 12906

• Sec. 4. Data Standards Activities. (a) General
  FGDC Responsibility. The FGDC shall develop
  standards for implementing the NSDI, in
  consultation and cooperation with State, local,
  and tribal governments, the private and academic
  sectors, and, to the extent feasible, the
  international community, consistent with OMB
  Circular No. A119 (Federal Participation in
  the Development and Use of Voluntary
  Standards), and other applicable law and
  policies.
• (b) Standards for Which Agencies Have Specific
  Responsibilities. Agencies assigned
  responsibilities for data categories by OMB
  Circular No. A16 shall develop, through the
  FGDC, standards for those data categories, so as
  to ensure that the data produced by all agencies
  are compatible.
• (c) Other Standards. The FGDC may from time to
  time identify and develop, through its member
  agencies, and to the extent permitted by law,
  other standards necessary to achieve the
  objectives of this order. The FGDC will promote
  the use of such standards and, as appropriate,
  such standards shall be submitted to the
  Department of Commerce for consideration as
  Federal Information Processing Standards. Those
  standards shall apply to geospatial data as
  defined in section 1 of this order.
• (d) Agency Adherence to Standards. Federal
  agencies collecting or producing geospatial data,
  either directly or indirectly (e.g. through
  grants, partnerships, or contracts with other
  entities), shall ensure, prior to obligating
  funds for such activities, that data will be
  collected in a manner that meets all relevant
  standards adopted through the FGDC process.

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Organization of the FGDC

• The FGDC Steering Committee
• Sets high-level strategic direction for the FGDC
  as a whole
• The Coordination Group
• Advises on the day-to day business of the FGDC
• The Committee structure is composed of agency-led
  Subcommittees and Working Groups.
• Organized by data themes, e.g. Cadastral.
• Working Groups play a crosscutting role, dealing
  with issues that span many subcommittees, e.g.
  Standards.
• The FGDC committees and working groups provide
  the basic structure for institutions and
  individuals to interact regarding all aspects of
  NSDI implementation.

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Organization of the FGDC
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Components of the NSDI

• Since its inception, FGDC has worked to implement
  the six basic building blocks, or common
  elements, of the NSDI
• Metadata
• Clearinghouse
• Standards
• Framework
• Geospatial data
• Partnerships
• Each of these components serves as a cornerstone
  in establishing consistency and structure when it
  comes to documenting spatial data for everyday
  applications, as well as in building a
  distributed network of producers and users that
  facilitate data sharing.

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Components of the NSDI
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Standards

• Standards facilitate the development, sharing,
  and use of geospatial data. The FGDC develops
  geospatial data standards for implementing the
  NSDI, in consultation and cooperation with State,
  local, and tribal governments, the private sector
  and academic community, and, to the extent
  feasible, the international community.

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Standards Process

• FGDC Standards Reference Model
• The FGDC Standards Reference Model defines the
  expectations of FGDC standards, describes
  different types of geospatial standards, and
  documents the FGDC standards process.
• FGDC standards directives
• Directive 1, FGDC Standards Process
• Directive 2, Standards Working Group Review
  Guidelines
• Directive 2a, SWG Review Process
• Directive 2b, SWG Review Criteria/Checklist
• Directive 2c, SWG Guidelines for Conducting a
  Standards Review
• Directive 2d, SWG Review Guidelines Review
  Comment Template
• Directive 3, Public Review Process
• Directive 4, Guide to Completing a Standards
  Proposal
• Directive 5, Standards Working Group Membership
  Policy
• Directive 6, Formatting FGDC Standards Documents
• Directive 7, Standards Development Approaches -
  TBD
• Directive 8, Printing and Distribution of FGDC
  Standards
• Directive 9, Maintenance of Standards
• Directive 10, Conformance

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FGDC Endorsed Standards

• FGDC
• May be dowloaded free of charge
• ISO and ANSI Standards
• May be purchased through ANSI eStandards Store
• Open Geospatial Consortium Specifications
• May be downloaded at no cost from OpenGIS
  Documents

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FGDC Endorsed Standards

• Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
• Base Content Standard for Digital Geospatial
  Metadata (version 2.0), FGDC-STD-001-1998
• Part 1, Biological Data Profile,
  FGDC-STD-001.1-1999
• Part 2, Metadata Profile for Shoreline Data,
  FGDC-STD-001.2-2001
• Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)
• Parts 1-4, FGDC-STD-002.1
• Part 5 Raster Profile with Basic Image
  Interchange Format (BIIF) Extension,
  FGDC-STD-002.5
• Part 6 Point Profile, FGDC-STD-002.6
• Part 7 Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)
  Profile, FGDC-STD-002.7-2000
• Cadastral Data Content Standard, FGDC-STD-003
• Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats
  in the United States, FGDC-STD-004
• National Vegetation Classification Standard,
  FGDC-STD-005
• Soil Geographic Data Standard, FGDC-STD-006
• Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards
• Part 1 Reporting Methodology, FGDC-STD-007.1-1998
  
• Part 2 Standards for Geodetic Networks,
  FGDC-STD-007.2-1998
• Part 3 National Standard for Spatial Data
  Accuracy, FGDC-STD-007.3-1998
• Part 4 Architecture, Engineering, Construction,
  and Facilities Management, FGDC-STD-007.4-2002
• Part 5 Standards for Nautical Charting
  Hydrographic Surveys, FGDC-STD-007.5-2005

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Standards Organizations

• The FGDC Standards Working Group and external
  standards organizations.
• FGDC Standards Working Group
• External standards organizations
• OMB Circular A-119 directs Federal agencies to
  participate in voluntary consensus standards
  bodies.
• INCITS Technical Committee L1, Geographic
  Information Standards
• Open Geospatial Consortium

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FGDC Standards Reference Model
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FGDC Standards Development Process

• Proposal Stage
• Steps 1 - 2
• Project Stage
• Step 3
• Draft Stage
• Steps 4 - 5
• Review Stage
• Steps 6 - 11
• Final Stage
• Step 12

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Proposal Stage

• Step 1
• Develop Proposal
• Step 1
• Review Proposal
• Step 3
• Set Up Project

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Draft Stage

• Step 4
• Produce Working Draft
• Step 5
• Review Workig Draft

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Review Stage

• Step 6
• Review and Evaluate
• Step 7
• Act on Recommendation
• Step 8
• Coordinate Public Review
• Step 9
• Respond to Public Comments
• Step 10
• Evaluate Responsiveness to Public Comments
• Step 11
• Act on Recommendation
• FGDC Coordination Group Approves

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Final Stage

• Step 12
• Approval
• FGDC Steering Committee

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FGDC Policy on Recognition of Non-Federally
Authored Standards
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Non-Federally Authored Standards

• LEVELS OF RECOGNITION
• This policy establishes two levels of FGDC
  recognition for non-Federally authored standards
  and specifications
• Endorsement The non-Federally authored standard
  or specification has the same status as that of
  an FGDC developed standard, i.e., its use by
  Federal agencies is mandatory.
• Recommendation The non-Federally authored
  standard or specification is recognized as useful
  for geographic data capture, exchange, archiving,
  and/or processing but is not deemed to be of such
  broad applicability that its use should be made
  mandatory. The FGDC shall publicize it and
  encourage its use, but will not require its use
  by Federal agencies.

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Standards Implementation Workshop

• Overview workshop
• Multiple tracks with detailed content
• Management
• User
• Technical
• Architect
• Implementer
• Materials available online after the workshop