NatMap Briefing with Speakers Notes

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Status of Standard Replacing FIPS 55
FGDC Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic
Data June 17, 2008
Geographic Names Project U.S. Geological
Survey U.S. Department of the Interior
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Full Title

• Identifying Attributes for Named Physical and
  Cultural Geographic Features (Except Roads and
  Highways) of the United States, Territories,
  Outlying Areas, and Freely Associated Areas, and
  the Waters of the Same to the Limit of the Twelve
  Mile Statutory Zone

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A Geographic Feature is
An entity on the landscape/seascape that requires
identification, location, and attribution for
information of government and the public having

• Feature ID
• Name
• Location

Minimum Identifying Attributes
Characterized and differentiated solely by
function
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Supersedes

• ANSI X3.471988 R2004, Structure for the
  Identification of Named Populated Places, Primary
  county Divisions and other Entities of the U.S.
  and Its Outlying Areas for Information
  Interchange
• FIPS PUB 55-DC31994, Codes for Named Populated
  Places, Primary County Divisions, and Other
  Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto
  Rico, and the Outlying Areas

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Status of Proposal

• October 2007 Approved by INCITS L-1
• January 14, 2008 Completed public review period
• Next Steps?

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Status of Data

• GNIS Feature ID superseded FIPS 55 Place Code as
  federal standard
• Census will maintain for internal use until after
  2010 census
• Draft Census/USGS MOU for maintaining Place Code
  (now Census Code) and Class Code in the GNIS
• Completed reconciliation of Census and GNIS data
• Populated Places, Civil class, Census class
  records
• Census Codes mapped to Feature IDs Class Codes
  applied
• 60,000 records added or revised in the
  GNIS(Thanks to Joe Marinucci and team!)
• FIPS 55 database and applications archived
• GSA/OPM geolocation codes added
• Mapped to Feature IDs
• MOU for continuing maintenance in the GNIS

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Status of Products and Services

• Census Codes, Class Codes, OPM Codes, GSA Codes
• Query/display/download from public web site
  http//geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ click
  Search Federal Codes
• National, state, topical download files
  http//geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.ht
  m
• Customized files upon request
• On line maintenance of codes for authorized
  personnel
• Advising systems converting to Feature ID
• Commercial, state/local/federal government, etc.
• Project underway to integrate GNIS and The
  National Map vector data, databases, processes
• Expanded products, services
• Increasing data coordination with NGA HSIP and
  DHS

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Contacts

• Louis YostActing, Executive SecretaryU.S. Board
  on Geographic Names
• [phone]
• lyost_at_usgs.gov
• Jennifer RunyonBoard on Geographic Names Senior
  Researcher
• [phone]
• jrunyon_at_usgs.gov

• Joan HelmrichNames Coordinator
• [phone]
• jhelmrich_at_usgs.gov
• Dwight HughesSr. Software Engineer
• [phone]
• dshughes_at_usgs.gov

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The End

• Thank you for your interest!
• Questions?