A data foundation for the national spatial data infrastructure / Mapping Science Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
Support for this study by the Mapping Science Committee was provided by the Defense Mapping Agency, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of the Census.
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Contents
""A DATA FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""NEED FOR SPATIAL DATA""; ""IMPORTANCE OF SHARING SPATIAL DATA""; ""DATA SHARING AND DATA QUALITY""; ""CHALLENGE OF DATA INTEGRATION""; ""NOTES""; ""2 NSDI FOUNDATION ""; ""DEFINITION OF A FOUNDATION""; ""DATA THAT FORM THE FOUNDATION""; ""Geodetic Control""; ""Digital Terrain""; ""Digital Orthorectified Imagery""; ""NOTES""; ""3 FROM FOUNDATION TO FRAMEWORK ""; ""IDENTIFYING FRAMEWORK DATA""
""SPECIFICATIONS FOR FRAMEWORK DATA""""PRIORITIES FOR FRAMEWORK""; ""Transportation""; ""Political, Administrative, and Census Boundaries""; ""Hydrology""; ""OTHER FRAMEWORK THEMES""; ""Cadastral Data""; ""Natural Resources""; ""NOTES""; ""4 RECOMMENDATIONS ""; ""ACRONYMS""
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