Federal Geospatial Data Committee

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The Federal Geospatial Data Committee (FGDC) is a committee that promotes disseminating geographic data which the US Government collects. This includes coordinating development of new data, using data, and sharing the data with the public and other agencies a national basis.

National Spatial Data Infrastrtucture (NSDI) is the name of the nationwide data publishing effort. Their goal is to prevent multiple agencies from creating duplicate data.[1]

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Authors Marah Carmona
Editors Rob Sanders
BoK Topics GS3
311 Weeks 6
Tags FGDC, data standards