A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science at the United States Geological Survey (2007) / Chapter Skim
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To carry out its mapping mission the USGS gained considerable expertise in cartography and, with the advent of computer technology, was one of the leaders in the development of techniques and standards in the field of digital cartography. Even further advances in technology have pushed the USGS to strive toward a fully electronic implementation of the topographic maps and related geospatial data, which has been named The National Map.
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. The NGPO was created in 2004 when the USGS reorganized its geospatial information programs to better invest in technology and partnerships aimed at modernizing its collection, management, processing, updating, and delivery of geospatial information.1 The major elements of USGS's geospatial programs and services unified under NGPO include The National Map, the National Atlas of the United States of America®, the Federal Geographic Data Committee secretariat, Geospatial One-Stop, and other geospatial program elements (Figure 1.1)
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(A) organizations that carry out geospatial responsibilities of the Associate Director for Geospatial Information and (B)
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(2005) , namely: • Provide timely, efficient, and intelligent access to new and archived USGS geographic data needed to conduct science and support policy decisions (Goal 8)
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. In late 2007, three additional postdoctoral positions in GIScience will be added through USGS's participation in a National Research Council (NRC)
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and drew from a broad range of documents listed in the references. Given the short time frame and potentially broad scope of its task, the committee chair and study director met with the USGS Associate Director for Geospatial Information, the CEGIS Director, and the Associate Director's Chief Scientist (Karen Siderelis, Steve Guptill, and Anne Frondorf, respectively)
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, while recognizing that "The National Map as a database product and an information base is an attainable goal by 2010, but some of the basic knowledge needed to create it (and other spatial data products) is not yet available," and that "present knowledge, methods, and tools are inadequate to create The National Map .
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; 5. The Geoscience of Harmful Invasive Species: Integrating LANDFIRE (Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Project)
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. An assessment of resources against the current mission shows an excess of staff engaged in data production and a shortfall of staff skilled in data integration -- a function that will be important for assimilating data from other sources as the USGS moves out of internal production and into working with partners.
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An example of such an agreement for geospatial activities is with Microsoft Corporation on the development of Terraserver.6 In addition to CRADAs, USGS has leveraged external GIScience expertise by arranging a series of visiting academic GIScientists who have been based at Reston, Virginia during sabbatical leave; participating with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in the solicitation and review of NGA University Research Initiative proposals; conducting a graduate school training program in which more than a dozen USGS employees pursued GIScience studies at universities including Ohio State University, State University of New York Buffalo, University of California at Santa Barbara, and University of South Carolina; organizing research meetings (e.g., the Public Health Colloquiums)
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