Advancing Strategic Science: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Roadmap for the U.S. Geological Survey - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Earth And Life Studies; Board On Earth Sciences And Resources; Mapping Science Committee; Committee On Spatial Data Enabling USGS Strategic Science In The 21st Century

Softcover

ISBN 10: 030926457X ISBN 13: 9780309264570

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2012

Synopsis

Science is increasingly driven by data, and spatial data underpin the science directions laid out in the 2007 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Science Strategy. A robust framework of spatial data, metadata, tools, and a user community that is interactively connected to use spatial data in an efficient and flexible way―known as a spatial data infrastructure (SDI)―must be available for scientists and managers to find, use, and share spatial data both within and beyond the USGS.

Over the last decade, the USGS has conducted breakthrough research that has overcome some of the challenges associated with implementing a large SDI. Advancing Strategic Science: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Roadmap for the U.S. Geological Survey is intended to ground those efforts by providing a practical roadmap to full implementation of an SDI to enable the USGS to conduct strategic science.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030926457X
• ISBN 13: 9780309264570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132