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National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

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NSDI

Definition

The NSDI is defined as the “technology, policies, standards, and human resources necessary to acquire, process, store, distribute, and improve utilization of geospatial data” in Office of Management and the Budget (OMB) Circular A-16 (revised 2002), Coordination of Geographic Information, and Related Spatial Data Activities http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a016/a016_rev.html (accessed December 4, 2006).

Historical Background

This historical background recounts the efforts by the FGDC to develop the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in the United States. However, the concepts of the NSDI are scaleable to the local, regional, and global levels and may be applied to other countries.

Two documents set policies for development of the NSDI: (1) Executive Order 12906: Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure and (2) OMB Circular A-16.

Executive Order 12906, signed by President Bill Clinton on April...

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Recommended Reading

  1. Federal Geographic Data Committee, www.fgdc.gov The FGDC website provides extensive resources about the NSDI concepts discussed in this entry

  2. Geospatial One Stop (GOS), www.geodata.gov The Geospatial One Stop web portal enables users to search a catalog of geospatial information containing thousands of metadata records, view metadata, download data and services, and interact with Web services

  3. GSDI Association, www.gsdi.org The GSDI Association is an inclusive organization of organizations, agencies, firms, and individuals from around the world. The purpose of the organization is to promote international cooperation and collaboration in support of local, national and international spatial data infrastructure developments that will allow nations to better address social, economic, and environmental issues of pressing importance

  4. Spatial Data Infrastructure Cookbook, http://www.gsdi.org/gsdicookbookindex.asp This SDI Implementation Guide or Cookbook, through the support of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure community, provides geographic information providers and users with the necessary background information to evaluate and implement existing components of SDI. It also facilitates participation within a growing (digital) geographic information community known as the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI)

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  1. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), Reston, VA, USA

    Julie Binder Maitra

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Binder Maitra, J. (2008). National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_860

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