Alaska Geographic Data Committee

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Alaska Geographic Data Committee
A G D C
Craig Seaver Alaska Geospatial Liaison, National
Geospatial Program Office (NGPO)
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Alaska Geographic Data Committee

Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
A G D C
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• History

• Purpose

• Objectives

• Membership

• Organization

• Data

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History

• Organized in the early 1990s

• Coordination of geospatial data activities
• and promote data sharing

• Federal, state, Native, local, commercial,
  and non-governmental (NGO) agencies

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Purpose

• Coordination of spatial data projects

• Development of methodologies for implementing
  standards and policies

• Review and respond to FGDC initiatives

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Objectives

• Communication through fact-finding and
  information gathering

• Investigation Identify and evaluate common
• community interests and issues

• Leadership, guidance representation as
• a resource to the geospatial community

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Membership
65 official members
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Organization

• Co-chaired by AKDNR and USGS

• Subcommittees working groups

• meets quarterly

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So what about the data ?

• AGDC supports the NSDI
• data is distributed at
• various USGS portals

• AGDC supports GOS the
• Geospatial One Stop
• was the 2nd officially FGDC recognized GOS
  node.

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AGDC is but one of several Alaska data sites
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An example of a portal.Earth Explorer (EE)
Searching Hints

• AHAP is currently under the Aerial Photo Single
  Frames category on EE
• earthexplorer.cr.usgs.gov
• AHAP involves rolls flown by NASA/Johnson and
  NASA/Ames from 1978 to 1986 over 90 of Alaska
  (165,000 Color and 1130,000 BW)

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Questions ?
Craig Seaver Alaska Geospatial Liaison, National
Geospatial Program Office (NGPO) 907-786-7089 csea
ver_at_usgs.gov