Making it:

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Geospatial One Stop
Purpose of the project

• Making it
• Easier
• Faster
• Less expensive

For all levels of government and the public to
access geospatial information.
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geodata.gov
The Government Portal For Geospatial Access

• Metadata Publishing
• Documentation and Organization
• Discovery and Access

the directory for NSDI
3
Geodata.gov Concept
Everyone Can Play!



Fed, State, Local, Tribal, Private Users

• Federated Model
• Distributed Stewardship

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Connect and Use Download and use
Search Catalog and Find
GIS Web Services Portals

• Publish GIS data and services
• Document in catalog

geodata.gov Portal
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GIS Data
GIS Data
GIS Data
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Development Vision
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Geodata. gov
Geodata. gov
Geodata. gov

• Harvest NSDI
• Clearinghouse
• Enhance Portal
• Grow Content
• 3 - 6 Months /-

• Expand Partner Network
• Enhance Portal
• Grow Content
• 3 - 6 Months

Operational Portal 2 Months