Cartographic Users Advisory Council, Mumford Room, Library of Congress

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The Future of the Paper Map from the USGS
Perspective.
Map and Geographic Information Collections in
Transition
Cartographic Users Advisory Council, Mumford
Room, Library of Congress May 12-13, 2005
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Use of peel coat maybe?
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Harder and harder to keep up with needed revisions
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Whats Happened to USGS Topographic Maps?
Baltimore, MD

• Value is eroding rapidly as maps become
  increasingly outdated
• Divergence between base data and topographic maps
• Duplication of effort among and between
  geographic information sectors

USGS 1953 PR 1966 1974
Pixxures 2000
(keeping 55,000 maps current!)
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The National Map Topographic Mapping for the 21st
Century
U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological
Survey
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Vision for The National Map

• A seamless, continuously maintained, nationally
  consistent, digital set of base geographic data
• Developed and maintained through partnerships
• Available over the Internet 24/7
• The source for revised topographic maps

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(hundreds of thousands of published maps since
1879)
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electronic maps not the only transformation
underway , , ,
4 National Enterprise Programs
. . .One DOI Initiative
Each contributing, but not strategically aligned
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www.geodata.gov
Geospatial One-Stop
The Government Portal For Geospatial Access

• Metadata catalog
• Documentation and Organization
• Discovery and Access

the directory for NSDI
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Strategic Alignment of National Programs
A Bold Step . . .

• Charge from USGS Director, August 2004
• Strategic Alignment of Activities
• National leadership of highly visible,
  high-demand geospatial programs
• Time to bring it all together!

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NGPO Direction(National Geospatial Program
Office)

• Unify and simplify
• Act as one, under one executive
• (Karen Siderelis, GIO)
• Contribute to completion of the NSDI
• Include partners in all aspects
• Be unconstrained by today or yesterday how we
  look today is not how we will look tomorrow
• Bias toward action

transformation
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NGPO Purpose

• Providing leadership to place geographic
  knowledge at the fingertips of the Nation.

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Charting the Course

• Core Team
• Listening Sessions
• Study Teams chartered (90-days)
• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Geospatial Technology Integration
• Partnership Offices
• Unified NSDI Web Presence
• Measuring Geospatial Investments
• USGS Geospatial Products and Services

Reports available at www.usgs.gov/ngpo
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NGPO Strategic Directions

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• A System of Systems, a GIS for the Nation
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• Revitalized Suite of Products and Services
• A Tapestry of Base Content

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A Tapestry of Base Content

• More than a blanket more than a patchwork quilt
• Diverse and varied by design
• Functional and elegant

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Early Progress

• Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Approval of Federal CIO council, OMB
• National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
• Major geospatial content provider not data
  producer
• Topo map series and other map products continued
• GOS-II Portal contract awarded
• Team awarded (ESRI, IBM, Google)
• Expansion to include knowledge management
• Unify Simplify - GOS and TNM
• One viewer
• One catalogue
• One registration

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A System of Systems

• A GIS for the Nation
• Modern, multi-purpose technology
• Based on national standards
• Manages the tapestry of content
• Provides tools for access, discovery and use
• Supported through incentive-based partnerships
  and sustained Federal funding

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A Geospatial Community Vision
Map Products
Local State, Federal Data Sets (HSIP,Project
Homeland, state, business needs,etc)
GOS-II
Cartographic database
Spatial Models Specifications Project Blue
Book
Geographic Database
Transaction updates
Data Warehouse(s)

• Transformation
• Conversion
• Integration

Controlled access
High-Quality Data Compiled from Local Sources
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Charge to USGS Products and Services team

• Develop a vision for 21st Century USGS geospatial
  products services, (including a next
  generation topographic map series).
• Examine current USGS geospatial products and
  services and investigate short-term options for
  altering these products and services in light of
  the 21st Century vision.
• Define the role of USGS, other Federal agencies,
  State and local governments, tribal nations,
  libraries, academic institutions, and the private
  sector in development distribution of USGS
  geospatial products and services (emphasis on the
  next generation topographic map series).
• Suggest a system to continuously gather
  requirements for USGS products and services from
  the stakeholder community.

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• Products and Services Teams Recommendations
• Derive a USGS-sanctioned, 124,000-scale
  topographic map product from data in The National
  Map.
• Implement a MOD (Maps on Demand) service working
  with both public and private sector
• Discontinue distribution of older vintage
  lithographic maps where MOD service exists
• Institutionalize a Process for Developing New and
  Innovative Services

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Areas with suitable content

• Availability of Nationally Consistent Data

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• Completion of National Coverages

• Data Theme Completion Date
• DEM (10M) 2010
• Structures 2008
• Transportation 2008
• Boundaries 2008
• NHD 2006
• GNIS Phase-II finished except
• Ky 2008
• NY 2010
• MI 2011
• AK 2013

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• Issues being addressed
• Transition strategy concerns
• Lithographic printing vs. Maps On Demand
• Look and feel will be different (content)
• Cost - 7 vrs higher MOD costs (15?)
• Distribution
• Private only?
• Business Partners
• Library depository program
• Emergency stock
• Customer acceptance

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Product Generation Team for The National Map
The Goal - to generate a near standard USGS
124000 scale content topographic map using
information available through The National Map.
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Sonora, Kentucky
Published 1992
Product Generation for The National Map
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Product Generation for The National Map
Sonora, Kentucky Sample Minimum Content
No structures, not vegetation! Is this acceptable?
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Product Generation for The National Map
Harrington, Delaware Sample
Data sets not integrated, not interoperable. . .
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Challenge to library community

• Develop with USGS a working/listening session
  on how USGS can meet your needs

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Invited comments
geocustomer_at_usgs.gov
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thank you
Bob Pierce rrpierce_at_usgs.gov 770-409-7708 703-648-
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