Federal Geographic Data Committee
-
Upload
tate-battle -
Category
Documents
-
view
35 -
download
2
description
Transcript of Federal Geographic Data Committee
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Vegetation Subcommittee
Ralph Holiday Crawford, Chair
Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable
Boise, Idaho
October 21, 2003
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is an interagency committee, organized in 1990 under OMB Circular A-16 that promotes the coordinated use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis. The FGDC is composed of representatives from nineteen Cabinet level and independent federal agencies. The Steering Committee sets high-level strategic direction for the FGDC as a whole. The Coordination Group advises on the day-to day business of the FGDC. Staff support for FGDC committees is provided by the FGDC Secretariat staff.
History of OMB Circular A-16
• Originally issued in 1958 to insure surveying and mapping activities be directed toward meeting the needs of Federal and State agencies and the general public, and will be performed expeditiously, without duplication of effort
• Revised in 1967 Section on Responsibility for Coordination
• Revised in 1990 expanded to included surveying, mapping and related spatial data activities
FGDC Membership
• Federal Members (AG, Commerce, Defense, Energy, HHS, HUD, Interior, Justice, State, Transportation, EPA, GSA, Library of Congress, NARA, NASA, NSF, TVA)
• Non-Federal Members (International city/county management association, Intertribal GIS Council , National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, National States Geographic Information Council, Open GIS Consortium, Spatial Technologies Industry Assoc, University Consortium of Geographic Information Science, Western Governors’ Assoc)
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is an interagency committee, organized in 1990 under OMB Circular A-16 that promotes the coordinated use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis. The FGDC is composed of representatives from nineteen Cabinet level and independent federal agencies. The Steering Committee sets high-level strategic direction for the FGDC as a whole. The Coordination Group advises on the day-to day business of the FGDC. Staff support for FGDC committees is provided by the FGDC Secretariat staff. The FGDC subcommittees are organized by data themes. Working groups play a crosscutting role, dealing with issues that span many subcommittees.
•FGDC Secretariat Staff •Image map of FGDC Organization •The FGDC Steering Committee •The FGDC Coordination Group •Subcommittees •Working Groups •FGDC Calendar •NSDI discussion list •Contacting FGDC
FGDC Activities
• Coordination Group Level
• Vegetation Subcommittee Level
Current FGDC Coordination Group Discussions
• Geospatial One-Stop
• Spatial Data Transfer Standards
• Strategy for the Implementation Plan on Commercial Remote Sensing Policy
• National Spatial Data Infrastructure Interagency Linkage
• Understanding the FGDC Standards Process
Vegetation Subcommittee Update
• History
• Members
• Standards Process
National Vegetation Classification and Information Standards Approved by FGDC
On October 22, 1997, Secretary of the Interior Babbitt, as the Chair of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), endorsed the Committee's approval of the National Vegetation Classification and Information Standards. This will now be the standard vegetation classification system for use by Federal government agencies and their cooperators. The standard, which has been under development since 1992, is based on the classification system originally developed in 1984 through the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization and Driscoll et al (1984) which were later refined by The Nature Conservancy. The new standard (http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/status/sub2_1.html) has undergone wide public review as part of the FGDC standards approval process. The FGDC Vegetation Subcommittee, which coordinated development of the standard, is also coordinating with the development of the United Nations Environment Programme's Food and Agriculture Organization Land Cover Classification System, to help work toward development of a potential global standard for use in classifying and characterizing land cover. Development of this national vegetation classification standard is an important component in helping to increase sharing and exchange of vegetation-related data among Federal agencies and other partners as part of the NBII and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) federations.
Current Vegetation Subcommittee Members and Contributors
• R. Crawford (Chair)• D. Powell (FS)• L. Bryant (FS)• R. Brohman (FS)• B. Hale (NASS)• D. Thompson (NRCS)• L. Gorman (DOD)• G. Waggoner (USGS)• D. Shaw (EPA)• M. Nyquist (USGS)
• S. Karl (BLM)• E. Middleton (NASA)• D. Tart (FS)• L. Hidinger (ESA)• D. Grossman
(NatureServe)+• J. Thomas (NOAA)• D. Faber-Langendoen+• B. Czech (FWS)• C. English (BIA)
Vegetation Classification
Standard Vegetation Subcommittee Federal Geographic Data
Committee June 1997
Federal Geographic Data Committee Department of Agriculture * Department of Commerce * Department
of Defense * Department of Energy Department of Housing and Urban Development * Department of the
Interior * Department of State Department of Transportation * Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency * Library of Congress National Aeronautics and Space Administration * National Archives
and Records Administration Tennessee Valley Authority
FGDCNational Vegetation Classification Standard
(example)Physiognomic
Division VegetatedOrder Tree DominatedClass Closed Tree CanopySubclass Evergreen Group Temperate or Subpolar Needle-leavedSubgroupNatural/Semi-naturalFormation Rounded Crowns
FloristicAlliance Pinus taeda Closed Tree Canopy AllianceAssociation Pinus taeda/Symplocos tinctoria-Myrcia cerifera-Vaccinium elliotii
ESA Veg Panel
The need for developing standards at the floristic levels
• Two levels of classification hierarchy based on floristic criteria are introduced conceptually in the FGDC vegetation classification standard.
• No details of nomenclature or methods for delimiting or describing them.
GUIDELINES FOR DESCRIBING ASSOCIATIONS AND ALLIANCES OF THE U.S. NATIONAL
VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION
The Ecological Society of America Vegetation Classification Panel
Michael Jennings, Orie Loucks, David Glenn-Lewin, Robert Peet, Don Faber-Langendoen, Dennis Grossman, Antoni Damman,
Michael Barbour, Robert Pfister, Marilyn Walker, Stephen Talbot, Joan Walker, Gary Hartshorn, Gary Waggoner, Marc Abrams,
Alison Hill, David Roberts, David Tart
FGDC Standards Process
FGDC Steering Committee12 – Endorsement FINAL
CG11 - Approve Standard for Endorsement
SWG10 - Evaluate Responsiveness to Public Comments
Standards Development Group9 - Respond to Public Comments
FGDC Secretariat8 - Coordinate Public Review
FGDC Coordination Group (CG)7 - Approve Standard for Public Review
SWG6 - Review and Evaluate Committee Draft REVIEW
SC/WG5 - Review Working Draft
Standards Development Group4 - Produce Working Draft DRAFT
FGDC Subcommittee or Working Group (SC/WG)
3 - Set Up Project PROJECT
SWG2 - Review Proposal
FGDC Standards Working Group (SWG)1- Develop ProposalPROPOSAL
CUSTODIANSTEPSTAGE
Proposed policy on acknowledgement or endorsement of non-Federal standards
Background:• Under A-16 and EO 12906, standards adopted
through the FGDC process are mandatory for Federal agency use
• OMB Circulars A-16 and A-119 do not define a mechanism for identifying, selecting, and coordinating the adoption of non-Federally developed standards.
• Since common standards promote efficient geographic information collection and exchange, and, it was determined that the FGDC needed a mechanism for recognition of non-Federally authored standards.
Two levels of FGDC recognition – Endorsement – mandatory for use
– Recommendation – the non-federal standard is recognized as a useful standard, but is not deemed to be of such broad applicability that its use should be mandatory.
Proposed policy on acknowledgement or endorsement of non-Federal standards
FGDC Standards Process
• There is no time limit specified for the standards development group to carry out their development and post-public review work.
• On the other hand, the Standards Working Group and Coordination Group have time limits for their work.
Veg Subcommittee Suggestion to ESA Veg Panel
• Conversion and correlations of past vegetation data collected
• Definitions and usage of association and alliance
• Standard versus guidelines and the classifications of vegetation on rangelands
FGDCAgencies ESA NatureServe
Maintenance & Archivalof Veg. Class &
Descriptions
Veg. ClassificationScience
Implementation & Use Strategies (e.g. Veg.
Mapping, etc.)
Education and Outreach
Standards Process Activities
Revise & RefineExisting MOU
Funding to AccomplishVeg. Classification
MOU Goals
Maintenance & Archivalof Veg. Plots Data
Implementation & Use Strategies (e.g. Veg.
Mapping, etc.)
Implementation & Use Strategies (e.g. Veg.
Mapping, etc.)
Veg. ClassificationScience
Veg. ClassificationScience
Call Periodic Meetings of MOU Members
USFS (Agency Lead)Develop ImplementationPlan & Budget for OMB
Develop ImplementationPlan & Budget for OMB
Education and Outreach Education and Outreach Education and Outreach
??