Welcome to the Geospatial Platform Website

The partner agencies of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) are developing a Geospatial Platform to more effectively provide place-based products and services to the American public. The Geospatial Platform will be a managed portfolio of common geospatial data, services, and applications contributed and administered by authoritative sources and hosted on a shared infrastructure, for use by government agencies and partners to meet their mission needs and the broader needs of the Nation.

Read the President's Call to Action that Launched the Geospatial Platform

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Learn More: View the Geospatial Platform Conceptual Model, Technical Model , or Timeline .

COMMON DATA

Core geospatial data will be a key building bock of the platform offering. Data sets are selected by the Managing Partner because they meet inclusion criteria outlined in the A-16 Supplemental Guidance and are used by two or more agencies/partners to meet their business needs.

COMMON SERVICES

Common Services

Common geospatial services will provide users with consistent capabilities for performing necessary geospatial functions. Examples of common services include geocoding, basemap services, requirements development and tracking tools, system computing cycles and file transfer protocol (FTP) services, acquisition services, data production services and training.

COMMON APPLICATIONS

Key tools or capabilities that enable users to perform geospatial visualization or analysis, including software, online applications and geo-processing required by two or more agencies/partners/customers. This category of applications includes a broad spectrum of analytical support generated to facilitate the government's delivery of services to citizens.

The FGDC is an interagency committee that promotes the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis.
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