Geospatial Platform Documents
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FY 2011 President’s Budget – Geospatial Platform language (PDF) | The FY 2011 President’s Budget included language calling for the establishment of a Geospatial Platform |
The Modernization Roadmap for the Geospatial Platform v4 (PDF) |
The Roadmap was written in response to the FY2011 President's Budget Direction to develop a Modernization Roadmap to implement the Geospatial Platform. The Roadmap's purpose is to:
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Geospatial Platform Value Proposition (PDF) | The Value Proposition It describes the need for the Geospatial Platform, provides use cases demonstrating how the Geospatial Platform will support mission needs, and describes the benefits of the Geospatial Platform. |
Learn about the background and benefits of the Geospatial Platform, as well as the Platform's offerings and intended customers. |
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The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) has provided advice and feedback on the Geospatial Platform as it has been developed. The NGAC has also approved resolutions in support of the Geospatial Platform. |
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OMB Circular A-16 Supplemental Guidance (PDF) |
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-16, Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data Activities, provides for improvements in the coordination and use of spatial data, and describes effective and economical use and management of spatial data assets in the digital environment for the benefit of the Federal Government and the Nation. This Supplemental Guidance document further defines and clarifies selected elements of OMB Circular A-16 to facilitate the adoption and implementation of a coordinated and effective Federal geospatial asset management capability that will improve support of mission-critical business requirements of the Federal Government and its stakeholders. |
FGDC Fact Sheets (outside link) |
Download fact sheets on a variety of geospatial topics including the National Geospatial Data Infrastructure and Federal Geographic Data Sharing policy. |
Geospatial Cloud Sandbox Initiative (GeoCloud) |
The GeoCloud Initiative provides agencies with access to the Amazon EC2 Cloud hosting environment and provides open-source and commercial geospatial server instances to enable federal agency service of data for the Platform. This supports the "shared infrastructure" goals of the Platform. This link contains public documents that describe the GeoCloud effort. |
Business Plan for the Geospatial Platform |
Final version, redacted, of the Geospatial Platform business plan, dated September 20, 2012. PDF format, 1.1MB |