2008 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program FGDC Coordination Group Meeting March 4, 2008
NSDI CAP
3 Category 1: Metadata Trainer and Outreach Assistance Category Lead – Sharon Shin Up to $25,000 per project, 4 projects Northern Arizona University, Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research Metadata Training and Outreach for Tribal Environmental Science and Management on the Colorado Plateau Sonoma Ecology Center University Metadata Training and Regional Outreach Innovate!, Inc. EPA and Partners Geospatial Metadata Implementation Project George Mason University Metadata Training for Earth Science and Cyberinfrastructure Communities 2008 NSDI CAP
4 Category 2: Best Practices in Geospatial Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Category Lead – Doug Nebert Up to $100,000 per project, 3 projects CubeWerx USA Role-based Access Control - Best Practices for Geospatial Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Indiana University Geospatial Service Oriented Architecture for Flood Inundation Mapping and Hazard Assessment Image Matters, LLC Documenting Best Practices in Geospatial SOA through the Development of a Wetlands Permitting Solution 2008 NSDI CAP
5 Category 3: Fifty States Initiative Category Lead – Milo Robinson Up to $50,000 per project, 8 projects Colorado Georgia Hawai'i Idaho Nebraska Pennsylvania South Carolina U.S. Virgin Islands 2008 NSDI CAP
6 Category 5: Building Data Stewardship for The National Map and the NSDI Category Lead – Paul Wiese Up to $50,000 per project, 4 awards Iowa Geographic Information Council (IGIC) Building Stewardship Capacity for Structures and Transportation Geodata within the Iowa Geospatial Infrastructure West Virginia University Research Corporation Building Stewardship of Integrated Statewide Structure and Transportation Geospatial Databases in West Virginia Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC) Minnesota Structures Collaborative – An Initiative to Support the National Map and NSDI Towson University Structures Data Themes for Maryland and the National Capital Region 2008 NSDI CAP
7 Category 6: FGDC-Endorsed Standards Implementation Assistance and Outreach (excluding Metadata Standards) Category Lead – Julie Binder Maitra Up to $50,000 per project, 4 awards Coordinate Solutions The National Vegetation Classification Standard: Implementation and Outreach for the State of Oklahoma Delta State University A Proposed Course and Modular Curriculum For FGDC Standards Adoption and Implementation North Carolina Center for Geographic Information & Analysis (CGIA) Implementing the Standard for the U.S. National Grid University of Montana Outreach and training on the National Vegetation Classification system to support framework layer development in Montana 2008 NSDI CAP
8 The next NSDI CAP season The 2009 NSDI CAP will be open for applications in October 2008.
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