1. 1 Summary of the Geospatial Transportation Data Needs for Federal Agencies Meeting Lynda Liptrap, U.S. Census Bureau November 3, 2009

2. Background The meeting was coordinated by US DOT, USGS, and the Census Bureau FGDC Steering Committee and Coordination Group members were invited A survey was distributed to invitees to gather information on their transportation data needs Limiting transportation to roads for now

3. Goal of Meeting Determine the collective transportation needs of federal agencies “The meeting goal is to identify Federal needs for roads transportation data and begin developing a high level requirements document. We anticipate this document will serve as the foundation for developing the National Transportation Dataset.”

4. Actions Resulting from the Meeting Revive the FGDC Transportation Subcommittee as body for coordinating federal agencies transportation needs Prepare a straw man federal transportation data requirements document Involve more federal agencies Conduct a follow-up survey to determine: –Specific public domain needs –Funding sources for features desired by 7 or fewer agencies

5. Questions? Interested in participating in the development of the straw man document? Contact: randy.j.fusaro@census.gov lynda.a.liptrap@census.govandy.j.fusaro@census.gov