Federal Geographic Data Committee
Subcommittee on Bathymetric and Nautical Charting Data
1998 Work Plan
The Federal Geographic Data Committee's Subcommittee on Bathymetric
and Nautical Charting Data primary mission is to develop and promote that
aspect of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) that supports
the Marine navigation and coastal zone Geographic Information System (GIS)
Community through the development of standards, data exchange agreements,
and data quality issues. The subcommittee supports the overall goals and
missions of the FGDC by participating on several working groups and subcommittees
that have an interest in marine geographic data issues. The Subcommittee
is an active member of the Standards Working Group and the Framework Working
Group.
The subcommittee meets formally approximately twice a year in the Washington,
D.C. area. Additionally, the subcommittee sponsors a number of community
meetings and outreach workshops throughout the country during the year.
The subcommittee has a home page on the World Wide Web. The URL is: http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/ocs/text/bathy.htm
1998 Objectives: (in the format of the NSDI Strategic Plan)
Goal One: Increase the awareness and understanding of the vision,
concept, and benefits of the NSDI through outreach and education.
1. Host or participate in outreach meetings and workshops with the effected
community throughout the year.
- American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing -- Tampa, FL
March 30-April 3 - Special Panel on Developing the Shoreline Data Standard
- Coastal Society Meeting - Williamsburg, VA July 8-12 - Technical
Paper and Open Forum
- URISA, Charlotte, NC July 18-22 -- Technical session
- International Symposium on Marine Positioning, Dec 12-18, Melbourne,
FL
- Active participant on the Alaska Geographic Data Committee
Goal Two: Develop common solutions for discovery, access, and use
of geographic data in response to the needs of diverse communities
1. Support data conversion, digitizing, formatting, and data quality
efforts for coastal zone GIS data -- especially shoreline and hydrographic/bathymetric
data
2. Develop a "profile" to the FGDC metadata standard to support information
necessary for hydrographic and bathymetric data
3. Support the NSDI clearinghouse effort through the extension of the
Bathymetric homepage to include search procedures to help locate coastal
data held by NOAA, the NOAA Server project and the Mapfinder project.
4. Provide assistance to affected Federal/state agencies and offices
to implement the FGDC metadata standard.
5. Continue efforts on the San Francisco Bay and South Florida NSDI pilot
projects.
6. Investigate other opportunities for regional/local demonstration projects
by cooperating with FGDC CCAP and Framework Grant Recipients
Goal Three: Use community-based approaches to develop and maintain
common collections of geospatial data for sound decision making
1. Complete the Part 5 to the NSDI positional accuracy standard for hydrographic
surveying and related nautical charting data
2. Work with the Tri Services CADD/GIS center to complete the integrated
feature registry for the data objects and attributes related to marine
area using the S-57 standard.
3. Develop a NSDI/FGDC Content (entity/attribute) Standard for Nautical
data.
4. Draft and conduct public review of the NSDI shoreline data standard
and as an element of the FGDC framework
5. Develop a business plan for the bathymetric and shoreline portions
of the NSDI framework.
Goal Four: Build Relationships among organizations to support
the containing development of the NSDI:
1. Work with members of the private sector, GIS vendors on issues relating
to shoreline and bathymetric data.
2. Assist the NIMA as necessary working with the Open Geospatial Data
Foundation and other efforts.
3. Work with state, county, and local organizations NaCO, NSGIC, and
CSO who are developing NSDI framework data and implementing standards.
4. Contribute to the strategic direction of the International Hydrographic
Office as they determine the direction of the NSDI on a global scale.
