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OMB No. 0704-0188
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1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YY)
2. REPORT TYPE
3. DATES COVERED (From - To)
November 2000
Technical Report
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
5a. CONTRACT NUMBER
5b. GRANT NUMBER
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Geospatial Data and
Systems Management
5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER
6. AUTHOR(S)
5d. PROJECT NUMBER
Nancy H. Greeley, Kelly M. Dilks, Chad M. Adams, and Gregg C. Hoge
5e. TASK NUMBER
5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER
33172
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT
NUMBER
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Information Technology Laboratory--Hanover
72 Lyme Road
ERDC TR-00-9
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
10. SPONSOR / MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S)
11. SPONSOR / MONITOR'S REPORT
NUMBER(S)
12. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Available from NTIS, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
14. ABSTRACT
To help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manage its substantial investment in geospatial data and systems (GD&S), a review of the
current state of GD&S in the Districts and Divisions was needed. The authors surveyed employees involved in GD&S work in multiple
functional areas at multiple sites. The survey contained questions on GD&S administration and personnel issues including data manage-
ment, GD&S maintenance, data libraries, data sharing, and Information Management involvement with GD&S. Other topics areas covered
are GD&S workflow and technical issues, including hardware, software, metadata creation and publishing, data storage and distribution,
networks, and security. The results of the survey show great differences in the approaches and challenges within the various Districts and
Divisions. Many are finding solutions that are shared in this report. The report is written as a manual for managers. Each existing problem
is described followed by possible solutions. Seven conclusions and a summary "Manager's Checklist" of GD&S issues are included.
GD&S
Geospatial data and systems
Geospatial data sharing
15. SUBJECT TERMS
Geographic information systems
Geospatial data libraries
Geospatial metadata
Geospatial data
Geospatial data management
Geospatial systems
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19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON
OF ABSTRACT
OF PAGES
a. REPORT
b. ABSTRACT
c. THIS PAGE
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Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8-98)
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