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>From: "Barbara S. Poore" <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 15:15:04 -0400
>Subject: Announcing FGDC Standards Review
 
 
ANNOUNCEMENT
 
Public Review of FGDC Accuracy Standards
 
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) has released the Geospatial
Positioning Accuracy Standards for a period of public review and comment
closing on May 15, 1997.  The FGDC invites State and local governments,
academia,  industry, and the public to review, test, and evaluate the
proposed  standards. Comments are encouraged about the content,
completeness, and usability of the proposed standard.
 
The Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards provide a common
methodology for reporting the horizontal and vertical accuracy of
clearly defined features where the location is represented by a single
point coordinate.  They facilitate the interoperability of spatial data
by providing a consistent means for users to directly compare positional
accuracies obtained by different methods for the same point.  This
standard is the FGDC=D5s first effort to integrate standards for different
applications. =20
 
The Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards contain sections on
reporting methods, a proposed standard for geodetic networks, and a
proposed national standard for spatial data accuracy. The proposed
geodetic standard will replace previous accuracy standards of the
=46ederal Geodetic Control Subommittee and the proposed spatial data
accuracy standard will replace the United States National Map Accuracy
Standard (U.S. Bureau of the Budget, 1947).
 
Requests for written copies of the =D2Geospatial Positioning Accuracy
Standards=D3 should be addressed to Geospatial Positioning Accuracy
Standards Review, FDGC Secretariat (attn: Jennifer Fox), U.S. Geological
Survey, 590 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,
Virginia, 22092; telephone 703-648-5514; facsimile 703-648-5755; or
Internet "[log in to unmask] The standard may be downloaded from this
Internet address:  ftp://www.fgdc.gov/pub/standards/Accuracy/. =20
Comments may be sent to the FGDC at the above addresses.