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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:48:25 -0400
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Subject: Announcement: FGDC Publishes SDTS CADD Profile
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The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) has published the Spatial Data
Transfer Standard (SDTS), Part 7: Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)
Profile, FGDC-STD-002.7-2000.   The Federal Geographic Data Committee
endorsed the SDTS CADD Profile in March 2000; however, the standard has
only recently become publishable for distribution.

The SDTS CADD Profile supports  exchange of geospatial data contained
within CADD systems with other                 geoprocessing systems.  CADD
software makes up a large portion of the Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) marketplace.  CADD software allows for several types of elements, in
particular, the use of three-dimensional elements and complex curves that
are not commonly used by GIS.  This profile allows the representation of
two- and three-dimensional geographic vector data from CADD packages to be
transferred via the SDTS standard.

The SDTS CADD Profille contains specifications for an SDTS profile for use
with vector-based geographic data as represented in CADD software.  This
profile facilitates the translation of this data between CADD packages
without loss of data, and supports the translation of this data between
CADD and mainstream GIS packages.

For more information about the  Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS), Part
7: Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) Profile, FGDC-STD-002.7-2000,
please visit the Web site http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/status/sub3_2.html,
where you may download PDF and Microsoft Word versions of the document.

The FGDC develops geospatial data standards for implementing the National
Spatial Data Infrastructure, in consultation and cooperation with State,
local, and tribal governments, the private sector and academic community,
and, to the             extent feasible, the international community.
Anyone interested in participating in FGDC standards activities is invited
to contact the Chair of the sponsoring FGDC Subcommittee or Working Group.

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POC:
 (Ms.) Julie Binder Maitra
 Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
 FGDC Standards Coordinator

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