--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:09:42 -0500 From: Julie Binder Maitra <[log in to unmask]> Subject: FGDC Releases Three Standards for Public Review Sender: Julie Binder Maitra <[log in to unmask]> The Federal Geodetic Data Committee (FGDC) is conducting a public review of three standards: the Address Data Content Standard (comments due June 22, 2001) the NSDI Framework Transportation Identification Standard (comments due July 20, 2001) the Standard for a U.S. National Grid (comments due June 22, 2001) The FGDC invites GIS data producers and users and software vendors to comment on the standards to ensure that the standards meet the needs of their communities. To learn about the standards and how to submit comments on the standards, visit the FGDC What's New web page at http://www.fgdc.gov/whatsnew/whatsnew.html. Reviewers are strongly encouraged to use the template for sending comments that may be downloaded from http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/directives/dir2d.html. Public review comments that address specific issues/changes/additions may result in revisions that enhance the usefulness of the standards for their communities. After comments have been evaluated, reviewers will receive notification of how their comments were addressed. After formal endorsement of the standard by the FGDC, the standard and a summary analysis of the changes will be made available to the public via the FGDC Web site. To learn more about this and other FGDC standards activities, please visit the FGDC standards activities web page at http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/standards.html. The acceptance of FGDC standards by GIS data users and producers and software vendors depends on public response to the draft standards. YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS AN INTEREST IN GEOSPATIAL DATA STANDARDS. ***************************************************** (Ms.) Julie Binder Maitra Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) FGDC Standards Coordinator Post or courier: U.S. Geological Survey 590 National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, Virginia 20192 USA Phone: +001 703 648 4627 M-W, F GMT -5 h Phone: + 001 703 367 0226 Thursdays Fax: +001 703 648 5755 Web: http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/standards.html ******************************************************* "We live in two worlds: the world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination." - Leigh Hunt --- End Forwarded Message ---