Anatomy of the Introductory Cartography Course

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Circular A-16, titled "Coordination of Surveying, Mapping, and Related Spatial Data," discussed in the article "OMB Considers Data Committee, A-16 Revisions" in the Summer 1990 issue of Cartograpl11c Perspectives.Specifically, we wouk.I like to correct the following misconceptions: 1) that the Federal lnteragency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography's (FICCDC's) proposal to establish the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) was separate from its proposal to revise OMB Circular A-16; 2) that the proposal advocated that resource, environmental, cultural and demographic, and ground transportation data would become part of the responsibility of the Geological Survey's National Mapping Division; and 3) that the proposal named the National Mapping Division as the chair of the FGDC.The revised Circular A-16 expands the breadth of coordination to include other categories of spatial data and assigns government-wide leadership roles to Federal departments for coordinating these data.These categories and lead departments include: digital soils and vegetation data (Department of Agriculture); geodetic and cultural and demographic data (Department of Commerce); base topographic mapping, cadastral, geologic, and wetlands data (Department of Interior); portrayal of certain international boundaries (Department of State); and ground transportation data (Department of Transportation).The revised Circular also establishes a new interagency coordinating committee named the Federal Geographic Data Committee which replaces the FICCDC.The objective of the FGDC is to promote the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of surveying, mapping, and related spatial data.The Circular identifies the following organizations as members of the FGDC: the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, State, and

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