A draft proposed standard for digital cartographic data

Abstract

In addition, there have been a large number of corresponding members involved in this effort.They fall into two broad groups: individual professionals, of whom there are about a thousand, and organizational liaison representatives, of whom there are about two hundred.The organizations represented are professional societies, private sector companies, academic groups, and state and local governments.The Federal agencies are represented by the Federal Committee. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STANDARDDuring the time frame of October, 1986 to February, 1987, the Standards Working Group of the Federal Committee will be field testing the September, 1986 version of FGEF.The results of these tests are planned to be finished by March, 1987.As a result the findings of these tests will be integrated back into the standard after the April meetings.After the AUTO-CARTO 8 meetings in Baltimore, the Draft Proposed Standard by the National Committee and the testing results of the SWG of the Federal Committee will be merged together.This work will be done by a TAsk Force headed by Joel Morrison of the U.S. Geological Survey.This Task Force will be composed primarily of members of the National Committee working Group I and the Federal Committee Standards Working Group.This group will do the final polishing of the standard in preparation for its submission as a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS).This polishing work is scheduled to be finished in the Summer of 1987.When the standard has been finally polished, finally reviewed by the National and Federal Committees, and ready for submission as a FIPS standard, it is planned that it will be published in the American Cartographer.After this the Survey will carry the standard through the formal FIPS process as defined by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards.When a standard is proposed and considered as a FIPS standard, a maintenance authority must be appointed because once a standard is developed it must be maintained to keep it current.Periodic updates will be required because specifying standards of this kind is not a one time activity.It is anticipated that some arm of the U.S. Geological Survey will be designated as the maintenance authority because it is the agency that received the original mandate to develop the standard at the outset.9.0

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