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FGDC Standards by Sponsoring Organization

The following is a list of  FGDC standards by  sponsoring FGDC Subcommittee or Working Group.  Anyone interested in participating in the development of a standard, please contact the Chair of the sponsoring Subcommittee or Working Group. 

The standards listed below include standards endorsed by the FGDC and standards currently under development.  FGDC-endorsed standards are identified by a FGDC document number following the title of the standard.   To find out the status of a FGDC standard, refer to Status of FGDC Standards. 

FGDC Subcommittees:

Base Cartographic Subcommittee Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standard, Part 3: National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy, FGDC-STD-007.3-1998 
Content Standard for Framework Land Elevation Data
Content Standard for Digital Orthoimagery, FGDC-STD-008-1999 
Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) Part 5: Raster Profile and Extensions, FGDC-STD-002.5Cadastral Subcommittee Cadastral Data Content Standard, FGDC-STD-003 Cultural and Demographic Subcommittee Address Content Standard
Governmental Unit Boundary Data Content StandardFederal Geodetic Control Subcommittee Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 1: Reporting Methodology, FGDC-STD-007.1-1998 
Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards, Part 2: Standards for Geodetic Networks, FGDC-STD-007.2-1998 
Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) Part 6: Point Profile, FGDC-STD-002.6 Geologic Data Subcommittee Geologic Data Model
Digital Cartographic Standard for Geological Map SymbolizationGround Transportation Subcommittee NSDI Framework Transportation Identification StandardInternational Boundaries Subcommittee

Marine and Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee

Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standard, Part 5: Standard for Navigation Charts and Hydrographic Surveys
Metadata Profile for Shoreline Data, FGDC-STD-001.2-2001 
Hydrographic Data Content Standard for Coastal and Inland WaterwaysSoil Data Subcommittee Soil Geographic Data Standard, FGDC-STD-006Spatial Water Data
Federal Standards for Delineation of Hydrologic Unit Boundaries

National Hydrography Framework Geospatial Data Content Standard 

Vegetation Subcommittee Vegetation Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-005 

National Standards for the Floristic Levels of Vegetation Classification in the United States: Associations and Alliances 

Proposed Revisions to the National Standards for the Physiognomic Levels of Vegetation Classification in the United States: Federal Geographic Data Committee Vegetation Classification Standards, FGDC-STD-005, October 1997

Wetlands Subcommittee Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States, FGDC-STD-004 

Riparian Mapping Standard

FGDC Working Groups:

Biological Data Working Group Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, Part 1: Biological Data Profile, FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 
Biological Nomenclature and Taxonomy Data StandardClearinghouse Working Group Encoding Standards for Geospatial MetadataEarth Cover Working Group Earth Cover Classification StandardFacilities Working Group Facility ID Data Standard
Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standard, Part 4: Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Facilities Management, FGDC-STD-007.4-2002 
Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) Part 7: Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) Profile, FGDC-STD-002.7-2000 
Utilities Data Content Standard, FGDC-STD-010-2000Metadata Ad Hoc Group Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version 2.0), FGDC-STD-001-1998 
FGDC Profile(s) of ISO 19115, Geographic information - MetadataStandards Working Group Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002 
Content Standard for Remote Sensing Swath Data, FGDC-STD-009-1999 
Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS), FGDC-STD-002  (a modified version was adopted as ANSI NCITS 320:1998) 
U.S. National Grid, FGDC-STD-011-2001

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