Status of FGDC Standards

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Final Stage - FGDC Endorsed Standards
Review Stage
Draft Stage
Proposal Stage

Discontinued from FGDC Standards Process

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version 2.0), FGDC-STD-001-1998 

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, Part 1: Biological Data Profile, FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 

Metadata Profile for Shoreline Data, FGDC-STD-001.2-2001 

Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS), FGDC-STD-002 
(a modified version was adopted as ANSI INCITS 320:1998, which is undergoing periodic review through INCITS Technical Committee L1) 

Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS), Part 5: Raster Profile and Extensions, FGDC-STD-002.5 

Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS), Part 6: Point Profile,               FGDC-STD-002.6 

SDTS Part 7: Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) Profile, FGDC-STD-002.7-2000 

Cadastral Data Content Standard, FGDC-STD-003 

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

Vegetation Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-005 

Soil Geographic Data Standard, FGDC-STD-006 

Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standard, Part 1, Reporting Methodology, FGDC-STD-007.1-1998 

Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standard, Part 2, Geodetic Control Networks, FGDC-STD-007.2-1998 

Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standard, Part 3, National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy, FGDC-STD-007.3-1998 
(The U.S. Geological Survey has submitted a proposal to revise this standard)

Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standard, Part 4: Architecture, Engineering Construction and Facilities Management, FGDC-STD-007.4-2002 

Content Standard for Digital Orthoimagery, FGDC-STD-008-1999 

Content Standard for Remote Sensing Swath Data, FGDC-STD-009-1999 

Utilities Data Content Standard, FGDC-STD-010-2000 

U.S. National Grid, FGDC-STD-011-2001 

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002 

Completed Public Review

Address Content Standard

Content Standard for Framework Land Elevation Data

Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization

Facility ID Data Standard

Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standard, Part 5: Standard for Hydrographic Surveys and Nautical Charts

Hydrographic Data Content Standard for Coastal and Inland Waterways

NSDI Framework Transportation Identification Standard

Out for Public Review 
Note: "(month date, year)" indicates closing date for public review. 

None.

In Review by SWG Prior to Public Review 

None.

Earth Cover Classification System

Encoding Standard for Geospatial Metadata

Geologic Data Model

Governmental Unit Boundary Data Content Standard

Biological Nomenclature and Taxonomy Data Standard

FGDC Profile(s) of ISO 19115, Geographic information - Metadata - suspended.  INCITS L1 plans to develop a metadata standard based on the ISO 19100 series of Geographic information standards.

Federal Standards for Delineation of Hydrologic Unit Boundaries

National Hydrography Framework Geospatial Data Content Standard

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

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 

Riparian Mapping Standard

Metadata Profile for Cultural and Demographic Data (draft stage) 
Environmental Hazards Geospatial Data Content Standard (draft stage) 
Transportation Data Content Standard (proposal stage) 

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