GISCafe: GeoPlatform.gov promises near-real time information

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Susan Smith
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GeoPlatform.gov promises near-real time information

July 15th, 2010 by Susan Smith

“The partner agencies of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) are developing a Geospatial Platform to more effectively provide place-based products and services to the American public. The Geospatial Platform will be a managed portfolio of common geospatial data, services, and applications contributed and administered by authoritative sources and hosted on a shared infrastructure.”

On another page of this website, GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse offers examples of how NOAA with the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Department of Interior integrated up-to-date information about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s trajectory with wildlife information, place-based locations of oiled shoreline and the positions of research ships into one map. GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse utilizes the Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA^®) a web-based GIS platform developed by NOAA and the University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Response Research Center.

This may be a useful venue for volunteer geographic information (VGI).

Tags: Deepwater Horizon, GeoPlatform.gov

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