Lead Partner: University of California at Santa Barbara Libraries
Project Dates: 2005-2009
Additional Partners: A complete listing of the project partners can be found at the partners viewshare
NGDA is a collecting network for archiving geographic information produced with spatial software. They have partnered to construct a nationwide digital collection and preservation system. Geospatial data is information relating to the location of, and relationships between, geographical features. It provides information about the shape and location of objects on the Earth's surface. This information can be used to manage utility distribution networks, monitor pollution, plan alternative traffic patterns, redraw voter districts, or track agricultural drought conditions.
More detailed project information can be found at the Project Web site (external link)
Highlights
- Paper: NGDA Final Report (external link), December 2009 (PDF, 224KB)
- Paper: Report to National Geospatial Digital Archive Regarding Geospatial Data Treatment in Data Format Registry Efforts (external link), December 2009 (PDF, 329KB)
- Paper: An Investigation Into Metadata for Long-Lived Geospatial Data Formats (Word, 394KB)
- Paper: The National Geospatial Digital Archive - Collection Development: lessons learns (Word, 171KB)
- NGDA Format Registry Wiki (external link)
- Resource:(external site) Archived project web site
