Organization:
Partners’ Roles
•Federal:
identify needs and collaborate on data
•State, Regional, and
Local:
coordinate consortia, identify changes
and provide updates, and collaborate on data
•Private Industry: provide tools, open standards, and data; conduct
research
•Academia:
provide training and conduct research
•Libraries: ensure public access to The
National Map
•Volunteers: identify changes and provide updates
•USGS: catalyst, collaborator, integrator, producer
when needed, archive, guarantor