[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13514-13515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7362]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC); Public Meeting of the
FGDC Facilities Working Group
AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of two meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to invite public participation in two meetings
of the FGDC Facilities Working Group. The major topics for these
meetings are: the standardization of definitions for Facility and
Installation; development of a Facility/Installation ID standard; and
development of standards for utility, building, and environmental
hazard geospatial data.
TIME AND PLACE: 8 April 1996, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., and 13
May 1996, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The meetings will be held at
Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in room 8222D of the Pulaski
Building, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The Pulaski
Building is located just a few blocks west of Union Station.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Fox, FGDC Secretariat, U.S.
Geological Survey, 590 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Reston, Virginia 22092; telephone (703) 648-5514; facsimile (703) 648-
5755; Internet gdc@usgs.gov''.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FGDC is a committee of Federal Agencies
engaged in geospatial activities. The FGDC Facilities Working Group
specifically focuses on geospatial data issues related to facilities
and facility management. A facility is an entity with location,
deliberately established as a site for designated activities. A
facility database might describe a factory, a military base, a college,
a hospital, a power plant, a fishery, a national park, an office
building, a space command center, or a prison. The database for a
complex facility may describe multiple functions or missions, multiple
buildings, or even a county, town, or city. The objectives of the
Working Group are to: promote standards of accuracy and currentness in
facilities data that are financed in whole or in part by Federal funds;
exchange information on technological improvements for collecting
facilities data; encourage the Federal and non-Federal communities to
identify and adopt standards and specifications for facilities data;
and promote the sharing of facilities data among Federal and non-
Federal organizations.
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Dated: March 15, 1996.
Richard E. Witmer,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 96-7362 Filed 3-26-96; 8:45 am]
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