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USGS Geospatial Liaison for District of Columbia
Roger Barlow Roger A. Barlow
Reston, VA
703-648-5189
rbarlow@usgs.gov

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About National Geospatial Partnerships
The National Map partnership network cultivates and maintains long-term relationships with partners and develops agreements for The National Map and other initiatives that support USGS science. Partnerships are the foundation The National Map because they leverage funding across organizations to provide significant cost savings, reduce redundancy in geospatial data acquisition and stewardship, and ensure availability of common base data to a broad range of users and applications.

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News and Highlights for District of Columbia
District of Columbia Awarded FGDC CAP Grant
The District of Columbia is the recipient of a 2010 Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) Catagory award for geospatial business plan development. This award follows the successful development and submission...
March 9, 2010
District of Columbia
The District of Columbia is the recipient of a 2009 Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) Catagory award for geospatial business plan development. This award follows the successful development and...
March 9, 2010

Liaison Activities

Fiscal Year 2012 Highlights

Agreements

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  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Partnership to acquire over 72 square miles of high-resolution imagery over Washington, D.C., to support community planning, emergency response, and science, environmental, and mapping user communities.

Other Activities

  • Science Support - Assisted USGS biology, geology, and water scientists in obtaining imagery, elevation, and other geospatial data.
  • 3D Elevation Program Inventory - Validated information on known datasets and documented new datasets to update the national inventory of high-resolution elevation data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/inventory/.
  • Outreach - Conducted and coordinated National Geospatial Program outreach activities by attending a range of meetings, participating in conferences, and coordinating trainings and workshops to support the geospatial community in the State.
  • Emergency Response - Liaisons provide general geospatial data discovery and acquisition assistance during emergencies as those events occur throughout the fiscal year.

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