- Vision [1]
- Federal, state, and local government agencies, the private sector, academia, and others engaged in an unprecedented national
project to design, build, and maintain a highly accurate, distributed, and consistent geospatial framework during the first
decade of the 21st century. This revolutionary partnership continues to leverage resources, technologies, and investments
to create the geospatial framework that supports the national information infrastructure and enables informed decision-making
at all levels of society. A distributed network of core foundation layers serves as the building block for the seamless mix
of government and commercial geospatial data holdings available to the consumer for information access and decision-making.
The coordinated development of NSDI is enabling a new awareness of and accessibility to the fundamental interrelatedness of
people, places, and things, and is driving an unprecedented market expansion of geospatially-enabled activity. Visualization,
navigation, and spatially enhanced query tools help cost-effectively serve a larger information infrastructure. Spatial intelligence
is pervasive and ubiquitous, and is now accessible to all via widely distributed geospatial technology. The NSDI continues
to evolve and is fueled by new ideas, technologies, applications, and services. Coordinated research and development along
with training, education, policy and standards add value to the many services provided. Relevant, dependable geographic data,
services and analysis tools are available 24/7 to the user. Instant and universal access to data is inexpensive, seamless,
reliable and valuable. NSDI has become an integral part of work and recreational activities. Behind the scenes and invisible
to the user are the partnerships, people, framework, and technologies bound together by a common vision. Many factors contribute
to the growth of the NSDI, including a collaborative approach to solving problems, increased awareness and understanding of
the benefits of the NSDI, commitment and accountability of partnering organizations, realistic goals to further the implementation
roadmap, and leadership support at all levels.
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