The first iteration of HUD’s Geospatial Storefront, released on June 9th,2015 is an easy-to-use portal where users can search for and discover the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) geospatial datasets, application programming interfaces (APIs), web-based mapping applications, and other eGIS initiatives. The Storefront unifies public access to HUD’s portfolio of applications and geospatial data resources, including the 11 National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) data sets that HUD is currently contributing to the Federal geospatial data portfolio. The initial build of the Storefront is focused on HUD’s core geospatial data sets, but will soon include all of HUD’s published geospatial data. Following iterations will also include expanded documentation including developer guidance for the APIs, on-line training resources for HUD mapping applications, and tighter coordination with data.gov and GeoPlatform.gov.
