GDA | FGDC Planning Activities to Support Development of the NSDI
The GDA includes multiple planning requirements for the FGDC and for individual agencies. This page includes links to these GDA-required plans. Visit the GDA Reports Page for links to GDA-required reporting documents.
National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Strategic Plan
- NSDI Strategic Plan 2025-2035. Building the Geospatial Future Together: The NSDI Strategic Plan 2025 - 2035 (pdf) The NSDI of 2035 will enable a national ecosystem consisting of trusted and curated geospatial data and services to which other data can be related using location-based attributes to deliver actionable information. This will allow the NSDI to deliver highly responsive, timely, current, and dependable geospatial information, services, and applications using a common foundation of geospatial data. This approach will enable users and providers across multiple sectors to use the NSDI to provide knowledge and actionable insights to address local, regional, national, and global challenges.
- NSDI Strategic Plan 2021-2024. The strategic plan for the NSDI for 2021-2024 NSDI Strategic Plan (pdf) describes the actions the FGDC community will take, in collaboration with partners, to develop and maintain the Nation’s critical geospatial infrastructure and to implement the requirements of the GDA. This strategic plan was developed during 2020 through extensive consultation with Federal agencies, the National Geospatial Advisory Committee, and partners and stakeholders across the geospatial community. This external input was instrumental in shaping the plan and in reflecting the perspectives of the broader geospatial community. This plan describes a shared national vision, mission, and guiding principles for the NSDI.
GDA Covered Agency Geospatial Strategies
The GDA requires each covered agency to develop and publish a geospatial strategy that supports the NSDI Strategic Plan. The initial agency geospatial strategies will be completed in 2021. Links will be updated here once the strategies are completed.
- Department of Agriculture (pdf)
- Department of Commerce (pdf)
- Department of Education (pdf)
- Department of Energy (pdf)
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security (pdf)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (pdf)
- Department of the Interior (pdf)
- Department of Justice (pdf)
- Department of Labor (pdf)
- Department of State (pdf)
- Department of Transportation (pdf)
- Department of Treasury (pdf)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (pdf)
- General Services Administration (pdf)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (pdf)