The Federal Geographic Data Committee hosts a monthly webinar information series for the presentation and discussion of ISO implementation shared experiences, strategies, topics, and resources. NSDI Stakeholders from all sectors will lead a one hour presentation followed by a 30 minute guided discussion. The schedule and topics are listed below and the presentation slides and related resources will be added to the website following each presentation. If you are interested in presenting, please contact Lorna Schmid, FGDC Metadata Coordinator lorna@usgs.gov.
Schedule
The second Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:30 PM (Eastern). The meeting alternates with the Metadata Working Group Quarterly Meetings in March, June, September and December
Call-in Information
- Phone: 703.648.4848 / Toll Free: 855.547.8255; Code: 79000#
- Webinar: Information will be updated here shortly.
2017 Presentation Topics
| DATE | TITLE | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| February 15 | How is the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Preparing for the Metadata Future | Jacqueline Mize - NOAA |
| March 8 | Metadata Working Group | |
| April 12 | Harmonizing Geospatial Metadata Standards |
Ryan Bowe, Woolpert Inc. |
| May 10 | To be determined | |
| June 14 | Metadata Working Group | |
| July 12 | To be determined | |
| August 9 | To be determined | |
| September 13 | Metadata Working Group | |
| October 11 | Towards Implementation of SDSFIE-M for the USACE National Coastal Mapping Program | Charlene Sylvester
, US Army Corps of Engineers
|
| November 8 | To be determined | |
| December 13 | Metadata Working Group |
2016 Presentation Topics
| Date | Title | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| January 13 | NASA’s Implementation of ISO 19115: the Common Metadata Repository | Kathleen Baynes, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| February 10 | Metadata for the INSPIRE Directive in Europe | Michael Östling, working on Metadata strategies and Geoportals for the Swedish NSDI and also coordinator for the update of Technical Guidelines Metadata for INSPIRE. |
| April 13 | EPSCoR/RGIS Metadata: FGDC to ISO Transformation |
Laura Gleasner, University of New Mexico Earth Data Analysis Center |
| May 11 | DOE Geothermal Data Repository's Strategy for Proper Data Management |
Jon Weers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Geothermal Data Repository |
| July 13 | FGDC Service Status Checker |
Michelle Anthony, USGS / EROS Center |
| October 12 | GIS Inventory |
Bruce Oswald & Jill Saligoe -Simmel, NSGIC |
2015 Presentation Topics
| Date | Title | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| January 14 | Creating Geospatial Metadata for Project Open Data | Lisa Zolly - USGS,.Sarah O’Conner - NOAA, Torrin Hultgren - Innovate!/EPA |
| February 11 | 19115-3 XML Schema | Ted Habermann - HDF Group |
| March 11 | Metadata Working Group Meeting | |
| April 8 | OpenGeoMetadata Initiative | Kim Durante and Jack Reed – Stanford University Libraries |
| May 13 | Big Earth Data Initiative (BEDI) | Ted Habermann- HDF Group |
| June 10 | Metadata Working Group Meeting | |
| July 8 | State and Provincial ISO Implementation Efforts | Nancy Rader – MN GIO, Edith Konopka – NJ OIT, Jordan Erker – GeoDiscover Alberta |
| August 12 | Metadata Tools and Special Applications | Bruce Godfrey – INSIDE Idaho,other |
| September 9 | Metadata Working Group Meeting | |
| October 14 | ISO Metadata Profiles and Clearinghouses | Sarah Wray – NC DOT |
| November 18 | ISO/North American Profile Implementation in Canada | Cindy Mitchell, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) |
| December 9 | Metadata Working Group Meeting |
2014 Presentation Topics and Materials
If interested in suggesting a topic, presenting during the forum, or more information, contact: Jennifer Carlino, FGDC Metadata Coordinator, jcarlino@usgs.gov or send an email to fgdc@fgdc.gov.