Events

Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Database (HIFLD) WG Meeting hosted by Los Alamos Nat'l Lab in Santa Fe, NM will focus on HD/HLS-related geospatial projects of the various National Labs.

All Hands on Deck For the Nation

The workshop will provide course material on the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standardized metadata profile - Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) and the proposed Texas Geospatial Data Profile (TX-GDP). The workshop will also cover information on other metadata standards, software tools such as the Texas Metadata Editor (TX-ME) and profile extensions, and about the existing metadata resource network for the creation, development and dissemination of metadata in conjunction with the Geospatial One-Stop program.

The goals of the workshop are: 1) to prepare participants to create Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant metadata to document their geospatial data 2) to assist participants to understand and use the information in the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata and 3) to encourage and facilitate geospatial data cataloging efforts in support of geospatial data discovery and data sharing activities.

Tampa Convention Center April 23-26

Remember that metadata workshop you took from NBII sometime in the last year or so? What an awesome topic, right? Well, here's your opportunity to continue having fun with metadata -- attend the NBII Metadata Train the Trainer Workshop!! Learn how to effectively teach your peers and colleagues who may not have been able to attend a workshop about how fun it is to create metadata and/or be able to effectively explain to your management team why metadata is such an important element in preserving all that great research data!

The ISO TC211 Outreach Committee in cooperation with the INCITS L1 Committee is pleased to offer Workshops on two topics of critical importance to geospatial interoperability. The Workshops are prior to the start of the 22nd Plenary Meeting of ISO TC211 and are free to the attendees. We ask that you register by May 15, 2006 with John Moeller of the INCITS L1 Committee (john.moeller@ngc.com)

A one-day class that includes a metadata writing overview plus hands-on use of ESRI's ArcCatalog software, followed the next afternoon by a workshop where students can create metadata records from their own data sets or map files.

The workshop will review the FGDC and ISO Metadata Content Standards, demonstrate a variety of tools used for metadata creation and management and provide participants with numerous metadata training resources. We will also share with participants examples of creating an agency-wide metadata program from our work with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

The workshop will review the FGDC and ISO Metadata Content Standards, demonstrate a variety of tools used for metadata creation and management and provide participants with numerous metadata training resources. We will also share with participants examples of creating an agency-wide metadata program from our work with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

5th Annual International Conference and Exhibition on Geographical Information Technology and Applications

the theme of GSDI-9 is "Spatial Information: Tool for Reducing Poverty."

Part 1: Morning session is designed to provide guidance on creating and publishing metadata. Part 2: We are all really busy which usually leads to not doing metadata. The afternoon session is designed to give you a chance to get out of the office, away from the phone, and complete that one nagging task you have been putting off; METADATA!!!! AGIO staff will be available to answer questions as you work on documenting your datasets. A limited number of laptops will be available. Date: July 18, 2006--- Second class on July 19, 2006 (Due to demand) Location: AGIO- 124 West Capitol, Suite 990 Little Rock Agenda: 9:30 - 10:30: Learning how to create metadata within ArcCatalog 10:30- 10:45: Break 10:45- 11:30: Relationship between metadata and GeoStor search, find, and discover (tips and tricks to make sure your data is found) 11:30- 1:30: Lunch 1:30 - 4:30: Create your metadata. Bring your datasets (laptops if you have one) with you and AGIO staff will help you create metadata for your datasets.

Part 1: Morning session is designed to provide guidance on creating and publishing metadata. Part 2: We are all really busy which usually leads to not doing metadata. The afternoon session is designed to give you a chance to get out of the office, away from the phone, and complete that one nagging task you have been putting off; METADATA!!!! AGIO staff will be available to answer questions as you work on documenting your datasets. A limited number of laptops will be available. Date: July 18, 2006--- Second class on July 19, 2006 (Due to demand) Location: AGIO- 124 West Capitol, Suite 990 Little Rock Agenda: 9:30 - 10:30: Learning how to create metadata within ArcCatalog 10:30- 10:45: Break 10:45- 11:30: Relationship between metadata and GeoStor search, find, and discover (tips and tricks to make sure your data is found) 11:30- 1:30: Lunch 1:30 - 4:30: Create your metadata. Bring your datasets (laptops if you have one) with you and AGIO staff will help you create metadata for your datasets.

A 3 hour workshop for USGS Liaisons that provides an overview of geospatial metadata and key points for engaging stakeholders in metadata implementation and publication.

A one-day class that includes a metadata writing overview plus hands-on use of ESRI's ArcCatalog software, followed the next afternoon by a workshop where students can create metadata records from their own data sets or map files.

Metadata records help preserve the usefulness of data over time by detailing methods for data collection and data set creation. These standardized records greatly minimize duplication of effort in the collection of expensive digital data, and foster sharing of digital data resources through Clearinghouses and websites. This 1 ½ day workshop provides an introduction to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata and the NBII Biological Data Profile, as well as metadata development tools, strategies for production, and clearinghouses. The Biological Profile encompasses the entire geospatial metadata standard and includes additional elements to describe taxonomy, methods, and analytical tools (such as models). Demonstrations and hands-on practice producing documentation for a sample data set will be done using Metavist software.

You are invited to a BLM Public Open House to learn how to use the BLM's Land and Mineral Use Records systems including the National Integrated Land Systems' (NILS) GeoCommunicator, and BLM's Legacy Rehost LR2000. This Open House will benefit energy, title, utility, education, mining, planning, and environmental users. Live Demonstrations will be given on BLM's NILS GeoCommunicator and LR2000 systems, as well as a Question & Answer period and hand's-on practice and training from the experts!

Topics include: Introduction and Logistics What's in your notebook? What's Metadata? What does good metadata look like? The importance of sharing your good metadata What you need to know about the FGDC Metadata Standard and BDP Extension All about the Green Book How do you write good metadata? Tools that will help you write good metadata Using the Clearinghouse and Geospatial One-Stop Where do you go from here?

Topics include: Introduction and Logistics What's in your notebook? What's Metadata? What does good metadata look like? The importance of sharing your good metadata What you need to know about the FGDC Metadata Standard and BDP Extension All about the Green Book How do you write good metadata? Tools that will help you write good metadata Using the Clearinghouse and Geospatial One-Stop Where do you go from here?

MPCER’s 1.5 day metadata workshops provide an introduction to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata standard, Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) and the National Biological Inventory Infrastructure (NBII) extension of the biological data profile (BDP). Each participant will have opportunity for hands-on metadata creation and receive a workshop materials packet including the FGDC Metadata standard and BDP profile Workbook. The workshop format will include both lecture and hands-on metadata creation. A computer facility is provided. You can register for MPCER workshops online at: www4.nau.edu/mpcer/training.html

Jointly sponsored by URISA and the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO), this educational conference and exhibition brings GIS professionals and local assessment professionals together.

MAPPS members in private geospatial firms and agency officials involved in surveying, mapping and other geospatial areas gather in Washington, D.C. for briefings and to share information on common issues.

Title: Don’t Duck Metadata- The national geospatial metadata program. How does the realization that multiple agencies are working on very similar projects and the concept of coordination and collaboration spark the concept of data sharing? How does one learn if geospatial data exists, where to find it, how to evaluate it? The metadata program journey has had its ups and downs and encountered hazardous curves and rocky roads. Obstructionists and “nay-sayers” were plentiful. How does a small program overcome inertia to covet, protect, and internalize data? This presentation shares the progression of the program from duckling to fledgling stage and focuses on the program’s activities that result in successes in the federal, state, local, academic, and Tribal sectors. • The why of and what is the Executive Order? • “Corporate” metadata support • “Don’t duck Metadata”- the program • Stumbling blocks • Program successes • Performance strategies Sharon Shin provides leadership to metadata enthusiast representing multiple governmental levels, academia, private sector, and non-governmental agencies. Eight years in two federal geospatial programs has provided Sharon with many experiences, challenges, and successes. Sharon’s current role is Metadata Coordinator for the Federal Geographic Data Committee Secretariat. The FGDC is a program which spans across departments of the U.S. Government’s Executive Branch, the military service branches, state, local, academia, Tribal governments, as well as the private sector. Metadata elders told her “train metadata and see the world” and that it has. Spanning the U.S., partnering with federal Canadian agencies, and counseling international organizations; metadata has presented her with a passport of enriching encounters while training geospatial metadata.

This Metadata COP meeting is held in conjunction with the DAMA International Symposium and Wilshire Meta-Data Conference. Sharon Shin has volunteered to host the COP at the Boston, MA conference on Sunday March 4, 2007 from 7-8pm.

This is a technical session partnered with Dave Danko, ESRI-GIS Standards. The session will include a discussion on the North American Profile content and FGDC recommendations on implementation.

This is the quarterly working group telecon. Topics: NAP committee review, FGDC Calendar, and reporting training in support of performance metrics plus community questions and information.

This 1 ½ day metadata workshop provides an introduction to the metadata standard with hands-on practice producing documentation for your own data or for a sample data set using the FGDC Standard and the Biological Data Profile. The focus of the workshop is an understanding of the metadata standard, but other topics will include the metadata clearinghouse, metadata development tools and strategies for metadata production. During the workshop, participants will have a chance to practice creating metadata records and ask individual questions of the presenters. The workshop will alternate between lectures and hands-on exercises.

This 1 ½ day metadata workshop provides an introduction to the metadata standard with hands-on practice producing documentation for your own data or for a sample data set using the FGDC Standard and the Biological Data Profile. The focus of the workshop is an understanding of the metadata standard, but other topics will include the metadata clearinghouse, metadata development tools and strategies for metadata production. During the workshop, participants will have a chance to practice creating metadata records and ask individual questions of the presenters. The workshop will alternate between lectures and hands-on exercises.

Metadata authors and consumers are faced with understanding the costs, benefits, and practical problems in upgrading their metadata records for ISO-conformance. The goal of the workshop is to help information managers and metadata authors gain a complete conceptual understanding of the challenges and benefits of profile compliance. A further goal of the workshop is that attendees will return to their work environments with a strategy outlining how to identify and analyze specific compliance issues in existing metadata archives and production processes, and to modify tools and procedures to achieve the desired level of completeness and compliance.

The FGDC is currently leading the development of a U.S. profile of the (ISO) international metadata standard. Metadata authors and consumers are faced with understanding the practical problems in upgrading their metadata records for ISO-conformance. The goal of this workshop is to help information managers and metadata authors gain a complete conceptual understanding of the challenges and benefits of profile compliance. A further goal of the workshop is that attendees will return to their workplace with a strategy outlining how to identify and analyze specific compliance issues in existing metadata archives and production processes, and to modify tools and procedures to achieve the desired level of completeness and compliance.

The workshop will provide course material on the FGDC metadata standard - Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard. The workshop will cover information on software tools such as ArcCatalog, NOAA's MerMaid, and other freeware metadata editors and provide information about the existing metadata resource network for the creation, development and dissemination of metadata. This workshop is presented by NOAA-CDDC, hosted by Texas A & M University, and coordinated with the Texas Department of Information Resources.

Some of the workshop content will include: · A look at some of the new and upcoming enhancements to the portal · Creating a Community · Customizing the Community to create dynamic and interesting content that attracts attention · Taking advantage of existing websites to feature within the Community · Creating a Map gallery and incorporating ‘Add to Map’ functions · Building and featuring a custom view of multiple map services using the map viewer · Publishing a WMS, WFS, WCS, etc. · Working with the Channel Editor tool

This workshop April 26-27, 2007 is an abbreviated format of the traditional 3-day NSDI Train the Metadata Trainer Workshop. Workshop site is the historic LaSalle Hotel in Bryan, Texas. Lead Trainers: Lynda Wayne, FGDC, and Viv Hutchison, USGS-NBII, with Trainers in Training: Jaci Mize and Kathy Martinloch, NOAA-Coastal Data Development Center. Workshop focus supports development of a trainer capacity within the Texas Regional Councils and meeting NBII training requests.

2007 Delaware GIS Conference will be May 1 and 2 at the Dover Sheraton. The web site is http://www.degis.org/

The event is designed to enable U.S. geomatics/geospatial companies to gain product visibility in Canada’s growing geomatics and geospatial industry. This event will allow for the forging and strengthening of commercial opportunities between Canadian and U.S. firms. U.S. companies will have the opportunity to meet with potential distributors, strategic alliance partners and end users from the public and private sectors.

Development of FGCS FY08 Action Plan and review of Working Group charters and action plans

Concurrent with the ESRI International User Conference, NGS will facilitate a meeting to discuss and provide feedback and input on NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey 10-Year Plan, Geospatial Plan, and future directions. Prior to attending please download and review the Ten Year plan (www.ngs.noaa.gov/INFO/tenyearnews.shtml). NOAA Staff, Conference attendees, stakeholders, and partners attending the Survey and Engineering GIS Summit and the UC Conference are invited and strongly encouraged to attend.

The ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems in 2007 (ACM GIS 2007) is the fifteenth event of a series of symposia to foster interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of geographic information systems.

This course presents the concept, principles, and value of metadata. The content and structure of the FGDC CSDGM are provided in detail along with methods for writing quality metadata. Students receive hands-on metadata record creation and validation training with a variety of available software tools including NCDDC’s MERMAid system.

Provides an overview of Virginia's approach to metadata marketing and education.

The EPA Metadata Editor (EME) v2.1 is a geospatial metadata editing tool that allows users to efficiently create and edit geospatial metadata records that meet EPA and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) requirements.

The EPA Metadata Editor (EME) v2.1 is a geospatial metadata editing tool that allows users to efficiently create and edit geospatial metadata records that meet EPA and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) requirements.

This course presents the concept, principles, and value of metadata. The content and structure of the FGDC CSDGM are provided in detail along with methods for writing quality metadata. Students receive hands-on metadata record creation and validation training with a variety of available software tools including NCDDC’s MERMAid system.

First workshop between the Chinese National Marine Data and Information Service and the NOAA North Pacific Ecosystem Metadatabase to establish a NSDI Clearinghouse Node for China NMDIS as part of the North Pacific Marine Scieince Organization (PICES) Marine Metadata Federation.

Second workshop between the Chinese National Marine Data and Information Service and the NOAA North Pacific Ecosystem Metadatabase to establish a NSDI Clearinghouse Node for China NMDIS as part of the North Pacific Marine Scieince Organization (PICES) Marine Metadata Federation.

WebEx and Teleconference

Training: Getting the Most Out of Metadata Presented by: Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science, Michigan State University, Justin Booth 2007 FGDC CAP Project, Category 1: FGDC-Endorsed Standards Implementation Assistance and Outreach Conference: 12th Annual Michigan Counties' GIS Conference Location: Boyne Mountain, Michigan

The FGDC and URISA will sponsor two 1/2 day workshops as part of the 45th Annual URISA Conference.

First international workshop to bring Chinese marine metadata from the National Marine Data and Information Service laboratory into the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) Metadata Federation

The USGS will be hosting a metadata workshop on the morning of October 26 at UNLV. Participants from BLM, NPS, USF&W, and USFS, will be attending this introductory course to metadata. The training will focus on the structure of standards, tools, and hands-on examples.

Practical Strategies for Sharing Your Data : FGDC Metadata Standards Presented by: Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science, Michigan State University, Justin Booth 2007 FGDC CAP Project, Category 1: FGDC-Endorsed Standards Workshop for: 2007 East Lakes Division Association of American Geographers Conference

This course presents the concept, principles, and value of geospatial metadata.

This course will provide instruction on training materials development for specific audiences, effective training delivery methods, and training event planning and logistical considerations.

Work session on the (a) draft portfolio by the CAP grant awardees, (b) plan for collecting SME inputs on business cases, and (c) scope of plans for Task 5 communication of value of “place based” approaches and geospatial technology.

This course presents the concept, principles, and value of geospatial metadata

USGS National Wildlife Health Center. For more details contact Vhutchison[a]usgs.gov

MAPPS 2008 Winter Conference will be held at the Westin Mission Hills Spa & Resort in Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs), CA January 31-February 2 2008.

This is a one-day workshop covering the basics of metadata at the USGS Alaska Science Center

This is a two-day training on the basic concepts of geospatial metadata.

This intensive will build the business case for metadata creation, outline the requirements to make metadata part of the process, provide an overview of the FGDC metadata standard, and provide hands-on experience with metadata creation software.

This workshop presents the value, concepts, and methodology of metadata in the context of GPS field data collection.

FGDC Metadata Training Workshop