- NSDI Training Program Curriculum & Materials
- NSDI Training Materials developed by the Stakeholder Community
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NSDI-related Training Materials Development: Recommendations and
Resources for Stakeholders [PDF]
The NSDI Online Training Initiative page includes information about the online training development effort and provides direct access to the online lessons included in the training materials below.
NSDI Training Program Curriculum & Materials
Figure: NSDI Curriculum Overview
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
- Overview of the NSDI online
lessons - NSDI Online Training
- NSDI Fact
Sheet
- Circular
A-16: Coordination of Geographic information and Related Spatial Data
Activities
- More information about the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Geospatial One-Stop Portal
- Geospatial One-Stop online lessons - NSDI Online Training
NSDI Clearinghouse Network
- How to publish into the Clearinghouse Network for geodata.gov
- How to set up a Clearinghouse metadata server
- More information about NSDI Clearinghouse
Geospatial Metadata
- Geospatial Metadata online lessons - NSDI Online Training
- Metadata Curriculum
- Metadata Publications including the Metadata Quick Guide and CSDGM Metadata Standard Workbook
- Metadata Tutorials
- More information about geospatial metadata
Geospatial Web Services
- Geospatial Web
Services online lessons - NSDI Online Training
NSDI Standards
- NSDI
Standards online lessons - NSDI Online Training
- NSDI Standards Publications
- More information about NSDI Standards
NSDI Framework Data Themes
- Framework
Data Standards Training - NSDI Online Training
- Framework Introduction and
Guide
- Framework Questions &
Answers
- More information about NSDI Framework
Federal Partnership Opportunities
Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP)
- Cooperative
Agreements Program online lessons - NSDI Online Training
- NSDI CAP Administrative Guidance
- More information about CAP Funding
Fifty States Initiative
- Fifty States Initiative Workshop on Developing Strategic and
Business Plans [
PowerPoint]
- More information about Fifty State
Initiative
Geospatial Business Planning
Introduction to Geospatial Business Planning
- Geospatial Business Planning online lessons - NSDI Online Training
- Geospatial
Enterprise Architecture Initiative
NSDI Stakeholders' Training Materials
The following NSDI training materials were developed by NSDI Stakeholders
Geospatial Metadata
Virginia Geospatial Extension Program
- Virginia Metadata Toolkit developed with support from the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program
USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure
USGS Geology Division
Northern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC)
Westat, Inc and Global View Team - produced with support from the NSDI Coorperative Agreements Program
- Eight Sets of Metadata Training Slides (8MB zipped file)
NSDI Standards
National Hydrographic Data (NHD) Standard
National Vegetation Classification (NVC) Standard
- NVC Training Materials produced by Coordinate Solutions with support from the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program
US National Grid (USNG) Standard
Online training materials produced by Delta State University with support from the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program
- Introduction to the U.S. National Grid (version 20100421)
- Online presentation with voice over - requires Adobe Flash Player
- Intro2USNG.pdf (2 MB) - online PowerPoint slides presented as Adobe Acrobat PDF document
- Intro2USNG.ppt (4 MB) - online slides without notes, slides can be edited and notes viewed upon download
- Reading USNG Coordinates (version 20100421)
- Online presentation with voice over - requires Adobe Flash Player
- ReadingUSNGCoords.pdf (4.5 MB)- online PowerPoint slides presented as Adobe Acrobat PDF document
- ReadingUSNGCoords.ppt (20 MB) - online slides without notes, slides can be edited and notes viewed upon download
North Carolina USNG Workshop Materials produced by the North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCCGIA) with support from the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program
- Introduction to the U.S. National Grid (version 20090915)
- USNG_NC_FILES.zip – a compressed (200 MB zip) file including lesson plans, presentations, NC GIS map templates and base datasets for three UTM zones in NC.