The project goal is to reach out to tribal organizations lacking
established metadata programs to aid metadata implementation. This
project will provide FGDC compliant metadata creation training to
tribal governments within the Colorado Plateau region for the
maintenance of geospatial and environmental datasets. We will
accomplish this through 1) training tribal GIS and natural resource
professionals with little or no experience in developing metadata, 2)
providing access to our registered clearinghouse for the publishing and
harvesting of metadata, and 3) working with institutions that are also
developing metadata to ensure we are building regional to national
competency in an efficient and effective manner. The results of this
project would not only support more efficient internal resource
management for tribes, but if willing to share data resources, it would
greatly aid the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
(NSDI). As part of the NSDI, The National Map, is lacking information
for rur areas where many Native American Reservations are located. The
Colorado Plateau encompasses several rural areas governed by Native
American communities, some of them being quite large such as the Navajo
Nation (See map below).
Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
Contact:
Neil Cobb Ph.D.
Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research Director
928-523-5528
neil.cobb@nau.edu
Other Contacts:
Kirsten Ironside, MPCER GIS Coordinator
Kirsten.Ironside@nau.edu
Paul Heinrich, MPCER Information Technology Manager
paul.heinrich@nau.edu