Michigan State University's Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science Research and Outreach Services (RS&GIS) will develop a thorough but concise tool set that will enhance a user’s ability to extract useful information from geospatial databases. Two goals of this project are: (i) to teach the geospatial producer community to adopt consistent FGDC-endorsed metadata standards and (ii) to enable users of geospatial data to maximize the extraction of useful information from rich geospatial databases via metadata searches. While working toward these goals, RS&GIS will reinforce the importance of robust metadata practices,
namely by emphasizing the synergistic potential they offer for sharing data with multiple audiences. By concentrating on the FGDC-endorsed metadata Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998) and the Content Standard for Digital Orthoimagery (FGDC-STD-008-1999), RS&GIS will address both a general and a specialized geospatial audience in the Great Lakes Region, and, more broadly, the geospatial community at large. While the bulk of the effort will focus on the first standard, RS&GIS will integrate an enrichment module focused on the specialized area of digital orthoimagery. Three tasks will be undertaken as part of this project: (A) creation of teaching materials, (B) hands-on training, and (C) distribution via the internet.

Final Report -- Getting the Most Out of Metadata Training

Interim Report

Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science Research and Outreach Services (RS&GIS)

Contact:

Other contact:

David Gwynn, Grants Proposal Coordinator, RS&GIS
517-432-0959
gwynndav [at] msu.edu