EPA's National Geospatial Data Policy and Procedure

This policy establishes principles, responsibilities, and requirements for collecting and managing geospatial data. The purpose of the Procedure for Geospatial Metadata Management is to establish procedures to implement a data life cycle, as defined in the National Geospatial Data Policy (NGDP), for all geospatial metadata.

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