[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 47 (Thursday, March 11, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 12176] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-6040] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Geological Survey National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive Advisory Committee; Committee Meeting
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey, DOI.
Action
Notice of meeting.
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Summary
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive (NSLRSDA) Advisory Committee will meet at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC) near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Committee, comprised of 15 members from academia, industry, government, information science, natural science, social science, and policy/law, will provide the USGS, EDC management with advice and consultation on defining and accomplishing the NSLRSDA's archiving and access goals to carry out the requirements of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act; on priorities of the NSLRSDA's tasks; and, on issues of archiving, data management, science, policy, and public-private partnerships. Topics to be reviewed and discussed by the Committee include determining the content of an upgrading the basic data set as identified by the Congress; metadata content and accessibility; product characteristics, availability, and delivery; and, archiving, data access, and distribution policies.
Dates
April 21-23, 1999 commencing at 8:30 a.m. April 21 and adjourning at 12 noon on April 23.
CONTACT: Mr. Thomas M. Holm, Acting Chief, Data Services Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57198, at (605) 594-6960, or email at holm@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov.
Supplementary Information
Meetings of the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive Advisory Committee are open to the public.
Dated: March 2, 1999. Richard E. Witmer, Chief, National Mapping Division. [FR Doc. 99-6040 Filed 3-10-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-Y7-M