For projects related to Category 2 are we REQUIRED to exclusively use OGC/FGDC standards to transfer data?
The awardees will need to work with the government to set an agreed-upon convention for the notification (sync) and for the structure of the features being changed. GeoRSS or Atom is envisioned as the single mechanism for notification with the message payload including or referencing feature geometry and changes, ostensibly in GML. The vector data representation should be based on a standard rather than an invention (i.e. GML). All projects need to come to agreement on a common messaging, data encoding, and notification practice for use with USGS. Also, respondents need to be primary data steward partners in State government. Partnerships with a University are fine but the proposal should come from the data agency or council. Q. Can we issue an RFP after we submit the proposal or do we have to have a vendor already selected? No, the vendor does not need to be selected when the proposal is submitted. Q. Can the award cover any type of field data collection? The program does not fund dat
