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Ivan DeLoatch Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee FGDC.GOV

FEDERAL GEOGRAPHIC DATA COMMITTEE

Advancing Sustainable Development Bridging the Data Gap in the Americas

Policy & Data Infrastructure Strategies for Bridging the Geospatial Divide

Source: Adapted from Jerker Lokrantz/Azote Environment

Economic

Societal

Global Data Ecosystem––GEO4SDGs’

Geospatial data and services provide a place-based modeling and an analytical framework for SDG understanding and decisionmaking.

Source: Greg Scott & Abbas Rajabifard

Strategic Value of Geospatial Data 4 SDG’s

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GEO4SDGs

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Data

Discoverable, Accessible, Usable

Technology

Tools, Applications, & Services

People

Public-Private Partnerships

Policy

Governance

Standards Procedures

Collaboration Cooperation

Public Engagement

Workforce Development

Public Participation

People: Engagement, Collaboration, and Cooperation

Meta Data

Open Data

Linked Data Harmonized

Data

Managed Data

Actionable Data

Shared Services

Data As a

Service

Analytics Tools

Visualization Tools API’s

Communities

Emerging Technologies

Sensor Networks

Cloud

Autonomous Vehicles

Internet

Of Things

Unmanned Air Vehicles

Data & Technology : Providing data, tools and services

U.S. Framework to bridge the geospatial divide

AI/Machine Learning

• Promote and improve access to data

for public health, economic growth,

environment and other purposes

• Promotes use of quality scientific and

other data to improve policymaking

• Spark public private partnerships, new

innovative start-ups & services

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Geospatial Data Act

Foundations for Evidence-Based

Policymaking Act - TITLE I: Federal Evidence-Building Activities

- TITLE II: Open Government Data Act

- TITLE III: Confidential Information Protection

And Statistical Efficiency

Federal Data Strategy

New Data Initiatives–– Unleashing Data for Public Good

Bridging the Data Gap and Unleashing Data in the United States

How do we close the geospatial divide?

Collaborative mechanisms and capacity building frameworks are necessary to advance sustainable development.

Capacity Building

National

Regional

Global

Engaging Users

Data

Tools

Products

Services

Delivering Solutions

•Share

•Curate

•Harmonize

•Visualize

•Mapping

•Modeling

•Publication

•Reports

•Acquisition

•Reports

•Training

Building Partnerships

Needs Assessment and Gap Analysis

Data Tools Products Services

Cold Regions

Mobilizing Resources

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Connecting National, Regional and Global Frameworks to bridge gaps

Community Platform An example in the Americas

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Regional Example in the Americas––Capacity Building Efforts

People

Public-Private Partnerships

How to close the divide and make data actionable?

Develop partnerships with member states to promote and implement policies/legislation that support open data and by building knowledge and technical capacities.

Communication, Outreach, Knowledge Transfer, Training and Development

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The AmeriGEOSS Community Platform a suite of resources and tools for integrating, synthesizing, analyzing, problem-solving and visualizing geographically enriched data to accelerate understanding and decision-making.

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Webpage Data/Knowledge hub

Collaboration, Analytics and Tools

Develop Products & Services

Information about AmeriGEOSS

Find and Use Data & Knowledge

Regional Example in the Americas––Exploitation Platforms

Training & Education

AmeriGEOSS Platform to Enable Sustainable Development

Communities of Practice

Environment

Economic

Societal

Pilots and Use Cases

Exploitation Platform

Sustainable Development Goals: Discover Economic, Social, Environmental and other resources in the platform.

Essential Variables & Indicators

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Policy & Data Infrastructure Strategies for Bridging Geospatial Divide

Ivan DeLoatch Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee FGDC.GOV

FEDERAL GEOGRAPHIC DATA COMMITTEE

Advancing Sustainable Development Bridging the Data Gap in the Americas Thank you