1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Data Sharing – Critical for Global Science E. Lynn Usery http://cegis.usgs.gov usery@usgs.gov

2. 2 USGS Science Strategy http://www.usgs.gov/science_strategy /

3. 3 USGS Science Understanding Ecosystems and Predicting Ecosystem Change: Ensuring the Nation’s Economic and Environmental Future Climate Variability and Change: Clarifying the Record and Assessing Consequences Energy and Minerals for America’s Future: Providing a Scientific Foundation for Resource Security, Environmental Health, Economic Vitality, and Land Management

4. 4 USGS Science A National Hazards, Risk, and Resilience Assessment Program: Ensuring the Long- Term Health and Wealth of the Nation The Role of Environment and Wildlife in Human Health: A System that Identifies Environmental Risk to Public Health in America A Water Census of the United States: Quantifying, Forecasting, and Securing Freshwater for America’s Future

5. 5 USGS Science Data Integration and Beyond The USGS will use its information resources to create a more integrated and accessible environment for its vast resources of past and future data. It will invest in cyberinfrastructure, nurture and cultivate programs in natural-science informatics, and participate in efforts to build a global integrated science and computing platform.

6. 6 USGS Data – All USGS data are in the public domain USGS has vast data holdings, currently organized by Disciplines (5) and Programs (29) Disciplines Geography, Geology, Water, Biology, Geospatial Information Office Currently reorganizing along Science Strategy research priorities; data organization will follow Strategy and will be integrated across research priorities Council on Data Integration now an active body in USGS to force integration

7. 7 Sample USGS data available over the Web Data sites shown are only a sampling from the USGS Disciplines Additional data also available Most USGS data are for the USA For global science, data are needed for the rest of the world Most logical approach is data sharing with other countries

8. 8 Geography – Topographic Data Raster– nationwide, multiple resolution, multi-temporal Elevation – 1, 1/3, and 1/9 arcsec (lidar source) Landcover – LUDA 1970s, NLCD 1992, 2000 Orthoimages – 1 m resolution, 0.33 m resolution for the 133 HSIP urban areas Large data volumes; example, 0.33 m resolution orthographic images for city of Atlanta is 800 GB of data Repeat cycle of 3 years New effort by Microsoft to obtain 0.15 m resolution for all of USA http://nationalmap.gov/

9. 9 Geography – Topographic Data Vector – nationwide, multiple resolution, multi-temporal National Hydrography Dataset – medium resolution (1:100,000-scale source), high resolution (1:24,000-scale source), and some local (1:4,800-scale and larger sources) National Transportation Dataset – from Census currently negotiating with Open Street Map National Boundaries Dataset National Structures Dataset Geographic Names Information System http://nationalmap.gov/

10. 10 Geography – Photographs, Maps, Satellite Images http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/ Landsat, Terra, Aqua, others http://store.usgs.gov/http://store.usgs.gov/ (US Topo and historical USGS quads are here; free download of GeoPDF) http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/ http://terraweb.wr.usgs.gov/ http://glovis.usgs.gov/

11. 11 Geography – The National Atlas Data at 1:2,000,000 and 1:1,000,000 for the United States and North America Contributor to 1:1,000,000 resolution dataset for the world http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

12. 12 Geology Hazards – earthquakes, volcanoes Minerals Energy Landscapes and coasts Astrogeology http://geology.usgs.gov/data.htm#data

13. 13 Geology Geologic Map Database http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/

14. 14 Geologic Data Digital Data Series 10 Modern Average Global Sea-Surface TemperatureModern Average Global Sea-Surface Temperature 11 Geology of the Conterminous United States at 1:2,500,000 Scale -- A Digital Representation of the 1974 P.B. King and H.M. Beikman MapGeology of the Conterminous United States at 1:2,500,000 Scale -- A Digital Representation of the 1974 P.B. King and H.M. Beikman Map 19 Geology and Resource Assessment of Costa Rica at 1:500,000 Scale--A Digital Representation of Maps of the U.S. Geological Survey's 1987 Folio I-1865Geology and Resource Assessment of Costa Rica at 1:500,000 Scale--A Digital Representation of Maps of the U.S. Geological Survey's 1987 Folio I-1865 20 Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS)Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) 27 Monthly average polar sea-ice concentrationMonthly average polar sea-ice concentration 30 National Oil and Gas Assessment of 1995National Oil and Gas Assessment of 1995 321 Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio magnetic and gravity maps and dataIllinois, Indiana, and Ohio magnetic and gravity maps and data 38 Map showing the thickness and character of Quaternary sediments in the glaciated United States east of the Rocky MountainsMap showing the thickness and character of Quaternary sediments in the glaciated United States east of the Rocky Mountains

15. 15 Geologic Data 46 Geology and resource assessment of the Venezuelan Guayana Shield at 1:500,000 scaleGeology and resource assessment of the Venezuelan Guayana Shield at 1:500,000 scale 55 Sea-Floor Images and Data from Multibeam Surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-NevadaSea-Floor Images and Data from Multibeam Surveys in San Francisco Bay, Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada 61 Point coverage J498MBPT for Ano Nuevo to Santa Cruz, California - A Photographic Tour of the CoastlinePoint coverage J498MBPT for Ano Nuevo to Santa Cruz, California - A Photographic Tour of the Coastline 71 Surficial geologic maps along the riparian zone of the Animas River and its headwater tributaries, Silverton to Durango, Colorado, with upper Animas River watershed gradient profilesSurficial geologic maps along the riparian zone of the Animas River and its headwater tributaries, Silverton to Durango, Colorado, with upper Animas River watershed gradient profiles 72 Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter of Crater Lake, Oregon from Field Activity: S-1-00-ORBathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter of Crater Lake, Oregon from Field Activity: S-1-00-OR

16. 16 Water Data National Water Information System – data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico Real-time data Surface water Ground water Water quality http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis

17. 17 Water Data Water data discovery http://water.usgs.gov/data/ Floods and High Flow Drought Monthly Streamflow Ground Water Water Quality

18. 18 Biological Data National Biological Information Infrastructure http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt Vegetation characterization http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/ Wildlife http://biology.usgs.gov/wter/data.html Invasive Species http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt

19. 19 Data Sharing Needs for Global Science Land cover change – USGS has data at 30 m resolution for the U.S.A., repetitive coverage with plans for 5 year update cycle For study of global climate change, we need land cover change at 30 m resolution for the rest of the world. Can we start with a land cover data exchange with China? For global climate change we need Essential Climate Variables (ECVs); requires global data

20. 20 Data Sharing Needs for Global Science Energy and minerals – USGS has U.S.A. coverage Can we exchange data to get world coverage? Begin with China? Ecosystems – USGS has data for U.S.A. Exchange to get data for the rest of the world? Begin with China?

21. 21 Data Sharing Needs for Global Science Hazards – USGS has U.S.A. data Need data for the world to model global hazards, risk, and resilience Water – U.S.A. data available; exchange for global coverage Environment effects on wildlife and human health – USGS has some data for USA, but need data for the world for science study

22. 22 Data Sharing Needs for Global Science Data Integration Invest in cyberinfrastructure, nurture and cultivate programs in natural-science informatics, and participate in efforts to build a global integrated science and computing platform Requires global data – only possible through data sharing

23. 23 Technical problems Compatible data models Resolution, accuracy issues Attribution issues – need ontology that allows matching across data schema Data sharing is more than making data available for download over the Web Requires standards USGS data meets Federal Geographic Data Committee and Open Geospatial Consortium standards for metadata and packaging

24. 24 Standards issues Data sharing is more than making data available for download over the Web Requires standards USGS data meets Federal Geographic Data Committee and Open Geospatial Consortium standards for metadata and packaging Global standards needed to facilitate data sharing

25. 25 Proposal Project to explore sharing geospatial data for science applications through standards Begin with existing standards and conduct pilot studies with specific datasets common to China and USA Initial data for land cover change is a good starting point

26. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Data Sharing – Critical for Global Science E. Lynn Usery http://cegis.usgs.gov usery@usgs.gov