The Coast Survey Development Laboratory's Cartographic and Geospatial Technology Programs actively participates in the development of standards for the geographic community. This participation is at three levels:

• The Federal Level - The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Standards Working Group (SWG) and the United States Board on Geographic Names;
  
  
• The National Level - The American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) National Committee for Information Technology Standardization (NCITS)
  Geographic Information Systems Committee (NCITS/L1);
  
  
• The International Level - The International Standards Organization (ISO) Geographic Information Systems and Geomatics Technical Committee (TC/211) and the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO).
  
  

Related Links:
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Revised Thursday October 25 2001by OCS Webmaster