Geospatial Standards

Minnesota
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Minnesota Geospatial Standards, Domains and Lookup Tables

The GAC is in the process of reviewing and approving standards earlier approved by the former GCGI. As each of the earlier standards is approved by the GAC, it will be moved to the GAC table below and removed from the GCGI table.

Standards Approved by the Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council (GAC)

Name of Standard	Additional Resources
Address Point Data	Schema spreadsheet (.xlsx) and schema template (fgdb) Domains and lookup tables (see section below)
CTU ID (City, Township, Unorganized Territory)	CTU list with a crosswalk to legacy Census codes
County ID
Damage Assessment Data
Parcel Data	Schema spreadsheet (.xlsx) and schema template (fgdb) Domains and lookup tables (see section below)
Positional Accuracy Measuring and Reporting	Positional Accuracy Handbook: Using the national standard for spatial data accuracy to measure and report geographic data quality
Road Centerline Data	Schema spreadsheet (.xlsx) and schema template (fgdb) Domains and lookup tables (see section below)
State ID
U.S. National Grid	USNG pages: Federal Geographic Data Committee USNG pages: Emergency Preparedness Committee

Standards Approved by the Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information (GCGI)

Name of Standard	Additional Resources
Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines	Detailed description of the guidelines Metadata help
Codes Identifying Reaches and Watercourses
Codes Identifying Watersheds
Codes Identifying Lakes and Wetland Basins

GAC Standards Under Development

Name of Standard	Status
Digital Stormwater System Data Exchange	Draft standard developed by the Metro Stormwater Geodata Project, building on earlier work by the GAC Standards Committee, was open for public review until October 30, 2020
Bikeways Data	Revised draft standard was open for public review until May 15, 2021

Domains and Lookup Tables for GAC Standards

Resource	Description
Domains (xlsx), content updated 12/18/2020 Used especially in address point, parcel data and road centerline standards	911 GIS POC; County; CTU; ESN; FClass; Homestead; Lifecycle Status; MSAG; Non-Standard Parcel; Ownership; Placement Location; Principal Meridian; PSAP; Range Direction; Road Class; School District; Source; many street-related codes (Elevation; Local To State; MnDOT Prefix and Route System; One Way; Parity; Primary Status; Route Direction; Directional; Pre Type; Post Type); State; Subaddress Type; Surf Type; Tax Exempt; Watershed District; Yes/No/Unknown (41 worksheet tabs)
Lookup Tables (xlsx), content updated 6/3/2019; link navigation updated 11/20/2019	County; State; U.S. Postal Service Default City (5 worksheet tabs)
GAC Standards schema templates (fgdb and xml formats), updated 12/18/2020	Includes the domains and lookup tables

National Geospatial Standards

Adopted National Standards

Federal Geographic Data Committee

Links to all of the following standards may be found on the FGDC's Standards Publications webpage.

Name of Standard

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Part 1, Biological Data Profile

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Part 2, Metadata Profile for Shoreline Data

Spatial Data Transfer Standard - SDTS

Cadastral Data Content Standard

Classification of Wetlands and Deep Water Habitats

National Vegetation Classification Standard

Soil Geographic Data Standard

Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards

Geodetic Control Networks
National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy
Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Facilities Management
Nautical Charting Hydrographic Surveys

Content Standard for Digital Orthoimagery

Content Standard for Remote Sensing Swath Data

Utilities Data Content Standard

Standard for a U.S. National Grid

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata

Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization

Geographic Information Framework Data

Wetlands Mapping

U.S. Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data

Federal Trails Data

Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification

Federal Information Processing Standards

National Standards Under Development

Links to the following standards and more specific information about their current status can be found on the FGDC's Standards Under Development webpage.

Name of Standard

Earth Cover Classification Standard

Geologic Data Model

Shoreline Data Content

Content Standards for Framework Land Elevation Data

Cultural Resources Geospatial Data Content Standard

Federal Buildings and Facilities Geospatial Data Content

Maintenance and Review of the National Wetland Classification

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