Geospatial Standards
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 |
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| Bikeways Data |
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| CTU ID (City, Township, Unorganized Territory) | |
| County ID |
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| Damage Assessment Data | |
| Parcel Data |
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| Positional Accuracy Measuring and Reporting |
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| Road Centerline Data |
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| State ID | |
| U.S. National Grid |
Standards Approved by the Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information (GCGI)
| Name of Standard | Additional Resources |
| Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines | |
| Stream ID (Codes Identifying Reaches and Watercourses) | Updated version was open for public review through July 31, 2022. Standards Committee is reviewing submitted comments. |
| 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 through September 3, 2021 |
| Emergency Service Zone Data | Proposed standard was open for public review through July 31, 2022. Standards Committee is reviewing submitted comments. |
Domains, Lookup Tables and Schema Templates for GAC Standards
| Resource | Description |
Domains (xlsx), updated 7/14/2022
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An Excel file with a separate tab for each of the more than 40 domain tables used in all of the GAC approved standards. Also included is an index tab showing which standard(s) each domain is used in and a changes tab showing the last time each domain was modified. |
| Lookup Tables (xlsx), updated 8/6/2021 | County; State; U.S. Postal Service Default City (5 worksheet tabs) |
| GAC Standards schema templates (fgdb and xml formats), updated 7/14/2022 | Includes the domains and lookup tables |
National Geospatial Standards
Adopted National Standards
Federal Geographic Data Committee Standards
| 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
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| 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
FGDC Standards Under Development
| 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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