Electronic Recordkeeping > Data Management > Standards > Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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• Association for Geographic Information (AGI) - the objective of the AGI is to maximise the use of GI for the benefit of the citizen, good governance and commerce
• Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998) - Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
• European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information (EUROGI)
• Geographic Data Exchange Standards - Diffuse Standards and Specifications List
• Geography Markup Language (GML) - an XML encoding for the transport and storage of geographic information, including both the spatial and non-spatial properties of geographic features
• International Cartographic Association - includes a Commission on Visualization and Virtual Environments
• ISO Technical Committee 211 - Geographic information/Geomatics
• OpenGeospatial Consortium - promotes the development and use of advanced open systems standards and techniques in the area of geoprocessing and related information technologies
• U.S. Geographic Survey (USGS)

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