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Appendix C: National Mapping Division's User Requirements Evaluation Process
Appendix C: National Mapping Division's User Requirements Evaluation Process
Pages 72-74
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The coordinating procedures established by this Circular extend to all surveying and mapping activities financed in whole or in part by Federal funds. Currently, the National Mapping Division solicits mapping and digital cartographic data requirements from approximately 40 Federal agencies, and from the 50 States -- an adjustment to the solicitation process adopted in 1987.
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and the ~eo~rar~hic crew Am_ _ ~ ~ 7 ~ =~~~~—rig covered by the request. By subjecting these factors to a weighting algorithm, overlapping requests of highest priority for each product provide NMD with a ranked list of production priorities, essentially identifying where maximum benefits would be obtained per dollar expended.
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Both parties benefit; NMD obtains data for the National Digital Cartographic Data Base; and the cooperating agency essentially doubles its data collection capabilities. The NMD requirements process is a continuous process and those requests received outside the formal OMB A-16 solicitation are added to the requirements data base and priorities are adjusted as appropriate.
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