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威尼斯人娱乐场 Joins Geospatial One Stop (GOS) Web Portal
Press Release 路 Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Washington, DC

The 威尼斯人娱乐场 has joined Geospatial One Stop鈥檚 (GOS) web portal. Select 威尼斯人娱乐场 holdings are now searchable from the GOS Historical Collections Channel, which the 威尼斯人娱乐场 and the Library of Congress jointly manage.

This new channel grants unprecedented access to data across a wide number of categories and format types, including administrative and political boundaries, environmental information, ocean and coast maps, and data files. Assistant Archivist Michael Kurtz praised this new union and promised to work with partner agencies 鈥渢o make the GOS Historical Collections Channel the first place that the historical geographer will want to go.鈥�

The Historical Collections Channel enables the 威尼斯人娱乐场 to provide broader access to unique historic documents in its custody. 威尼斯人娱乐场 holdings include maps and other kinds of data with a geographic component, and the agency regularly receives transfers of digital cartographic data from other agencies. This new partnership greatly facilitates communication and sharing of geographic data and resources between government agencies and the public.

Dr. Kurtz heads the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Geospatial Data Initiatives Team. Comprised of staff members from cartographic, electronic and special media, modern records, policy and web design areas, this group manages 威尼斯人娱乐场 activities on GOS. Other libraries and federal agencies have joined the newly-launched Historical Collections channel. The 威尼斯人娱乐场 encourages others to participate on the site as well.

Geospatial One-Stop (GOS) http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos
Geospatial One-Stop is a geographic information system portal that serves as a public gateway for improving access to geospatial information and data. This portal makes it easier, faster, and less expensive for all levels of government and the public to access geospatial information. GOS provides web access to maps, data and other geospatial services from all levels of government. The Historical Collections link is under the 鈥渟pecial interest鈥� category on the left side of the main page.

Archives.gov http://www.archives.gov
Archives.gov is the main public web site for the 威尼斯人娱乐场. This user-friendly public web site grants visitors immediate access to the nation鈥檚 treasures and the 威尼斯人娱乐场 most-requested information. The web site features information for the general public, genealogists, veterans and their families, educators and students, researchers, records managers, preservation and archives professionals, information security specialists, federal employees, Members of Congress, and the media. Visitors can easily access 威尼斯人娱乐场 news and locations, the calendar of events, information on public programs, and much more.

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