University Of Southern Maine

The University of Maine's Fogler Library, in partnership with the Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering, will research the requirements for an open source Commons of Geographic Data (CGD) System. The CGD System will ultimately provide a means to capture and make available the rich but currently largely invisible geographic information resources generated by local, nonfederal sources. The research will engage users and potential users of such information, including teachers, students, and community organizations, in identifying system requirements and developing design specifications.