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Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) is Pennsylvania's official public access geospatial information clearinghouse.[1] PASDA serves as Pennsylvania's node on the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) PASDA is a cooperative effort of the Pennsylvania Geospatial Technologies Office of the Office of Information Technology and the Pennsylvania State University Institutes of Energy and the Environment.[2]

Early history

Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA—http://www.pasda.psu.edu), the official public geospatial data clearinghouse for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania marked its 18th year in 2014. PASDA, which has grown from a small website offering 35 data sets in 1996 to the expansive user-centered data clearinghouse that it is today, has become a staple of the GIS community in Pennsylvania. PASDA provides access to thousands of data files, terabytes of data, and hundreds of Internet Map Services, Google Earth KML files, metadata, mapping applications, and other information like guides and tutorials. [3]

PASDA was developed by the Pennsylvania State University as a service to the citizens, governments, and businesses of the Commonwealth. PASDA is a cooperative project of the Governor's Office of Administration, Office for Information Technology, Geospatial Technologies Office and Penn State Institutes for Energy and the Environment of the Pennsylvania State University. Funding is provided by the Pennsylvania Office for Information Technology, Geospatial Technologies Office. The Pennsylvania State University provides additional substantial support to PASDA for system administration, database technologies administration, and infrastructure. The High Performance Computing Center at Penn State is also providing significant resources and support for PASDA.[4] PASDA is housed at Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (PSIEE). The purpose of Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) is to serve as a comprehensive geospatial data digital library by providing free, universal access to geospatial data and information by, for, and about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PASDA has served for the past sixteen years as the Commonwealth's node on the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), Geospatial One Stop, and the National Biological Information Infrastructure.[5]

Data creation

PASDA also provides services to data creators including metadata creation and training and user support.

Services

PASDA has developed capabilities to utilize with its data resources. Users can select multiple data sets for download and customize their data to a specific projection and geographic region through the data wizard. In addition, PASDA provides a broad range of internet map services that allow users to bring data into their desktop GIS without having to download individual data sets.

Geography Network

PASDA was an original member of the ESRI Geography Network, participates in Geospatial One Stop, and serves as a node on the National Biological Information Infrastructure.

References

  1. ^ http://www.directionsmag.com/entry/the-road-taken-the-evolution-of-gis-data-clearinghouses-from-ftp-to-map-ser/123378
  2. ^ http://www.directionsmag.com/entry/the-road-taken-the-evolution-of-gis-data-clearinghouses-from-ftp-to-map-ser/123378
  3. ^ http://www.pasda.psu.edu/about/publications/PASDAFinal201314.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.pasda.psu.edu/about/publications/PASDAFinal201314.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.pasda.psu.edu/about/publications/PASDAFinal201314.pdf


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