Geospatial Standards
Minnesota Geospatial Standards, Domains and Lookup Tables
Standards Approved by the Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council (GAC)
The GAC is in the process of reviewing and approving standards earlier approved by the former GCGI.
As each of the earlier standards is approved by the GAC, it will be moved to the GAC table below and removed from the GCGI table.
| Name of Standard | Additional Resources |
| Address Point Data | Domains and lookup tables (see section below) |
| Bikeways Data | Domains and lookup tables (see section below) |
| CTU ID (City, Township, Unorganized Territory) | CTU GIS database |
| County ID | Domains and lookup tables (see section below) |
| Damage Assessment Data | |
| Emergency Service Zone Data | Domains (see section below) |
| Parcel Data | Domains and lookup tables (see section below) |
| Positional Accuracy Measuring and Reporting | Positional Accuracy Handbook: Using the national standard for spatial data accuracy to measure and report geographic data quality |
| Road Centerline Data | Domains and lookup tables (see section below) |
| State ID | |
| Stream ID (Codes Identifying Reaches and Watercourses) | |
| U.S. National Grid |
USNG
pages: Federal Geographic Data Committee
USNG pages: Emergency Preparedness Committee |
Standards Approved by the Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information (GCGI)
| Name of Standard | Additional Resources |
| Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines |
Detailed description of the guidelines
Metadata help |
| Codes Identifying Watersheds | |
| Codes Identifying Lakes and Wetland Basins |
Standards Under Development by the Minnesota Geospatial Advisory Council (GAC)
| Name of Standard | Status |
| Digital Stormwater System Data Exchange | Draft standard developed by the Metro Stormwater Geodata Project, building on earlier work by the GAC Standards Committee, was open for public review through September 3, 2021. |
| Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Point Data | Draft standard developed and submitted by the GAC Parcels and Land Records Committee October 2024; review by the GAC Standards Committee is underway. |
Domains, Lookup Tables and Schema Templates for GAC Standards
| Resource | Description |
|
Domains (xlsx), updated 11/21/2024
- used especially in address point, parcel, and road centerline standards |
An Excel file with a separate tab for each of the more than 40 domain tables used in all of the GAC approved standards. Also included is an index tab showing which standard(s) each domain is used in and a changes tab showing the last time each domain was modified. |
| Lookup Tables (xlsx), updated 4/14/2023 | County; State; U.S. Postal Service Default City (5 worksheet tabs) |
| GAC Standards schema templates (fgdb and xml formats), updated 11/21/2024 | Includes the domains and lookup tables |
National Geospatial Standards
Adopted National Standards
Federal Geographic Data Committee Standards
| Name of Standard |
| Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata |
| Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Part 1, Biological Data Profile |
| Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Part 2, Metadata Profile for Shoreline Data |
| Spatial Data Transfer Standard - SDTS |
| Cadastral Data Content Standard |
| Classification of Wetlands and Deep Water Habitats |
| National Vegetation Classification Standard |
| Soil Geographic Data Standard |
Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards
|
| Content Standard for Digital Orthoimagery |
| Content Standard for Remote Sensing Swath Data |
| Utilities Data Content Standard |
| Standard for a U.S. National Grid |
| Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata |
| Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization |
| Geographic Information Framework Data |
| Wetlands Mapping |
| U.S. Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data |
| Federal Trails Data |
| Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification |
Federal Information Processing Standards
FGDC Standards Under Development
| Name of Standard |
| Earth Cover Classification Standard |
| Geologic Data Model |
| Shoreline Data Content |
| Content Standards for Framework Land Elevation Data |
| Cultural Resources Geospatial Data Content Standard |
| Federal Buildings and Facilities Geospatial Data Content |
| Maintenance and Review of the National Wetland Classification |
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