The National Map: Tactical Planning and Performance Monitoring in Fiscal Year 2008 and 2009

To do this, the USGS National Geospatial Program will develop a renewed understanding of key customer requirements, develop the infrastructure to support the business model, modernize its business processes, and reengineer its workforce. The USGS collaborates with a broad range of customers and partners who are essential to the success of The National Map, including the science community, State and Federal agencies involved in homeland security, planners and emergency responders at the local level, and private companies. Partner contributions and data remain a primary input and foundation of The National Map. Partnerships with State, Federal, Tribal and local agencies and industry will leverage the USGS capacity to acquire and steward 1:24,000-scale or better data for The National Map. The data will be used to modernize the cornerstone 7.5-minute topographic map series for the Nation.

The National Map Tactical Plan is primarily for use as an internal document to guide The National Map program execution, production, and metrics monitoring for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009. The latest, full version of The National Map Tactical Plan, a summary document of The National Map Tactical Plan, and the current The National Map Product and Services Directory can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/ngpo/; click the "Reading Room" navigation tab.

The National Map Tactical Plan is a dynamic planning document. For the latest version, go to: http://www.usgs.gov/ngpo/tnm_tacticalplan.html

"The National Map is a vital, essential program to provide a trusted, nationally consistent geospatial framework. Its development at USGS continues our heritage of national mapping begun by John Wesley Powell. As we improve the way The National Map works- through improved data standards, accessibility, and consistency; through improved understanding of customer needs; and, perhaps most importantly, through more robust partnerships - these advances will promote a synergy of geospatial information that will benefit counties, states, and the nation."- U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers

Tactical planning and performance monitoring are initial steps in improving and supporting the U.S. Geological Survey Science Strategy. The 2-year goal of The National Map is to provide a range of geospatial products and services that further the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and underpin USGS science.

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