Spatial Data Needs: The Future of the National Mapping Program

The Mapping Science Committee of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NRC) issued a report in early 1990 on Spatial Data Needs: The Future of the National Mapping Program. This article presents the context in which the committee approached the subject, a summary of the report, and the present and future activities of the Mapping Science Committee. This report is available on request from the Mapping Science Committee, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20418.