Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Chesapeake Watershed CESU

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	Federal Grant Title:	Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Chesapeake Watershed CESU
	CFDA Number:	15.808
	CFDA Description:	U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection
	Federal Agency Name:	Geological Survey
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	10HQPA0074
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jun 09, 2010
	Creation Date:	Jun 09, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 21, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 21, 2010
	Archive Date:	Jul 21, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$34,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$0
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU's are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. Recipient must have expertise in cartographic design, especially as applied to large-scale topographic maps.
Grant Description: The National Geospatial Program Office of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to one member of the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) Program. The project is titled "Research on the cartographic design and presentation of Topographic map symbols over a digital image (areal photograph) background". Background: Building on the success of 125 years of USGS topographic mapping, the US Topo is a new kind of georeferenced map, representing an evolution of USGS paper topographic maps and a graphic synthesis of The National Map data files. US Topo maps are quite different from other available imagery or maps. They are easily accessible with reasonable file sizes and a common format with embedded analytical tools and theme-based layers. US Topos presently include an aerial image base, roads, geographic names, contours and hydrographic features in the customary USGS 7.5-minute by 7.5-minute quadrangle format. Digital US Topo maps are designed to resemble the traditional paper topographic maps for which the USGS is so well known. Ultimately, the US Topo maps will include layers for expanded transportation, boundaries, structure features, and vegetative surface cover or land cover. This is the only uniform map series that covers the entire area of the United States in considerable detail. This agreement will provide the opportunity to research, evaluate and document the cartographic and geographic information science needed to validate or make recommendations for changes to the current cartographic design of the US Topo as it pertains to making recommendations for changes to the current cartographic design of the 1:24,000-scale US Topo, especially providing these recommendations in written and/or map form. Specific objectives of the research This agreement seeks research into the cartographic design of increasingly larger-scale, electronic topographic maps. This research will assist by: - Design and research on how best to make the symbol viewable on top of  Color imagery; such as green forest, yellow desert and other natural backgrounds  Black and White imagery - Reviewing and making recommendations for changes to the current cartographic design of the US Topo to show the relief of the land using clear and concise symbol sets so that it is understandable by the lay map reader, especially providing these recommendations in written and/or map form concerning US Topo cartographic design principles and feature symbology at 1:24,000 for  Transportation  Hydrography  Hypsography, including contours and shaded relief  Geographic names  Political boundaries  Vegetation  Universal Transverse Mercator and/or the national grid. - Assuring maps will be viewable on computer screens, hand-held devices or on paper using ink-jet or lithographic printing press. - Research to better understand the need or use of multiple symbol schemes for different applications or combinations of layers being viewed. - Symbol specifications to help cartographic production using current industry-standard software, such as Arc/Info GIS.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: FAITH GRAVES Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356

Contract Specialist [fgraves@usgs.gov]
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