Geospatial Standards
State of Minnesota Geospatial Standards
Adopted State Standards
Overview of all the standards in the table below
| Name of Standard | Additional Resources |
| Codes Identifying States | |
| Codes Identifying Counties in Minnesota | |
| Codes Identifying Cities, Townships and Unorganized Territories (CTUs) in Minnesota | CTU list with a crosswalk to legacy Census codes |
| Coordinate Interchange Standard for State Agencies | |
| Measuring and Reporting Positional Accuracy in Spatial Data | Positional Accuracy Handbook: Using the national standard for spatial data accuracy to measure and report geographic data quality |
| Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines | |
| Codes Identifying Reaches and Watercourses | |
| Codes Identifying Watersheds | |
| Codes Identifying Lakes and Wetland Basins | |
| U.S. National Grid |
State Standards Under Development
| Name of Standard | Status |
| Digital Cadastral Data Attribute Transfer | Open for public review |
| Digital Stormwater System Data Exchange | Provisional standard for implementation testing |
National Geospatial Standards
Adopted National Standards
Federal Geographic Data Committee
Links to all of the following standards may be found on the FGDC's Standards Publications webpage.
| Name of Standard |
| Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata |
| 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
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| 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
National Standards Under Development
Links to the following standards and more specific information about their current status can be found on the FGDC's Standards Program of Work webpage.
| Name of Standard |
| Earth Cover Classification Standard |
| Encoding Standard for Geospatial Metadata |
| Geologic Data Model |
| Shoreline Data Content |
| FGDC Profile(s) of ISO 19115 (international metadata standard) |
| Federal Standards for Delineation of Hydrologic Unit Boundaries |
| Riparian Mapping Standard |
| 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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