NPS - Points of Interest (POIs) - Web Mercator

The purpose of creating and utilizing a spatial data standard is to consolidate spatial data and integrate the existing feature attribute information into a national database for reporting, planning, analysis and sharing purposes. The primary benefit of using a spatial data standard remains the organization and documentation of data to allow users to share spatial data between parks, regions, programs, other federal agencies, and the public, at the national level. Ultimately, the point of interest container will go through a formal data standard development process. This will lead to wider use and more comprehensive access to all of our available point of interest data and provide a more integrated approach to point of interest data management across the NPS and at all levels: park, region, program, and national. Until then, the point of interest spatial data container will serve as a pseudo-standard and enable data stewards to begin standardizing point of interest data.制定并使用空间数据标准（spatial data standard）的核心目的，在于整合空间数据与现有要素属性信息，将其纳入国家级数据库，以满足数据报送、规划制定、分析研究与数据共享的需求。采用空间数据标准的核心价值，在于实现数据的规范化组织与标准化建档，使得用户能够在国家级层面实现园区、区域、项目、其他联邦机构以及社会公众之间的空间数据共享。最终，本兴趣点（Point of Interest）数据容器将历经正式的数据标准制定流程。此举将推动现有全部兴趣点数据的更广泛应用与更全面的获取途径，并为美国国家公园管理局（National Park Service, NPS）在园区、区域、项目及国家级别的全层级范围内，提供一套更为一体化的兴趣点数据管理方案。在此之前，本兴趣点空间数据容器将作为准标准（pseudo-standard）发挥作用，助力数据管理员着手推进兴趣点数据的标准化工作。