Highlights:

* Open data sources 🌐

* geospatial data 🗺️

* census.gov 📊

* NOAA Digital Coast 🌊

* USGS NGWM 🏔️

* Crowd source data 🤝

* weather stations 🌡️

* precipitation data 🌧️

* National Estuarine Research Reserves 🌳

* Challenges ⚠️

* data quality control 🔐

* lack of standards ✖️

* job descriptions not up-to-date 🧑‍💻

* Call to action 📢

* respond to Census surveys 📋

* use census.gov data 📊

* consider a career in geospatial statistics 🧭

* contribute to open source projects 🏗️

About FedGeoDay:

FedGeoDay is the premier annual event for the open source geospatial community within the U.S. federal government. It brings together federal program managers, technology leaders, industry partners, and open-source enthusiasts to share ideas, showcase innovations, and foster collaboration around open geospatial technologies, data, and practices. FedGeoDay highlights the growing importance of open source in building resilient, efficient, and collaborative geospatial solutions for the federal government and beyond.