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Types of PIDs made available through geoconnex.us are:

• Organizational monitoring or other information resources.
  • Provides stable identifiers for any organizations' resources.
  • Examples include: stream gages, wells, dam information, etc.
  • Redirect from geoconnex.us/{org-namespace}/{org-path} to {org-url}
  • Organizations own and maintain the PID list in this repo.
  • More info and examples here.
• Community reference locations.
  • Provides referenceable identifiers for shared surface water and groundwater locations.
  • Examples: NHD events, catchment indexes, groundwater wells.
  • Redirect from geoconnex.us/{theme-namespace}/{id} to {community-system-url}
  • A community actor or group would be required to curate these locations through some process managed outside this repository.
  • More info and examples here.
• Environmental feature of interest.
  • Provides referenceable identifiers for shared environmental features.
  • Examples: Reachcodes, comids, local aquifer ids.
  • Redirect from geoconnex.us/{authority-namespace}/{authority-path} to {community-canonical-url}
  • An authoritative community-oriented group would be expected to maintain these identifiers for the community.
  • More info and examples here.
• Established cataloging feature.
  • Provides referenceable identifiers for areal / place cataloging features.
  • Examples: hydrologic units, principle aquifers, counties, states.
  • Redirect from geoconnex.us/{authority-namespace}/{authority-path} to {community-canonical-url}
  • An authoritative community oriented group would be expected to maintain these for the community.
  • More info and examples here.