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Xan Fredericks is the USGS National Map Liaison to Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. She is the Chair of the USGS Lidar User Group, a member of the USGS Geospatial Information Response Team, and a GISCI-certified GIS Professional. Xan works to help people, from USGS scientists and the Nation’s residents to a variety of agencies and entities, discover and coordinate geospatial data to empower location intelligence through outreach, collaboration, and data visualization. She serves on the URISA Board of Directors and as the Past President of the Florida ASPRS.