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Thursday, April 16th, 2015

Do You Like to Map? Take the Mapping Challenge!

April 16, 2015 — Volunteer citizen-mappers continue to make significant contributions to the USGS ability to provide accurate mapping information to the public. Recently, volunteers were asked to update all of the law enforcement structure points in Tennessee. The volunteers answered the call and added, verified, edited, or deleted an amazing 440 points!

Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

First Round of Lidar BAA Awards Released

March 25, 2015 — The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program is pleased to announce the first round of awards resulting from the USGS Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), initially issued on July 18, 2014. (Solicitation Number: G14PS00574).

Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

USGS to Hold 3DEP Stakeholders Meeting at MAPPS-NSPS Conference

March 25, 2015 (Washington, DC) — Momentum is growing for the National Surveying and Mapping Conference as USGS joins a burgeoning, information-packed program.

Friday, March 13th, 2015

USGS Scientist Roger Sayre Honored for Public Service with ESRI Award

March 13, 2015 — U.S. Geological Survey scientist Dr. Roger Sayre was honored with the annual Making A Difference Award at the ESRI Federal Users Conference in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2015. The award recognized Sayre’s vision and leadership in recent collaboration between the USGS and ESRI to produce a new map of global

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Observing Tomorrow: Continuing Landsat’s Long Look at Our Changing World

NASA, in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, will launch the Nation’s next Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 11. Currently known as NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the satellite will be renamed Landsat 8 after three months of extensive testing.  Operational control will then be transferred to USGS.

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

USGS-NOAA: Climate Change Impacts to U.S. Coasts Threaten Public Health, Safety and Economy

According to a new technical report, the effects of climate change will continue to threaten the health and vitality of U.S. coastal communities’ social, economic and natural systems. The report, Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities: a technical input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment, authored by leading scientists and experts, emphasizes the need for increased coordination

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Last Frontier Historical Topographic Maps

The U.S. Geological Survey announces it is now possible to see the topography and geography of Alaska in an extensive set of topographic maps dating back to 1899. This recent addition to the Historical Topographic Map Collection provides a comprehensive landscape repository of our northernmost State and shows changes through time, providing essential clues critical in the understanding

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

USGS Inducted into the 2012 URISA GIS Hall of Fame

Owing to 50 years of cutting-edge developments and significant contributions in advancing the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geospatial sciences, the U.S. Geological Survey has been selected to enter the Urban and Regional Information System Association GIS Hall of Fame.

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Highly-detailed OrbView-3 Images for Free

Very high resolution satellite images, acquired by OrbView-3 satellite in 2003-2007, have been posted in free access. This was announced at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on January 9, 2012. More than 180 000 scenes with the resolution of 1 meter (pan) and 4 meters (multispectral) of the territory of different Earth areas are now

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