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The new USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map web tool was designed to also be mobile friendly, allowing users to explore geologic data from smartphones and tablets, in addition to larger devices. USGS image.

The new USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map web tool was designed to be mobile friendly, allowing users to explore geologic data easily from their smartphones or tablets. USGS image. 

Drone-captured photo of a vegetated field in Golden, Colorado. Faint paths visible across the grass formed from the consistent, repeated pattern walked by a spectrometer operator multiple times per day for multiple days in a row.

USGS remote pilot Matt Burgess flies a drone to collect hyperspectral data over a field in Golden, Colorado. 

USGS remote pilots Joe Adams and Todd Burton carry a drone during flight training at the Denver Federal Center.

U.S. Geological Survey remote pilot Victoria Scholl flies a drone with camera payload to capture natural color images for photogrammetric mapping of the Abó Ruins at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in Mountainair, New Mexico.

The U.S. Geological Survey National Uncrewed Systems Office flew uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) to map the Abó Ruins at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in Mountainair, New Mexico.

U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service personnel stand with drone technologies used for mapping the Abó Ruins at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in Mountainair, New Mexico.

USGS remote pilots Matt Burgess and Victoria Scholl prepare to conduct a drone mapping flight to collect thermal imagery over a dryland study site near Moab, Utah. 

Drone operations near Moab, Utah to collect spectral remote sensing imagery during a collaborative USGS field campaign in May 2025.

Example of a popup window that shows a photo of location and what information is available through the USGS Geoheritage Sites of the Nation web tool.

Example of a popup window that shows a photo of location (Exit Glacier, Alaska) and what information is available through the USGS Geoheritage Sites of the Nation web tool.

Example of a popup window that shows a photo of the location (Sod Tables of the Badlands) and what information is available through the USGS Geoheritage Sites of the Nation web tool.

Example of a popup window that shows a photo of location and what information is available through the USGS Geoheritage Sites of the Nation web tool.

Example of a popup window that shows a photo of location (La Coca Falls, Puerto Rico) and what information is available through the USGS Geoheritage Sites of the Nation web tool.

Example of a popup window that shows a photo of location (Cumberland Gap) what information is available through the USGS Geoheritage Sites of the Nation web tool.

Example of a popup window that shows a photo of location and what information is available through the USGS Geoheritage Sites of the Nation web tool.

Screengrab showing open pop-up windows of geoheritage sites in northeast United States.

Surficial and bedrock geology in the northern San Juan basin and San Juan volcanic field (Colorado, USA) from the Intermountain West Seamless Geologic Map Explorer (https://apps.usgs.gov/intermountain_west_seamless_geologic_map_explorer/).

Map showing locations of snow sampling sites (black circles) within the Upper Colorado River basin, the Colorado River, and the Continental Divide.

Characterizing geochemistry, provenance, and age of river terrace deposits to identify potential changes in the distribution, concentration, and sources of critical minerals and contaminants through the geologic past and into the present following mining activities.