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The mission of the National Geospatial Program is to provide National topographic information to advance science, support government, enlighten citizens, and enable decision making. The NGP provides a foundation of digital geospatial data representing the topography, natural landscape, and manmade environment of the United States. Accessible through The National Map Data Download, customers can incorporate NGP geospatial products and services into their decision making and operational activities.
Topographic Maps
US Topo maps and the Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC) are produced by the National Geospatial Program of the USGS.
Learn More3D Elevation (3DEP)
3DEP is a cooperative program with a goal of acquiring nationwide lidar (IfSAR in AK) by 2023 to provide the first-ever national baseline of consistent high-resolution elevation data – both bare earth and 3D point clouds.
Learn MoreNews
FINISHED! TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for City / Town Halls in IA & MN
This challenge is now complete! Thanks to everyone who contributed!
NEW TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for City / Town Halls in Texas!
This is it! Texas is the final statewide City / Town Hall mapping challenge!
Mapping Challenge Update (09/09/21): City / Town Halls in IA & MN
This challenge is getting super close to being finished with almost 70 new points added since last week - AWESOME! See our spatial
analysis for tips on remaining communities.
Publications
Spatial data reduction through element -of-interest (EOI) extraction
Any large, multifaceted data collection that is challenging to handle with traditional management practices can be branded ‘Big Data.’ Any big data containing geo-referenced attributes can be considered big geospatial data. The increased proliferation of big geospatial data is currently reforming the geospatial industry into a data-driven...
Arundel, Samantha; Usery, E. Lynn
3D Elevation Program—Federal best practices
The goal of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) is to complete nationwide data acquisition in 8 years, by 2023, to provide the first-ever national baseline of consistent high-resolution three-dimensional data—including bare earth elevations and three-dimensional point clouds—collected in a timeframe of less than a decade. Successful implementation of...
Lukas, Vicki; Baez, Vanessa Semantically enabling map projections knowledge
Map projections are an area of cartography with a firm mathematical foundation for their creation and display providing a basis for a knowledge representation. Using only variations on a single equation set, an infinite number of projections can be created, but less than 100 are in active use. Because each projection preserves specific...
Usery, E. Lynn