National Geospatial Program

Many of The National Map dynamic overlay services have new schemas and updated cartography to provide a better user experience in The National Map viewer and other applications. 

The USGS is planning to discontinue service to the previous versions of the National Map viewer application.

The USGS would like to remind users of the upcoming sunset of National Map High Resolution Orthoimagery Data and Services.

Call for elevation project funding proposals and requests issued.

To illustrate the USGS and FEMA working together in the 2016 Louisiana flood response, the agency has released an interactive Story Map.

The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify geographic information related to education structures in Illinois.

The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify geographic information related to education structures in Illinois.

The Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) is the official inventory of public parks and other protected areas in all U.S. states and territories.

The USGS is seeing a dramatic increase in the use of 3D geospatial data for infrastructure planning, modeling and construction

Interested in finding a good river to float down this hot summer? Or a favorite fishing hole? Ever wonder where those blue lines mapping the rivers, streams and lakes on the US Topo and other maps come from?

As the USGS continues to celebrate “Mapping Month”, we again promote noteworthy contributors to The National Map Corps “crowdsourcing” project.