National Geospatial Program

The National Map provides a new Simple Notification Service and has new URLs for some of its thematic cartographic map services.

Larry Moore is honored by USGS peers with Henry Gannett award for exceptional contributions to topographic mapping.

The National Map Corps May 2018 Newsletter (Vol. 4, Issue 3) is now available.

Collaboration continues to move the 3D Elevation Program forward.

Flooding is the leading cause of Presidential disaster declarations. On average, the water hazard has resulted in more than 80 fatalities and cost the U.S. nearly $8 billion annually.

The US Geological Survey National Geospatial Program has released a new version of the USGS Lidar Base Specification that defines deliverables for nationally consistent lidar data acquisitions.

Xan Fredericks, Lidar Coordinator for the Coastal and Marine Geology Program and Chair of the USGS Lidar Points of Contact Working Group, was selected by the USGS National Geospatial Program to serve as the USGS Federal Point of Contact for the national 3D Nation Elevation Requirements and Benefits Study, coordinating survey nominations across Mission Areas and Regions and compiling responses...

The National Map Corps March 2018 Newsletter (Vol. 4, Issue 2) is now available. 

The USGS citizen science project, The National Map Corps, has reached another major milestone.

The USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) team has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 “LIDAR Leader Award”, presented February 5 at the International LIDAR Mapping Forum in Denver.

The National Map Corps January 2018 Newsletter (Vol. 4, Issue 1) is now available.