National Geospatial Program

USGS crowd-sourcing project volunteers have updated more than 1,200 Post Office locations and data in Illinois

The USGS uses cutting edge technologies to investigate and forecast landslides and other natural hazards.

Earlier this month, the USGS launched “TopoView 2.1”, an enhancement to the current popular TopoView mapping service that lets users discover, interact, and download historical USGS topographic maps scans.

Citizen Scientists edit structures to improve US Topo Maps and along the way earn virtual badges.

Recently, representatives from the USGS National Geospatial Program and National Geospatial Technical Operations Center participated in the 2017 International Cartographic Conference in Washington, DC.

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

An updated “USGS Topo Base Map” service named “USGS Topo” includes some new design changes and refreshed data content.

The National Map Corps recognizes major volunteers to national mapping efforts

Updated USGS digital topographic maps feature more trails and other recreation points of interest

Everything happens at a place, the place matters, and the USGS has the science of place.

The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify Post Office information in Illinois