Who we are

The NGTOC, along with the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), comprises the US Geological Survey’s National Geospatial Directorate (NGD). 

The NGD provides trusted geospatial products, services, and science for the Nation and is closely aligned with the missions of the NGP under the umbrella of the Core Science Systems Mission Area of the USGS.

Created by an act of Congress in 1879, the USGS provides science for a changing world, which reflects and responds to society’s continuously evolving needs. As the science arm of the Department of the Interior, the USGS brings an array of earth, water, biological, and mapping data and expertise to bear in support of decision-making on environmental, resource, and public safety issues.