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National Geospatial Program

Your Source for Topographic Information

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Data Science: Converting Data into Actionable Knowledge

Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)

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National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program

Determining the geologic framework of areas determined to be vital to the economic social, or scientific welfare of the Nation

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National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program

Preserving geoscience samples for today and future generations

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Core Science Systems

CSS leads USGS’s mission as the civilian mapping agency for the Nation. We conduct detailed surveys and develop high quality, highly accurate topographic, geologic, hydrographic, and biogeographic maps and data. Our maps allow precise planning for critical mineral assessments; energy development; infrastructure projects; urban planning; flood prediction; emergency response; and haz

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National Geospatial Program

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The National Geospatial Program is the Federal civilian mapping agency and provides the digital geospatial foundation for the Nation. It engages partners and communities of use to collaboratively produce consistent and accurate topographic map data.
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Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)

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The USGS Science Data Catalog, supported by SAS, provides seamless access to USGS research and monitoring data from across the nation. Users have the ability to search, browse, or use a map-based interface to discover data.
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Jim Rowland Is Retiring from USGS EROS, But His Workplace Stretched to Africa

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December 2022 - Vol. 1 | Issue 7

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Landsat Collection 1 Datasets to be Removed on December 30, 2022

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Publications

Development of the LCMAP annual land cover product across Hawai'i

Following the completion of land cover and change (LCC) products for the conterminous United States (CONUS), the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS’s) Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection initiative has broadened the capability of characterizing continuous historical land change across the full Landsat records for Hawaiʻi at 30-meter resolution. One of the challenges of implementing the
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Scaling-up deep learning predictions of hydrography from IfSAR data in Alaska

The United States National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a database of vector features representing the surface water features for the country. The NHD was originally compiled from hydrographic content on U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps but is being updated with higher quality feature representations through flow-routing techniques that derive hydrography from high-resolution elevation data
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A comprehensive assessment of mangrove species and carbon stock on Pohnpei, Micronesia

Mangrove forests are the most important ecosystems on Pohnpei Island, Federated States of Micronesia, as the island communities of the central Pacific rely on the forests for many essential services including protection from sea-level rise that is occurring at a greater pace than the global average. As part of a multi-component assessment to evaluate vulnerabilities of mangrove forests on Pohnpei,
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Core Science Systems, Ecosystems, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Land Change Science Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
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Eyes on Earth Episode 84 – Hurricane Disturbance Mapping

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about the effort to map disturbances in Florida from Hurricane Ian in near real time.
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Core Science Systems, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
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Eyes on Earth Episode 84 – Hurricane Disturbance Mapping

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about the effort to map disturbances in Florida from Hurricane Ian in near real time.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 83 - ECOSTRESS and Burn Severity

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about the usefulness of ECOSTRESS data in examining predictors for wildfire burn patterns.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 83 - ECOSTRESS and Burn Severity

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about the usefulness of ECOSTRESS data in examining predictors for wildfire burn patterns.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 82 - Introduction to GEDI

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about the purpose of the GEDI mission on the International Space Station and what is being learned from it.
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Core Science Systems, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
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Eyes on Earth Episode 82 - Introduction to GEDI

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about the purpose of the GEDI mission on the International Space Station and what is being learned from it.
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