Data Science: Converting Data into Actionable Knowledge
Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)
Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)
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
Determining the geologic framework of areas determined to be vital to the economic social, or scientific welfare of the Nation
National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program
Preserving geoscience samples for today and future generations
Preserving geoscience samples for today and future generations
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Core Science Systems Mission Area
USGS CSS serves as the primary national civilian mapping agency, including topographic and geologic mapping for Federal and State requirements, national geospatial coordination, satellite operations and remote sensing. Our products and data are necessary to understand, monitor, and detect changes that affect the Nation’s natural and agricultural resources, the economy, public safety, and security.
National Geospatial Program
National Geospatial Program
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.
Science Synthesis, Analysis and Research Program
Science Synthesis, Analysis and Research Program
The Science Synthesis Analysis, and Research (SSAR) Program provides analysis and synthesis of scientific data and information, interdisciplinary research to improve understanding of Earth system changes, and preservation of scientific data and samples and library collections.
News
Landsat at Work: USGS Informing Domestic Lithium Development
Landsat at Work: USGS Informing Domestic Lithium Development
Landsat at Work: Helping Farmers Keep Soil Healthy
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Latest in Landsat September 2025 - Vol. 4 | Issue 8
Latest in Landsat September 2025 - Vol. 4 | Issue 8
Publications
GIScience in the era of Artificial Intelligence: A research agenda towards Autonomous GIS GIScience in the era of Artificial Intelligence: A research agenda towards Autonomous GIS
The advent of generative AI exemplified by large language models (LLMs) opens new ways to represent and compute geographic information and transcends the process of geographic knowledge production, driving geographic information systems (GIS) towards autonomous GIS. Leveraging LLMs as the decision core, autonomous GIS can independently generate and execute geoprocessing workflows to...
Grammar to graph—An approach for semantic transformation of annotations to triples Grammar to graph—An approach for semantic transformation of annotations to triples
Data annotation is the process of labeling data to show the outcome that a related data model should predict. In this study, annotation data were transformed into semantic graph triples, mainly for use with the Resource Description Framework (RDF), a type of entity-relationship-attribute data model for graph databases. The transformation of annotation data to semantic graph triples...
Validation of the geometric accuracy of airborne light detection and ranging data for eastern Iowa, 2019 Validation of the geometric accuracy of airborne light detection and ranging data for eastern Iowa, 2019
A geometric accuracy assessment of lidar data collected in eastern Iowa in 2019 as part of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) was conducted. The assessment involved evaluating interswath accuracy, same surface precision, point density, absolute accuracy, and consistency with adjacent 3DEP datasets. The results demonstrate that the data meet or exceed the quality level 2 specifications...
Science
2025 CEGIS Annual Research Meeting
The Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS) was proud to host the 2025 CEGIS Annual Research Meeting July 22-24, 2025. The annual research meeting is a special occasion to celebrate our accomplishments, explore ongoing projects, and foster collaboration for future endeavors. This year's gathering featured a broad range of presentations from our researchers and their...
Eyes on Earth Episode 136 – The EROS Test Site
The same as the Landsat satellite, only smaller—that’s a fair description of the field spectrometer used at the EROS test site for validating Landsat’s accuracy.
Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing
Invasive grasses are degrading sagebrush in western states. Can sheep help us restore these ecosystems?