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NEW TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for City / Town Halls in Texas!

NEW TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for City / Town Halls in Texas!

This is it! Texas is the final statewide City / Town Hall mapping challenge! 

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FINISHED! TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for City / Town Halls in IA & MN

FINISHED! TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for City / Town Halls in IA & MN

This challenge is now complete! Thanks to everyone who contributed! 

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Mapping Challenge Update (09/09/21): City / Town Halls in IA & MN

Mapping Challenge Update (09/09/21): City / Town Halls in IA & MN

This challenge is getting super close to being finished with almost 70 new points added since last week - AWESOME! See our spatial
analysis for tips on...

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Mapping Challenge Update (09/09/21): Schools with No Edit History in Colorado

Mapping Challenge Update (09/09/21): Schools with No Edit History in Colorado

This challenge is coming along great! Volunteers edited over 120 points in the last week - AWESOME!  

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Mapping Challenge Update (09/09/21): Law Enforcement in KS & OK

Mapping Challenge Update (09/09/21): Law Enforcement in KS & OK

Volunteers maintain momentum with over 60 edits contributed since last week - superb!  

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Landsat 9: Dress Rehearsal of Launch Day Completed

Landsat 9: Dress Rehearsal of Launch Day Completed

Putting the launch team, rocket and California pad to the test, United Launch Alliance (ULA) spent Friday rehearsing the countdown to launch an Atlas...

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Landsat Advisory Group Offers Guidance on Potential Revisions to 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act

Landsat Advisory Group Offers Guidance on Potential Revisions to 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act

Satellite technology and the remote sensing community as a whole have evolved significantly since the passage of the 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy...

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Join Us Virtually Next Week at the USGS National Imagery Summit

Join Us Virtually Next Week at the USGS National Imagery Summit

Please join the USGS National Land Imaging Program and its partners in the second National Imagery Summit on August 31 through September 2021. This...

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Landsat 9 Stowed and Sealed for Delivery to Orbit

Landsat 9 Stowed and Sealed for Delivery to Orbit

As reported in a recent NASA News Release, the Landsat 9 observatory has been encapsulated in the fairing of the Atlas V 401 rocket that will deliver...

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Landsat 9 Passes Last Key Decision Point Before Launch

Landsat 9 Passes Last Key Decision Point Before Launch

As reported in a recent NASA News Release, the Landsat 9 project passed its final major lifecycle approval gateway on Tuesday, August 10, 2021.

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LANDFIRE’S MoD-FIS Product Gives Hints of 2021 Fire Trends

LANDFIRE’S MoD-FIS Product Gives Hints of 2021 Fire Trends

A crystal ball sure seems like it would come in handy during fire seasons, showing exactly where and when a fire might roar through and how large it...

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USGS EROS Plays Part in USGS Outreach to Native American Students

USGS EROS Plays Part in USGS Outreach to Native American Students

You might not think a pandemic would be the ideal time to connect college students with scientists touting career opportunities at the U.S. Geological...

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