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USGS Geospatial Information Response Team (GIRT) earns 2021 Esri SAG Award
The USGS, Geospatial Information Response Team has been selected to receive a Special Achievement in GIS Award at the 2021 Esri worldwide User’s Conference.
Examples of How Landsat Supports Great Lakes Restoration
Thousands of years ago, the receding Laurentide Ice Sheet gave North America a gift: five large lakes.
Study of California Blue Oak Decline During Drought Draws Interest
A study published June 29, 2021 in the journal Frontiers in Climate, titled “Hotter Drought Escalates Tree Cover Declines in Blue Oak Woodlands of California,” by four EROS scientists, already has been attracting attention.
Get Crafty with Landsat!
NASA Invites You to Create Landsat-Inspired Arts and Crafts
ESPA now includes Collection 2 Spectral Indices and Services
A new software release to the EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) On Demand Interface includes Landsat Collection 2 spectral indices and services.
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge Summary Results for City / Town Hall Structures in IN
Summary statistics are now available for this challenge. Thanks again to everyone who contributed!
New Data Access Tool Offers Faster, More User-Friendly Landsat Experience
LandsatLook 2.0 Viewer Optimized for Users of Commercial Cloud
New Data Access Tool Offers Faster, More User-Friendly Landsat Experience
LandsatLook 2.0 Viewer Optimized for Users of Commercial Cloud
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge Summary Results for Law Enforcement Structures in AR
Summary statistics are now available for this challenge. Thanks again to everyone who contributed!
FINISHED!! TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for City / Town Halls in IN
This challenge is now complete! Thank you to everyone who contributed!
Chesapeake Bay Activities Newsletter May-June 2021
The USGS provides research and monitoring to better understand and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Our technical reports and journal articles, which we translate into science summaries, provide the findings used by federal, state, and local decisionmakers to inform restoration and conservation decisions. Here are some recent highlights.
July 14, 2021 CDI Monthly Meeting
The July 2021 Monthly Virtual Meeting will feature presentations on FAIR geophysical data and lessons for developing decision support tools.