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Calling all Earth Science professors conducting research or teaching geologic mapping. The USGS EDMAP Program is accepting funding proposals focusing on geologic mapping to support upper-level undergraduate and graduate students at their colleges or universities.

The National Map Corps September 2017 Newsletter (Vol. 3, Issue 5) is now available. 

Call for elevation project funding proposals and requests issued.

To illustrate the USGS and FEMA working together in the 2016 Louisiana flood response, the agency has released an interactive Story Map.

The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify geographic information related to education structures in Illinois.

The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify geographic information related to education structures in Illinois.

Keep tabs on wildfire activity via this U.S. Geological Survey website, GeoMAC.

The Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) is the official inventory of public parks and other protected areas in all U.S. states and territories.

The USGS is seeing a dramatic increase in the use of 3D geospatial data for infrastructure planning, modeling and construction

Interested in finding a good river to float down this hot summer? Or a favorite fishing hole? Ever wonder where those blue lines mapping the rivers, streams and lakes on the US Topo and other maps come from?

As the USGS continues to celebrate “Mapping Month”, we again promote noteworthy contributors to The National Map Corps “crowdsourcing” project.