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National Geospatial Technical Operations Center

The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC) provides leadership and world-class technical expertise in the acquisition and management of trusted geospatial data, services, and map products for the Nation. NGTOC supports The National Map as part of the National Geospatial Program (NGP). 

The National Map

Lookout Mountain and the Tennessee River, Chattanooga, TN

The National Map is a collaborative effort among the USGS and partners to improve and deliver topographic information for the Nation. The NGTOC creates, maintains and publishes the products and services of The National Map.

Products & Services

The National Map Training Videos

Participant in LCMAP workshop looks at computer screen

The National Geospatial Program has released a series of “how to” videos for people who are working with The National Map data and services.  The videos show how to use the services and interfaces to access data and tools.

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News

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NEW TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for Schools in Utah!

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TNMCorps Mapping Challenge Summary Results for Ambulance Points in New Mexico

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FINISHED!! TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for Ambulances Without an Edit History in New Mexico

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Publications

A guide to creating an effective big data management framework

Many agencies and organizations, such as the U.S. Geological Survey, handle massive geospatial datasets and their auxiliary data and are thus faced with challenges in storing data and ingesting it, transferring it between internal programs, and egressing it to external entities. As a result, these agencies and organizations may inadvertently devote unnecessary time and money to convey data without
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Samantha Arundel, Kevin G McKeehan, Bryan B Campbell, Andrew N. Bulen, Philip T. Thiem
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Geospatial Program, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS), National Geospatial Technical Operations Center

Comparing line feature morphology with scale specific sinuosity distributions: A modified earth mover’s distance

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Barry J. Kronenfeld, Barbara Buttenfield, Ethan J. Shavers, Larry Stanislawski
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Geospatial Program, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS), National Geospatial Technical Operations Center

The accuracy and consistency of 3D Elevation Program data: A systematic analysis

The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) has created partnership opportunities to increase the collection of high-resolution elevation data across the United States, eventually leading to complete coverage of high-resolution, three-dimensional (3D) information from light detection and ranging (lidar) data across the entire country (interferometric synthetic aperture radar in Alaska). While 3DEP data are co
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Jason M. Stoker, Barry Miller
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National Geospatial Program, 3D Elevation Program, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
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