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USGS Releases Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024, finds US Mineral Production Jumped 4 billion to exceed 105 billion dollars

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USGS Awards Competitive Remote Sensing Grant to AmericaView

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DARPA Announces Winners of Artificial Intelligence Competition to Aid Critical Minerals Assessments

Winning solutions will help the USGS automate key steps in evaluating geologic maps of mineral deposits that are vital to the U.S. Economy

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USGS Releases Spanish Version of National Water Dashboard

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Next Generation Water Observing System Partnership Announcement

Next Generation Water Observing System Partnership Announcement

The U.S. Geological Survey is seeking information from industry, academia, nonprofits, and research institutions on innovative technologies that...

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USGS Releases New Lidar Base Specification

USGS Releases New Lidar Base Specification

The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program (NGP) has released a new version of the USGS Lidar Base Specification (LBS) that defines...

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FY20 U.S. Geological Survey Broad Agency Announcement for 3D Elevation Program Released

FY20 U.S. Geological Survey Broad Agency Announcement for 3D Elevation Program Released

Partnership opportunities for the acquisition of lidar data issued.

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USGS Digital Elevation Models (DEM) Switching to New Distribution Format

USGS Digital Elevation Models (DEM) Switching to New Distribution Format

In support of ongoing efforts to provide efficient, cloud ready, open data formats, the U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program is...

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Low-Level Flights to Image 3D Geology in Northern Arkansas

Low-Level Flights to Image 3D Geology in Northern Arkansas

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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Low-Level Flights to Image 3D Geology in Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana

Low-Level Flights to Image 3D Geology in Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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USGS Seeks National Ground-Water Monitoring Network Proposals for 2020

USGS Seeks National Ground-Water Monitoring Network Proposals for 2020

The U.S. Geological Survey will award up to $2 million in cooperative agreements to support participation in the National Ground-Water Monitoring...

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USGS EDMAP Program – Call for Proposals

USGS EDMAP Program – Call for Proposals

Calling all geoscience faculty conducting research or teaching geologic mapping. The USGS EDMAP Program is accepting funding proposals focusing on...

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New YouTube Lessons on Using 3DEP Data and NHD Topics

New YouTube Lessons on Using 3DEP Data and NHD Topics

Users of The National Map can get more assistance on using products and services with the release of new online, instructional videos.

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Ten Years of Icy Data Show the Flow of Heat from the Arctic Seafloor

Ten Years of Icy Data Show the Flow of Heat from the Arctic Seafloor

In addition to 10 years of data on the flow of heat in the Arctic ocean seafloor, the USGS and Geological Survey of Canada have published an analysis...

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2019 Doug D. Nebert NSDI Champion of the Year Award Nominations Open

2019 Doug D. Nebert NSDI Champion of the Year Award Nominations Open

Calling for nominations to honor outstanding accomplishments to the spatial data infrastructure mission of the Department of Interior.

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2018 Doug D. Nebert NSDI Champion of the Year Award Recipients Announced

2018 Doug D. Nebert NSDI Champion of the Year Award Recipients Announced

The Federal Geographic Data Committee is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2018 Doug D. Nebert National Spatial Data Infrastructure Champion of...

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