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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 should be considered for inclusion in the USGS Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS).
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 deliverables for nationally consistent lidar data acquisitions.
FY20 U.S. Geological Survey Broad Agency Announcement for 3D Elevation Program Released
Partnership opportunities for the acquisition of lidar data issued.
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 announcing plans to migrate its 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) Digital Elevation Models (DEM) to a new data delivery format called Cloud Optimized Geotiff (COG) during the first half of fiscal year 2020.
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 project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated.
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 project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated.
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 Network (NGWMN).
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 geologic mapping to support upper-level undergraduate and graduate students at their colleges or universities.
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.
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 of that data using modern seismic data.
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.
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 the Year Award.