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Collaboration in a Disaster
To illustrate the USGS and FEMA working together in the 2016 Louisiana flood response, the agency has released an interactive Story Map.
USGS Awards $4.9 Million to Advance the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System on West Coast
The U.S. Geological Survey awarded approximately $4.9 million this week to six universities and a university-governed non-profit, to support transitioning the west coast “ShakeAlert” earthquake early warning system into a production system.
Mapping Challenge: Illinois Schools
The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify geographic information related to education structures in Illinois.
Mapping Challenge: Illinois Schools
The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify geographic information related to education structures in Illinois.
USGS Assesses Billions of Potential Potash Resources in Ukraine
The Dnieper-Donets Basin of Ukraine could contain an estimated 4.3 billion tons of undiscovered potassium-bearing salt according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey assessment. In addition, previous estimates show that the nearby Pripyat Basin of Belarus could contain 80–200 billion metric tons of undiscovered potash resources.
Mapping Public Lands in the United States
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 3D Elevation Program and America's Infrastructure
The USGS is seeing a dramatic increase in the use of 3D geospatial data for infrastructure planning, modeling and construction
USGS Releases New JavaScript Library to Create Location Search Widgets for Web Applications
The U.S. Geological Survey Search API is a custom JavaScript library useful for creating a location search widget in a webpage, typically in conjunction with a web map. The widget connects to a database created for the API, or Application-Programming Interface, to quickly find and suggest locations as the user enters text to navigate to areas of interest.
USGS Program Funds and Trains the Next Generation of Geologic Mappers
As part of the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, EDMAP is supporting upcoming geologic mappers by providing invalubable experience and matching-funds grants.
Alaska Mapping Update
The USGS continues to collect high resolution elevation data, contributing to greatly improved Alaska map data
Challenge Accepted
USGS crowd-sourcing project volunteers have updated more than 1,200 Post Office locations and data in Illinois
USGS Now Archiving, Redistributing Indian Resourcesat Data
Resourcesat data that are important for understanding changes associated with agriculture, forestry, phenology, and other applications are now available in the USGS archive.