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The National Map product and services directory The National Map product and services directory
As one of the cornerstones of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program (NGP), The National Map is a collaborative effort among the USGS and other Federal, state, and local partners to improve and deliver topographic information for the Nation. It has many uses ranging from recreation to scientific analysis to emergency response. The National Map is easily...
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Mark R. Newell
Ontological foundations of transportation data for the National Map (USA) Ontological foundations of transportation data for the National Map (USA)
No abstract available.
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Dalia E. Varanka
EL68D Wasteway Watershed Land-Cover Generation EL68D Wasteway Watershed Land-Cover Generation
Classification of land cover from Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) for the EL68D Wasteway Watershed in the State of Washington is documented. The procedures for classification include use of two ETM+ scenes in a simultaneous unsupervised classification process supported by extensive field data collection using Global Positioning System receivers and digital photos. The...
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Sheila Ruhl, E. Lynn Usery, Michael P. Finn
The National Geospatial Program The National Geospatial Program
No abstract available.
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R.G. Fegeas
Report of the First National Lidar Initiative Meeting, February 14-16, Reston, Va. Report of the First National Lidar Initiative Meeting, February 14-16, Reston, Va.
The first National Lidar Initiative meeting was held on February 14-16, 2007 at the USGS National Center in Reston, Virginia. This meeting was a successor to a meeting held September 12, 2006 of several agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Association of American State Geologists (AASG), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). During the 2006...
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Jason M. Stoker, Jay Parrish, David Gisclair, David Harding, Ralph Haugerud, Martin Flood, Hans-Erik Andersen, Karen Schuckman, David Maune, Paul Rooney, Kirk Waters, Ayman Habib, Eddie Wiggins, Bryon Ellingson, Benjamin M. Jones, Steve Nechero, Amar Nayegandhi, Tim Saultz, George Lee
USGS Information Technology Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2007-2011 USGS Information Technology Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2007-2011
Introduction: The acquisition, management, communication, and long-term stewardship of natural science data, information, and knowledge are fundamental mission responsibilities of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). USGS scientists collect, maintain, and exchange raw scientific data and interpret and analyze it to produce a wide variety of science-based products. Managers throughout the...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
An interface between the Agricultural Non-Point Source (AGNPS) pollution model and the ERDAS Imagine Geographic Information System (GIS) An interface between the Agricultural Non-Point Source (AGNPS) pollution model and the ERDAS Imagine Geographic Information System (GIS)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture developed the Agricultural Non-Point Source (AGNPS) pollution model. The AGNPS pollution model simulates the behavior of runoff, sediment, and nutrient transport from watersheds that have agriculture as their prime use. This model has been used extensively by scientists conducting hydrologic or water quality analyses using computer modeling in an...
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Michael P. Finn, E. Lynn Usery, Douglas J. Scheidt, Gregory M. Jaromack, Timothy D. Krupinski
The manly map: the English construction of gender in early modern cartography The manly map: the English construction of gender in early modern cartography
Questions of gender in cartography most often focus on the sex of people involved in the cartographic process. These areas of research include the history of women cartographers (Tyner 1997: 46; Ritzlin 1989: 5; Hudson 1989: 29), the cartography of issues centered on women (Seager and Olson 1986; Seager et al. 1997; Rocheleau et al. 1995: 62), and women in the cartographic labor force...
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Dalia E. Varanka
Emergency assessment of potential debris-flow peak discharges, Coal Seam fire, Colorado Emergency assessment of potential debris-flow peak discharges, Coal Seam fire, Colorado
These maps present the results of assessments of peak discharges that can potentially be generated by debris flows issuing from the basins burned by the Coal Seam fire of June and July 2002, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The maps are based on a regression model for debris-flow peak discharge normalized by average storm intensity as a function of basin gradient and burned extent, and...
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Susan H. Cannon, John A. Michael, Joseph E. Gartner, Alan H. Rea, Steven P. Garcia