Publications
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The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Nevada The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Nevada
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the State of Nevada, elevation data are critical for infrastructure and construction management, natural resources conservation, flood risk management, geologic resource assessment and hazard mitigation...
Authors
William J. Carswell
The 3D Elevation Program: summary for West Virginia The 3D Elevation Program: summary for West Virginia
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the State of West Virginia, elevation data are critical for natural resources conservation, flood risk management, forest resources management, infrastructure and construction management, agriculture and...
Authors
William J. Carswell
The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Pennsylvania The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Pennsylvania
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, elevation data are critical for natural resources conservation (including the effects of drilling for oil and natural gas), agriculture and precision farming, flood risk...
Authors
William J. Carswell
The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Iowa The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Iowa
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the State of Iowa, elevation data are critical for agriculture and precision farming, infrastructure and construction management, natural resources conservation, flood risk management, water supply and...
Authors
William J. Carswell
The 3D Elevation Program: summary for New Hampshire The 3D Elevation Program: summary for New Hampshire
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications important to New Hampshire, including flood mitigation, land development, agriculture, transportation planning and design, infrastructure asset inventory and management, and many others. For the State of New Hampshire, elevation data are critical for many business uses such as flood risk management, natural resources...
Authors
William J. Carswell
The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Utah The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Utah
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the State of Utah, elevation data are critical for infrastructure and construction management, natural resources conservation, geologic resource assessment and hazard mitigation, flood risk management...
Authors
William J. Carswell
3D Elevation Program: summary for Nebraska 3D Elevation Program: summary for Nebraska
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the State of Nebraska, elevation data are critical for agriculture and precision farming, natural resources conservation, flood risk management, infrastructure and construction management, geologic...
Authors
William J. Carswell
3D Elevation Program: summary for Vermont 3D Elevation Program: summary for Vermont
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the State of Vermont, elevation data are critical for hazard mitigation, geologic resource assessment, natural resources conservation, agriculture and precision farming, flood risk management...
Authors
William J. Carswell
Scanning and georeferencing historical USGS quadrangles (ver. 2.0, May 2015) Scanning and georeferencing historical USGS quadrangles (ver. 2.0, May 2015)
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geospatial Program is scanning published USGS 1:250,000-scale and larger topographic maps printed between 1884, the inception of the topographic mapping program, and 2006. The goal of this scanning, which started in 2011, is to provide a digital repository of USGS topographic maps, available to the public at no cost. For more than 125 years, the...
Authors
Larry Davis, William J. Carswell
Map projections and reference systems Map projections and reference systems
No abstract available.
Authors
Miljenko Lapaine, E. Usery
The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Michigan The 3D Elevation Program: summary for Michigan
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the State of Michigan, elevation data are critical for agriculture and precision farming, natural resources conservation, flood risk management, water supply and quality, infrastructure and construction...
Authors
William J. Carswell
Specification for the U.S. Geological Survey Historical Topographic Map Collection Specification for the U.S. Geological Survey Historical Topographic Map Collection
This document provides the detailed requirements for producing, archiving, and disseminating a comprehensive digital collection of topographic maps for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC). The HTMC is a digital archive of about 190,000 printed topographic maps published by the USGS from the inception of the topographic mapping program in 1884...
Authors
Gregory Allord, Jennifer Walter, Kristin Fishburn, Gale Shea