Erin Korris
Erin Korris is a supervisory geographer at the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC). She manages the National Structures Dataset (NSD) and is the lead for the crowdsourcing project The National Map Corps (TNMCorps).
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The National Map Corps—Federal Emergency Management Agency and Oak Ridge National Laboratory pilot project report The National Map Corps—Federal Emergency Management Agency and Oak Ridge National Laboratory pilot project report
This report provides an overview of the U.S. Geological Survey National Map Corps —Federal Emergency Management Agency and Oak Ridge National Laboratory pilot project in St. James Parish, Louisiana, that began in February 2024 and ended at the end of March 2024. The project used the power of The National Map Corps’ volunteer community to improve building classifications in the original...
Authors
Tatyana Dimascio, Greg Matthews, Erin Korris
Crowdsourcing The National Map Crowdsourcing The National Map
Using crowdsourcing techniques, the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) project known as “The National Map Corps (TNMCorps)” encourages citizen scientists to collect and edit data about man-made structures in an effort to provide accurate and authoritative map data for the USGS National Geospatial Program’s web-based The National Map. VGI is not new to...
Authors
Elizabeth McCartney, Kari Craun, Erin Korris, David Brostuen, Laurence Moore
Structures data collection for the national map using volunteered geographic information Structures data collection for the national map using volunteered geographic information
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has historically sponsored volunteered data collection projects to enhance its topographic paper and digital map products. This report describes one phase of an ongoing project to encourage volunteers to contribute data to The National Map using online editing tools. The USGS recruited students studying geographic information systems (GIS) at the...
Authors
Barbara Poore, Eric Wolf, Erin Korris, Jennifer Walter, Greg Matthews
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Science and Products
The National Map Corps—Federal Emergency Management Agency and Oak Ridge National Laboratory pilot project report The National Map Corps—Federal Emergency Management Agency and Oak Ridge National Laboratory pilot project report
This report provides an overview of the U.S. Geological Survey National Map Corps —Federal Emergency Management Agency and Oak Ridge National Laboratory pilot project in St. James Parish, Louisiana, that began in February 2024 and ended at the end of March 2024. The project used the power of The National Map Corps’ volunteer community to improve building classifications in the original...
Authors
Tatyana Dimascio, Greg Matthews, Erin Korris
Crowdsourcing The National Map Crowdsourcing The National Map
Using crowdsourcing techniques, the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) project known as “The National Map Corps (TNMCorps)” encourages citizen scientists to collect and edit data about man-made structures in an effort to provide accurate and authoritative map data for the USGS National Geospatial Program’s web-based The National Map. VGI is not new to...
Authors
Elizabeth McCartney, Kari Craun, Erin Korris, David Brostuen, Laurence Moore
Structures data collection for the national map using volunteered geographic information Structures data collection for the national map using volunteered geographic information
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has historically sponsored volunteered data collection projects to enhance its topographic paper and digital map products. This report describes one phase of an ongoing project to encourage volunteers to contribute data to The National Map using online editing tools. The USGS recruited students studying geographic information systems (GIS) at the...
Authors
Barbara Poore, Eric Wolf, Erin Korris, Jennifer Walter, Greg Matthews
Filter Total Items: 25