Maps and Mapping

Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Idaho and Montana

apdemas@usgs.gov — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:00:00 EDT

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated.

Biden-Harris Administration & New York State Geological Survey invest $500,000 to map geology in northwestern New York

apdemas@usgs.gov — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:00:00 EDT

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey will invest $500,000 to map geology and critical mineral resources in New York in partnership with the New York State Geological Survey.

Media Alert: Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Northwestern New York

apdemas@usgs.gov — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:00:00 EDT

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated.

NEW TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for Schools in Utah!

eanderson@usgs.gov — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:42:10 EDT

We’ve knocked out New Mexico and are moving northwest to Utah for our next challenge! Just in time for fall, this challenge is focused on school points with no edit history. As always, it’s likely you’ll encounter some points that still might need to be peer reviewed or advanced edited, but don’t forget to also check for missing schools and delete any points representing schools which have closed!

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge Summary Results for Ambulance Points in New Mexico

eanderson@usgs.gov — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:55:21 EDT

Summary statistics are now available for this challenge. Thanks again to everyone who contributed!

FINISHED!! TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for Ambulances Without an Edit History in New Mexico

eanderson@usgs.gov — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:32:14 EDT

This challenge is now complete! Thanks to everyone who contributed!

A new management framework to balance competing species’ conservation needs

edietrich@usgs.gov — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:57:46 EDT

Conservation practitioners and restoration managers are often faced with the difficult decision of which species and ecosystems to prioritize during conservation. To aid managers in decision making, FORT researchers developed a novel framework that determines where restoration would be most effective in achieving multi-species benefits across ecosystems.

EROS 50th History: Responding to Disasters

alloyd@contractor.usgs.gov — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:00:00 EDT

Landsat satellites captured vivid imagery of the massive fires blazing across Canada earlier this year: orange flames, ugly burn scars, thick smoke.

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center was ready to share relevant images and data as quickly as possible to agencies responding to the fires.

Make Your Benchmark: Join the Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program

apdemas@usgs.gov — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 03:00:00 EDT

For more than 144 years, the USGS has built its reputation on providing the finest Earth science regarding the United States for decision-makers, land managers and the public. From bedrock foundational science to cutting-edge innovations, USGS scientists have been at the forefront of research into the environment, natural resources, natural hazards and mapping needs of the country.

Mapping Challenge Update (09/07/23): Ambulances in New Mexico

eanderson@usgs.gov — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:51:13 EDT

Great job working through these challenging points! Not too many ambulances without an edit history left in New Mexico though, so we'll be closing this challenge out soon. Thanks a ton!

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Support Critical Minerals, Hurricane Resiliency Through New Federal-State Mapping Efforts in Alabama and Florida

apdemas@usgs.gov — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:00:00 EDT

RESTON, Va. — The USGS will invest more than $5 million to map both critical minerals and mineral resources important to hurricane resiliency in Alabama and Florida in partnership with the Geological Survey of Alabama and the Florida Geological Survey.

USGS-Designed Tool Revolutionizes Seafloor Mapping

ppearsall@usgs.gov — Fri, 8 Sep 2023 18:55:14 EDT

Researchers at the USGS Pacific and St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Centers have developed new technology that provides imagery of complex three-dimensional seafloor features with unprecedented accuracy and geolocation.

USGS announces elevation and hydrography data acquisition partnership opportunities.

granderson@usgs.gov — Thu, 7 Sep 2023 15:41:17 EDT

The U.S. Geological Survey issued a 3D National Topography Model Data Collaboration Announcement for funding partnership opportunities for elevation and hydrography data acquisition.

EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA

jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov — Tue, 5 Sep 2023 09:27:10 EDT

Inspired by early images of the Earth from space, the Department of the Interior and the USGS had a bold idea in the 1960s to launch a satellite to keep a constant eye on Earth. But they needed NASA’s help to pull it off.

Celebrating a Half-Century at EROS

jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov — Fri, 1 Sep 2023 09:18:32 EDT

A half-century of capturing satellite imagery, teaching interpretation, and discovering new land change science distinguishes the USGS Earth Resource and Observation Science (EROS) Center. Celebrate 50 years of data and science with our newly published 50th anniversary website, complete with videos, timelines, articles, podcast episodes, and more!

Mapping Challenge Update (08/31/23): Ambulances in New Mexico

eanderson@usgs.gov — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:25:12 EDT

Not too many ambulance points in New Mexico left to go, thanks for keeping this going! TNMCorps volunteers rock!

USGS Student Intern Amber Kremer Wins AmeriGEO Individual Excellence Award

djgoode@usgs.gov — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:11:26 EDT

At the Closing Ceremony of AmeriGEO Week 2023, held August 7-12 at the University of Costa Rica, USGS Office of International Programs Student Intern Amber Kremer received AmeriGEO’s Individual Excellence Award.

EROS 50th History: Library Provides Mission Support

jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:50:11 EDT

Fifty years ago, Don Lee Kulow’s personal remote sensing library laid the foundation for today’s library at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

New Map Demonstrates Hurricane Ian’s Potential Spread of Non-native Aquatic Species

kkovacs@usgs.gov — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:57:24 EDT

USGS has released the final Flood and Storm Tracker (FaST) map for Hurricane Ian.

New USGS National Map data reveals the Potomac River’s submerged topography

granderson@usgs.gov — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 12:58:10 EDT

The U.S. Geological Survey recently published a new topobathymetric lidar dataset for the Potomac River as part of its 3D Elevation Program (3DEP).

Mapping Challenge Update (08/24/23): Ambulances in New Mexico

eanderson@usgs.gov — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:24:25 EDT

Great job tackling these challenging ambulance features in New Mexico! As always, our TNMCorps volunteers are off to a stellar start. Don't forget to check for ambulance services which might not yet be represented on the map!

Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Southwestern Colorado

apdemas@usgs.gov — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:00:00 EDT

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated.

USGS EROS Celebrates 50 Years of a Mission that Matters

jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:09:00 EDT

Fifty years ago, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) brought people together to work in a new government facility surrounded by South Dakota farm fields. The mission: act as stewards for land remote sensing imagery, especially the scenes collected by the fledgling Landsat satellite, and help people around the world make sense of it to benefit themselves and the planet.

EROS 50th History: Building Relationships Through International Training

alloyd@contractor.usgs.gov — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:38:00 EDT

A few months ago, a group of scientists from the Czech Republic arrived at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center to learn more about using remote sensing satellite data to analyze forest fires.

NEW TNMCorps Mapping Challenge for Ambulances in New Mexico!

eanderson@usgs.gov — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:19:39 EDT

We’ve identified one last structure in New Mexico of which there are quite a few no-edit-history points – ambulance services! These are one of the more difficult structures to verify since ambulance services tend to come and go fairly often and can be challenging to research, but we know the TNMCorps volunteers are up to the task!

Australia, Canada and US Unify Critical Minerals Data

apdemas@usgs.gov — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:47:01 EDT

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a compilation of national-scale geological, geophysical and mineral resource datasets from Australia, Canada and the US through a collaboration between the three countries’ federal geological surveys.

TRAILS User Guide is available online.

psexton@contractor.usgs.gov — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:58:54 EDT

Trail Routing, Analysis, and Information Linkage System (TRAILS) User Guide is coming as a direct link in the application.

EROS 50th History: Helping the World Through Science

jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:27:59 EDT

Millions of people in the United States and billions around the world live unaware that employees of a far-off USGS facility surrounded by South Dakota farm fields are working every day, in many different ways, to help improve their lives—and have been for decades.

EROS 50th History: Computers at the Center

alloyd@contractor.usgs.gov — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:47:38 EDT

At an average 64 gigabytes, the smartphone in your pocket or purse has 1 million times more storage than the first computer used by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center: a 60 kilobyte IBM 360-30.

As USGS EROS Turns 50, Director Embraces Future

jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 04:30:35 EDT

Dr. Pete Doucette came to the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in 2019 from the USGS in Reston, Virginia, to lead the Integrated Science and Applications Branch—and, he suspects, to “shake things up a little bit.”