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The USGS has science based work that often requires the comparison of two geographic areas over time. Though scientific data is critical to understanding changes over time, visually seeing those changes is a powerful tool in support of that data. 

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TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD 02/20/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD 02/20/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 02/12/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 02/12/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in AR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in AR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in AR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in AR as of 02/20/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: Schools in AR as of 02/20/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT 01/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT 01/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Idaho
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Idaho
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Idaho
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in ID as of 02/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in ID as of 02/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD 02/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MT, ND, & SD 02/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 01/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 01/23/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 01/30/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 01/30/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 02/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 02/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT 01/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT 01/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT 01/06/2020

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT 01/06/2020

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 01/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 01/06/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 01/16/2020
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in WA & OR 01/16/2020
Landsat 8 image of California wildfires
Paradise, CA - Landsat 8
Paradise, CA - Landsat 8
California Wildfires
California Wildfires
Landsat 8 image of California wildfires
Paradise, CA - Landsat 8
Paradise, CA - Landsat 8
California Wildfires

Satellites have captured views of the numerous major fires burning in California.

An image acquired on November 9, 2018, from NASA’s MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite shows smoke pouring out of two major fires, the Camp Fire and the Woolsey Fire, which both ignited the day before.

Landsat 8 image of California wildfires
Paradise, CA - Landsat 8
Paradise, CA - Landsat 8

Satellites have captured views of the numerous major fires burning in California.

An image acquired on November 9, 2018, from NASA’s MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite shows smoke pouring out of two major fires, the Camp Fire and the Woolsey Fire, which both ignited the day before.

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT 12/18/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT 12/18/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM and UT
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT 12/18/19

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in AZ, NM, & UT as of 12/18/19 

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 12/12/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 12/12/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 12/18/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 12/18/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Ohio and West Virginia
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Ohio and West Virginia
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Ohio and West Virginia
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in OH & WV as of 12/12/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in OH & WV as of 12/12/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Ohio and West Virginia
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Ohio and West Virginia
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Ohio and West Virginia
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in OH & WV as of 12/12/19

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in OH & WV as of 12/12/19 

Landsat 8 satellite image of Philippines after Typhoon Kammuri
Landsat 8 image of Manila Bay - December 6, 2019
Landsat 8 image of Manila Bay - December 6, 2019
Kammuri Strikes the Philippines
Kammuri Strikes the Philippines
Landsat 8 satellite image of Philippines after Typhoon Kammuri
Landsat 8 image of Manila Bay - December 6, 2019
Landsat 8 image of Manila Bay - December 6, 2019
Kammuri Strikes the Philippines

Tropical storm season in the Pacific tends to be most dangerous from June to October, but serious storms do not always respect a schedule.

Landsat 8 satellite image of Philippines after Typhoon Kammuri
Landsat 8 image of Manila Bay - December 6, 2019
Landsat 8 image of Manila Bay - December 6, 2019

Tropical storm season in the Pacific tends to be most dangerous from June to October, but serious storms do not always respect a schedule.

National Land Cover Database impervious descriptor layer for Dallas-Ft. Worth area
Dallas-Ft. Worth - NLCD 2016 Impervious Descriptor layer
Dallas-Ft. Worth - NLCD 2016 Impervious Descriptor layer
Mapping Roadways at Landsat Scale
Mapping Roadways at Landsat Scale
National Land Cover Database impervious descriptor layer for Dallas-Ft. Worth area
Dallas-Ft. Worth - NLCD 2016 Impervious Descriptor layer
Dallas-Ft. Worth - NLCD 2016 Impervious Descriptor layer
Mapping Roadways at Landsat Scale

A satellite flying over this area northwest of Dallas, TX will capture a wide variety of urban and rural activity. The 80-odd square miles seen in the Landsat image on the left includes airports, dense urban centers, suburban and exurban neighborhoods, manufacturing and distribution centers, oil and gas production sites, lakes, forests, wetlands and more.

National Land Cover Database impervious descriptor layer for Dallas-Ft. Worth area
Dallas-Ft. Worth - NLCD 2016 Impervious Descriptor layer
Dallas-Ft. Worth - NLCD 2016 Impervious Descriptor layer

A satellite flying over this area northwest of Dallas, TX will capture a wide variety of urban and rural activity. The 80-odd square miles seen in the Landsat image on the left includes airports, dense urban centers, suburban and exurban neighborhoods, manufacturing and distribution centers, oil and gas production sites, lakes, forests, wetlands and more.

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 11/21/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 11/21/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in Michigan
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 12/05/19
TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in MI as of 12/05/19