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TNMCorps Mapping Challenge Summary Results for Ambulance Points in New Mexico

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge Summary Results for Ambulance Points in New Mexico

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

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

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

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

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EROS 50th History: Responding to Disasters

EROS 50th History: Responding to Disasters

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

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Make Your Benchmark: Join the Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program

Make Your Benchmark: Join the Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program

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...

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

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

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...

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EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA

EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA

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...

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Celebrating a Half-Century at EROS

Celebrating a Half-Century at EROS

A half-century of capturing satellite imagery, teaching interpretation, and discovering new land change science distinguishes the USGS Earth Resource...

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

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

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

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EROS 50th History: Library Provides Mission Support

EROS 50th History: Library Provides Mission Support

Fifty years ago, Don Lee Kulow’s personal remote sensing library laid the foundation for today’s library at the Earth Resources Observation and...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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USGS EROS Celebrates 50 Years of a Mission that Matters

USGS EROS Celebrates 50 Years of a Mission that Matters

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...

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