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Lidar Point Cloud of USGS Headquarters in Reston, VA
Lidar Point Cloud USGS Headquarters Reston Elevation Symbology
Lidar Point Cloud USGS Headquarters Reston Elevation Symbology
Lidar Point Cloud USGS Headquarters Reston Elevation Symbology

Lidar point cloud image of USGS headquarters building in Reston, VA, shaded by elevation

Transportation layer from a 3/7/19 US Topo map
Transportation layer from a 3/7/19 US Topo map
Transportation layer from a 3/7/19 US Topo map
Transportation layer from a 3/7/19 US Topo map

Selected area from a 3/7/19 US Topo map depicting the transportation features (roads, railroads) in the selection.

Selected area from a 3/7/19 US Topo map depicting the transportation features (roads, railroads) in the selection.

Before-After Image Depicting Transportation-Structures-Orthoimagery on 2019 Dallas US Topo
Image Depicting Transportation-Structures-Orthoimagery on 2019 US Topo
Image Depicting Transportation-Structures-Orthoimagery on 2019 US Topo
Image Depicting Transportation-Structures-Orthoimagery on 2019 US Topo

Image depicting transportation layer (left image) and structures / orthoimage layers (right image) from a selected area of a 2019 US Topo map of Dallas, TX.

Image depicting transportation layer (left image) and structures / orthoimage layers (right image) from a selected area of a 2019 US Topo map of Dallas, TX.

Dark Hollow Falls
Dark Hollow Falls
Dark Hollow Falls
Dark Hollow Falls

Dark Hollow Falls - Shenandoah National Park, VA

Dark Hollow Falls - Shenandoah National Park, VA

Lidar point cloud, zoom in
3DEP, Lidar point cloud, Pre-Hurricane Maria
3DEP, Lidar point cloud, Pre-Hurricane Maria
3DEP, Lidar point cloud, Pre-Hurricane Maria

Figure 2: Zooming in to red rectangle A from figure 1. Points colored by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).

Figure 2: Zooming in to red rectangle A from figure 1. Points colored by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).

Lidar point cloud, Pre-Hurricane PR, rotate and zoom
Lidar point cloud, Pre-Hurricane PR, rotate and zoom
Lidar point cloud, Pre-Hurricane PR, rotate and zoom
Lidar point cloud, Pre-Hurricane PR, rotate and zoom

Figure 3: Zooming in and rotating scene in 3D from figure 2. Points coloer by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).

Figure 3: Zooming in and rotating scene in 3D from figure 2. Points coloer by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).

Research image of Apache Reservation
San Carlos Apache Reservation Drought Research
San Carlos Apache Reservation Drought Research
San Carlos Apache Reservation Drought Research

(A) The Creek Fire perimeter within the San Carlos Apache Reservation in east-central Arizona and (B) the various fuel treatments within the Creek Fire boundary, using the boundary in Wu et al.

(A) The Creek Fire perimeter within the San Carlos Apache Reservation in east-central Arizona and (B) the various fuel treatments within the Creek Fire boundary, using the boundary in Wu et al.

New Jersey Landsat State Mosaic
New Jersey Landsat State Mosaic
New Jersey Landsat State Mosaic
New Jersey Landsat State Mosaic

Modern paleontology began with the 1858 discovery by William Parker Foulke at Haddonfield, New Jersey of the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur called Hadrosaurus.

Capital Trenton

Image Source Landsat 8

Population 9,288,994

Modern paleontology began with the 1858 discovery by William Parker Foulke at Haddonfield, New Jersey of the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur called Hadrosaurus.

Capital Trenton

Image Source Landsat 8

Population 9,288,994

Ohio Landsat State Mosaic
Ohio Landsat State Mosaic
Ohio Landsat State Mosaic
Ohio Landsat State Mosaic

Did you know that nearly 50 percent of the United States population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus, Ohio? Columbus is the state capital and Ohio’s largest city. It is also home to The Ohio State University.

Capital Columbus

Image Source Landsat 8

Did you know that nearly 50 percent of the United States population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus, Ohio? Columbus is the state capital and Ohio’s largest city. It is also home to The Ohio State University.

Capital Columbus

Image Source Landsat 8

Texas Landsat State Mosaic
Texas Landsat State Mosaid
Texas Landsat State Mosaid
Texas Landsat State Mosaid

Six flags have flown over Texas: Spain, France, United Mexican States, Confederate States of America, the Republic of Texas, and the United States of America, with eight changes of government.

Capital Austin

Image Source Landsat 8

Population 29,145,505

Six flags have flown over Texas: Spain, France, United Mexican States, Confederate States of America, the Republic of Texas, and the United States of America, with eight changes of government.

Capital Austin

Image Source Landsat 8

Population 29,145,505

Map of AK showing probability of change occurrence
Map of AK showing probability of change occurrence
Map of AK showing probability of change occurrence
Map of AK showing probability of change occurrence

Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.

Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.

Satellite image of EVT data for the LANDFIRE viewer.
LANDFIRE- Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools
LANDFIRE- Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools
Mt. Kīlauea - July 2018
Mt. Kīlauea - July 2018
Mt. Kīlauea - July 2018
Mt. Kīlauea - July 2018

This image shows a lidar flight done in July 2018 of the Kīlauea volcano after the collapse of the caldera 

This image shows a lidar flight done in July 2018 of the Kīlauea volcano after the collapse of the caldera 

Roof deck picnic table
Roof deck
Roof deck
Roof deck

Roof deck

Roof deck
Roof deck
Roof deck

Roof deck

Survey Analysis via Visual Exploration rock cores
Survey Analysis via Visual Exploration rock cores
Survey Analysis via Visual Exploration rock cores
Kevin Gallagher presentation 3DEP
Kevin T. Gallagher at MAPPS Executive Summit on US lidar coverage
Kevin T. Gallagher at MAPPS Executive Summit on US lidar coverage
Kevin T. Gallagher at MAPPS Executive Summit on US lidar coverage

Kevin T. Gallagher, USGS Associate Director, Core Science Systems, addresses

 Members of the MAPPS Executive Summit on US lidar coverage

Kevin T. Gallagher, USGS Associate Director, Core Science Systems, addresses

 Members of the MAPPS Executive Summit on US lidar coverage

Oil with a taffy-like consistency in a natural seep along a small creek, being poked with a stick to show its gooey nature.
Natural oil seep along Tarwater Creek, San Mateo County, California
Natural oil seep along Tarwater Creek, San Mateo County, California
Natural oil seep along Tarwater Creek, San Mateo County, California

The natural oil seep in this photo is located in Pescadero Creek County Park, where the Canyon Trail crosses Tarwater Creek. The oil is black, has a taffy-like consistency, and smells like motor oil.

The natural oil seep in this photo is located in Pescadero Creek County Park, where the Canyon Trail crosses Tarwater Creek. The oil is black, has a taffy-like consistency, and smells like motor oil.

Simulated flooding, Denver, CO
Simulated flooding, Denver, CO
Simulated flooding, Denver, CO
Simulated flooding, Denver, CO

A 3D Elevation Program lidar point cloud colored by RGB color from imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program and showing simulated flooding (in blue) of an area in Denver, Colorado.

A 3D Elevation Program lidar point cloud colored by RGB color from imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program and showing simulated flooding (in blue) of an area in Denver, Colorado.

In a pasture a white horse is standing in the foreground, in background is an apparatus that pumps oil from the ground.
Oil well pumping unit, Half Moon Bay oil field, California
Oil well pumping unit, Half Moon Bay oil field, California
Oil well pumping unit, Half Moon Bay oil field, California

The Half Moon Bay oil field is one of the oldest oil fields in California and was first developed during the 1880s. Since then, the field has produced an estimated 60,000 barrels of oil from about 19 wells.

The Half Moon Bay oil field is one of the oldest oil fields in California and was first developed during the 1880s. Since then, the field has produced an estimated 60,000 barrels of oil from about 19 wells.