Engage with NGP
National Map Liaisons foster collaborations and partnerships for key initiatives of the National Geospatial Program. They represent the USGS with partners and the public, support topographic data collection, advise and provide training, and assist with emergency response geospatial needs during natural disasters all 50 states and U.S. territories.
Engage with your National Map Liaison to:
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- Learn about The National Map through training videos, workshops, and one-on-one advising.
- Improve The National Map by sharing geospatial data or partnering on topographic data collection.
- Provide feedback on National Map products - from innovative applications to ideas for future enhancements.
- Discover National Map products and applications to create maps, download data, access web map services, and visualize the world in 3D.
- Invite the National Geospatial Program to participate in meetings, conferences, or other events.
Opportunities to Engage
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National Map Training
Learn about The National Map through a variety of informative and how-to training videos.
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Data Collaboration Announcement Portal
The USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP) collaborates with a wide range of partners to share costs of topographic data acquisition in support of collective mission and business requirements. The FY25 3DNTM DCA was released on August 5, 2024. The initial deadline for project submissions was September 13, 2024.
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The National Map Corps
TNMCorps is an online crowdsourcing mapping project with volunteers successfully editing structures in all 50 States and the U.S. Territories. By updating and verifying structures data, volunteers are making significant contributions to USGS National Structures Database, The National Map, and ultimately U.S. Topo Maps! revised July 24, 2024
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Federal Agency Partnerships
Working with Federal agencies on a wide variety of geospatial efforts with a focus on national content for the National Map.
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Domestic Names
Place names within the United States and its dependent areas are available in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and are the responsibility of the Domestic Names Committee (DNC) of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN).
User Engagement Activities
User Engagement Activities
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