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TNMCorps Newsletter - September 2017

TNMCorps Newsletter - September 2017

The National Map Corps September 2017 Newsletter (Vol. 3, Issue 5) is now available. 

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3DEP Data Acquisition Opportunity - FY17/18 Broad Agency Announcement

3DEP Data Acquisition Opportunity - FY17/18 Broad Agency Announcement

Call for elevation project funding proposals and requests issued.

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Collaboration in a Disaster

Collaboration in a Disaster

To illustrate the USGS and FEMA working together in the 2016 Louisiana flood response, the agency has released an interactive Story Map.

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Mapping Challenge: Illinois Schools

Mapping Challenge: Illinois Schools

The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify geographic information related to education structures in Illinois.

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Mapping Challenge: Illinois Schools

Mapping Challenge: Illinois Schools

The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify geographic information related to education structures in Illinois.

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Mapping Public Lands in the United States

Mapping Public Lands in the United States

The Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) is the official inventory of public parks and other protected areas in all U.S. states and...

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The 3D Elevation Program and America's Infrastructure

The 3D Elevation Program and America's Infrastructure

The USGS is seeing a dramatic increase in the use of 3D geospatial data for infrastructure planning, modeling and construction

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Exploring the Nation's waterways through the National Hydrography Dataset Plus

Exploring the Nation's waterways through the National Hydrography Dataset Plus

Interested in finding a good river to float down this hot summer? Or a favorite fishing hole? Ever wonder where those blue lines mapping the rivers...

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Volunteering to Map the Nation

Volunteering to Map the Nation

As the USGS continues to celebrate “Mapping Month”, we again promote noteworthy contributors to The National Map Corps “crowdsourcing” project.

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Alaska Mapping Update

Alaska Mapping Update

The USGS continues to collect high resolution elevation data, contributing to greatly improved Alaska map data

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Challenge Accepted

Challenge Accepted

USGS crowd-sourcing project volunteers have updated more than 1,200 Post Office locations and data in Illinois

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Landslide Assistance from the Air

Landslide Assistance from the Air

The USGS uses cutting edge technologies to investigate and forecast landslides and other natural hazards.

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