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The National Map Corps February 2016 Newsletter (Vol. 2, Issue 1) is now available. 

New US Topo maps for Iowa and Kansas are now available in the USGS Store for free download. The new maps of these Midwestern states feature the...

A deadly fungus causing population crashes in wild European salamanders could emerge in the United States and threaten already declining amphibians...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A new digital geologic map of Alaska is being released today providing land users, managers and scientists geologic information...

The USGS US Topo map program has entered its third, three-year cycle of revising and updating the digital US Topo maps. To start this new cycle, the...

A newly published, three-volume “Remote Sensing Handbook” is a comprehensive coverage of all remote sensing topics written by over 300 leading global...

The National Map Corps December 2015 Newsletter (Vol. 1, Issue 8) is now available. 

With the release of new US Topo maps for Illinois and South Dakota, the USGS has completed the second, three-year cycle of revising and updating...

Using crowdsourcing techniques, the USGS project known as The National Map Corps (TNMCorps) encourages volunteer “citizen scientists” to collect...

Volunteers are being recognized and earning custom badges for making significant contributions to the U.S. Geological Survey's ability to provide...