U.S. Geological Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey is requesting public comment on candidate replacements for geographic feature names recently declared derogatory by the Department of Interior Secretary.
The US Department of the Interior has established new administrative bodies to replace derogatory geographic feature names.
How to create customized geospatial PDFs with layer controls.
Don’t visit these Dane County locations if you’re hoping to fill up your tank or get a cappuccino.
Don’t visit these Dane County locations if you’re hoping to fill up your tank or get a cappuccino.
You can use historic maps and a simple app to explore the past using your smartphone.
The Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) plans to close its map sales office on December 30, 2019. Users of USGS topographic maps should use this as an opportunity to switch to the newer “US Topos” that have replaced the USGS’s legacy paper topographic maps.
This document provides an overview of geospatial PDFs and their basic features, as well as some of the tools available to interact with these files, using USGS US Topos as a case study. 2nd edition, published in 2019.
Sources of Wisconsin elevation data derived primarily from LiDAR.
Historically, satellite observations of the Earth’s atmosphere, land, and oceans have been acquired via satellites operated by federal agencies and space programs. Commercial sources are increasingly available and can supply very high resolution imagery to users for a fee. Both real-time and archived data are available from a variety of public sources.
