National Mapping Information

NEWS

dem3d: Software for Viewing DEM Data (11/19/97)

dem3d is Windows 95 software for viewing USGS Digital Elevation Models (DEM's). The USGS is offering an experimental version to the public for a limited time while additional testing and research are conducted. If favorable responses and results are received, the USGS may make the viewer available as a standard supplement to our DEM's. To download a copy of dem3d, a users manual, and retrieve sample DEM's, visit the dem3d home page.

Landsat 7 Data Prices Announced (10/31/97)

The Federal government has established prices for basic image-data products that will be available from the Landsat 7 Earth-observation satellite scheduled for launch in July 1998.

FEATURES

Get the Picture

The USGS sells National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) photographs. The NAPP collection covers the lower 48 States, and the photographs are retaken approximately every 5 years. Photographs from the NAPP collection can be ordered online so you may wish to get a picture of your home area or perhaps your favorite shoreline recreation area or camp site. These photographs also make great gifts.

SERVICE NOTES

This webserver has a new name: mapping.usgs.gov. The old name, www-nmd.usgs.gov, will continue to work for the foreseeable future.

MAPPING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

• Online Systems:
  Geographic Names Information (GNIS)
  Global Land Information (GLIS)
• National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Clearinghouse
• Online Data: US GeoData
• Map and Other Product Ordering || Map Prices || Map Dealers
• Availability of Selected Products (Status Graphics)

NATIONAL MAPPING PROGRAM

• Strategic Plan
• Mapping Partnership Program
• Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
• National and International Partners and Partnership Projects

GEOSPATIAL DATA STANDARDS

• Data || Data Transfer || Metadata

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

• USGS Learning Web
• Working With Maps (K-12)
• Helping Your Child Learn Geography (K-5)
• Finding Your Way with Map and Compass
• Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
• Mapping Library and Historical Map Archives

REGIONAL MAPPING CENTERS

• EROS Data Center
• Mapping Applications Center
• Mid-Continent Mapping Center
• Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
• Western Mapping Center

CONNECTIONS

• USGS Earth Science Information Center

• USGS Employee Locator
• Dept. of the Interior (DOI)
• Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)

• USGS National Geologic Map Database