U.S. Geological Survey The National Map

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U.S. Geological SurveyThe National Map

• Barbara J. Ryan
• Associate Director for Geography

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What are the highlight achievements during the
last six months?

• Geospatial One-Stop linkage.
• Catalog-based viewer for The National Map.
• High-resolution imagery for 46 urban areas to
  support homeland security / emergency management
  needs.
• Partnership presence established or enhanced in
  AR, AZ, CA, DE, HI, ID, KS, LA, MT, TX, UT, WA.
• Cost-benefits analysis for The National Map.

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The National Map High-resolution Imagery
Status 133 Urban Areas Orthoimagery
collected (46 cities) Planned or in work
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The National Map Cost-Benefits Analysis
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What are the milestone achievements for the next
six months?

• Incorporate State requirements and pilot project
  lessons learned into The National Map planning.
• Formalize MOUs with NSGIC, NACo, other groups.
• Leverage grant opportunities of The National Map,
  FGDC, and Geospatial One-Stop.
• Consolidate theme-based portals into an enhanced,
  multi-service Web viewer.
• Effect moves / staff transfers to AL, GA, New
  England, MI, PA, and SC.

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http//nationalmap.usgs.gov
The National Map Web Viewer

• Enhanced viewer will
• Provide a single, multi-service Web viewer.
• Integrate content from diverse data sources.
• Manage the network of partner data and Web
  services.
• Facilitate data viewing and downloading.
• Allow user to generate graphics from the data.

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How does this program coordinate / interact with
other Federal programs?

• Standards and data access (FGDC, Geospatial
  One-Stop).
• High-resolution imagery and critical
  infrastructure data (NIMA, DHS, NORTHCOM).
• Roads and boundary data (Census, DOT).
• Orthoimagery (USDA, BLM, EPA, FEMA).
• Hydrography (EPA, USFS).
• Elevation (NDEP) data (BLM, COE, FEMA, NOAA,
  NRCS, NIMA, NASA, USFS).
• Land cover (NOAA, EPA, USFS, NASA).

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What is the role of States in your program?

• Key source for requirements for The National Map.
  
• Partners to help build and maintain The National
  Map.
• Linkage between Federal agencies and local
  government for coordination.
• Linkage with state legislatures and policy /
  program executives for GIS activities and data
  partnerships.

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How can States benefit from your program?

• Access to seamless imagery, vector, and thematic
  data in the public domain.
• Access to diverse geospatial data sources through
  links to partner Web services.
• Leverage limited State resources with Federal
  investments in geospatial data.
• Partnership opportunities for technical
  development, data integration, and applications
  research.

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Contact Information Regional Geographers

• Eastern
• Pamela R. Malam
• E pmalam_at_usgs.gov
• P 703-648-7414
• Central
• Max M. Ethridge
• E methridge_at_usgs.gov
  
• P 573-308-3800
• Western
• Alan M. Mikuni
• E amikuni_at_usgs.gov
• P 650-329-4254