Abstract:
The National Map viewer is the USGS's geographic information system (GIS) application which is designed to provide easy access to geospatial information. The viewer is a Web-enabled portal to all of the geospatial information contained in The National Map. This portal not only supports on-line access to the geospatial information, but also allows the download of digital data and creation of ... cartographic products.
The National Map
The National Map provides public domain core geographic data about the United States and its territories that other agencies can extend, enhance, and reference as they concentrate on maintaining other data that are unique to their needs. The National Map will be a foundation of information to which the private sector can contribute core feature content and to which proprietary datasets can be linked to provide access to higher resolution data, additional (non-base) features, and enriched attribute information. The National Map will promote cost effectiveness by minimizing the need to find, develop, integrate, and maintain geographic base data each time they are needed.
The National Map will provide data and operational capabilities that include the following:
1. High-resolution digital orthorectified imagery from aerial photographs or satellite imagery that will provide some of the feature information now symbolized on topographic maps.
2. High-resolution surface elevation data including bathymetry to derive contours for primary series topographic maps and to support Earth surface modeling and the production of accurate orthorectified imagery.
3. Vector feature data for hydrography (rivers and water bodies), transportation (roads, railways, and waterways), structures, government unit boundaries, and publicly-owned lands boundaries.
4. Geographic names for physical and cultural features to support the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and other names such as for highways and streets.
5. Land cover data that classify the land surface into categories such as open water and high-density residential.
The National Map is a new perspective on geographic base information. By sharing its vision, the USGS affirms its dedication to refocusing and reinvigorating its efforts to meet the Nation's needs for this critical information. The USGS will consolidate and redefine its component mapping activities and seek creative partnerships to ensure that current, complete, consistent, and accurate information is available and useful to the Nation. It will take sustained commitment to achieve the full goals of The National Map vision. In the near future, the USGS and its partners will concentrate on improving data and map content and currentness for high priority areas, with emphasis on building long-term partnerships, and on improving data access and dissemination capabilities.
Description:
The GNIS provides names data to government agencies and to the public, provides the Geographic Names data layers to The National Map, and is the source for the gazetteer (Find Place) search in The National Map viewer. Web map and features services for names data also are available.
Access Constraints
MS Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher Netscape 4.7, 6.1 or higher Mozilla 1.3 or higher
Requires a minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels to display properly. Higher screen resolutions are recommended. The application is best viewed at a screen resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels.
Name:
STANLEY
L.
PONCE
Fax:
303-202-4742
Email:
sponce at usgs.gov
Contact Address:
USGS CR -- DO
Box 25046, Denver Federal Center Mail Stop 150 City:
Denver
Province or State:
CO
Postal Code:
80225-0046
Country:
USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media:
Online
Fees:
No fees
Personnel
TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role:
SERF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Sorlien, C.C., B.P. Luyendyk, D.S. Wilson, R.C. Decesari, L.R. Bartek, and J.B. Diebold, 2007. Oligocene development of the West Antarctic ice sheet recorded in eastern Ross Sea strata, Geology v.35(5): p.467-470.
Decesari, R.C., 2006. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic depositional, structural, and tectonic evolution of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, University of California, Santa Barbara, PhD thesis: p.232.
Decesari, R.C., C.C. Sorlien, B.P. Luyendyk, D.S. Wilson, L. Bartek, J. Diebold, and S.E. Hopkins, 2007. Regional seismic stratigraphic correlations of the Ross Sea: Implications for the tectonic history of ... the West Antarctic Rift System (USGS Open File Report 2007-1047, Short Research Paper 052), Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Short Research Paper 52: p..
Boyd, L.W., L.R. Bartek, B.P. Luyendyk and D.S. Wilson, 2007. Contrasting Sub-Ice Shelf, Sub Glacial and Glacial Marine Deposition: Implications for Ice Shelf Stability, Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Extended Abstract 152: p..
Decesari, R.C., D.S. Wilson, B.P. Luyendyk, and M. Faulkner, 2007. Cretaceous and Tertiary extension throughout the Ross Sea, Antarctica, Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Short Research Paper 98: p..
Loth, A.S., L.R. Bartek, B.P. Luyendyk, D. Wilson and C. Sorlien, 2007. Scale of subglacial to sub-ice shelf facies variability, Eastern Basin-Ross Sea, Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A. K. Cooper and C. R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Extended Abstract 200: p..
Luyendyk, B.P., D.S. Wilson, and C.S. Siddoway, 2003. Eastern margin of the Ross Sea Rift in western Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Crustal structure and tectonic development, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems v.4: p.1090.
Sorlien, C.C., D.S. Wilson, B.P. Luyendyk, L.R. Bartek, R.C. Decesari, and J.B. Diebold, 2007. Buried Oligocene glacial topography beneath a smooth middle Miocene unconformity in the southeast Ross Sea: Evolution of West Antarctic glaciation, Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World â Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES, edited by A.K. Cooper and C.R. Raymond et al. v.USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Extended Abstract 099: p..
Wilson, D.S., and B.P. Luyendyk, 2006. Bedrock platforms within the Ross Embayment, West Antarctica: Hypotheses for ice sheet history, wave erosion, Cenozoic extension, and thermal subsidence, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems v.7: p..
Boyd, L., 2008. Contrasting sub-ice shelf, subglacial and glaciomarine sedimentation at the Ross Ice Shelf: Implications for the glacial history of the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, MS thesis: p..
Loth, A., 2009. Seismic Stratigraphic Record of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Fluctuations within the Eastern Basin of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, MS thesis: p..
Viator, P., 2009. Evolution the East Antarctic Ice Sheet: A Record from the Seismic Stratigraphy of the C-19 Site, Ross Sea, Antarctica, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, MS thesis: p..
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date:
2003-04-02
SERF Last Revision Date:
2012-10-17
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