USGS Geography Fact Sheets

The Geography Discipline provides printed and digital information on mapping and the sciences involved in creating map products.

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			Aerial Photography Summary Record System (FS-220-96) (08/1998)
			Cartographic Services Contract (FS-066-03) (07/2003)
			Commemorative Naming in the United States (FS-158-99) (11/1999)
			Commercial Remote Sensing Data Contract (FS-2005-3010) (1/2005)
			Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photographs (FS-090-96) (02/1998)
			Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (FS-057-01) (05/2001)
			Earth Explorer (FS-083-00) (06/2000)
			Earth Observing-1 Extended Mission (FS-2005-3060) (03/2005)
			Explore The Virtual Side of Earth Science (FS-106-98) (09/1998)
			Finding Your Way with Map and Compass (FS-035-01) (03/2001)
			Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program (FS-049-03) (05/2003)
			Geographic Names Information System (FS-127-95) (08/1998)
			Geographic Research at Lake Tahoe (FS 101-03) (10/2003)
			Hazards, Disasters, and The National Map (FS-027-03) (03/2003)
			High-Resolution Land Use and Land Cover Mapping (FS-189-99) (11/1999)
			Historical Mapping (FS-154-99) (11/1999)
			How to Obtain Aerial Photographs (FS-081-99) (04/1999)
			How to Obtain Aerial Photographs/Checklist for Obtaining Aerial Photographs (FS-081-99) (04/1999)
			How to Select and Order NAPP and NHAP Photographs (FS-087-01) (08/2001)
			Innovative Partnerships (FS-052-01) (05/2001)
			Integrated Science (FS 2006-3056) (03/2006)
			Landsat: A Global Land-Observing Program (FS-023-03.pdf) (3/2003)
			Looking for an Old Aerial Photograph (FS-127-96) (05/1997)
			Map Accuracy Standards (FS-171-99) (11/1999)
			Map Indexes Available from the U.S. Geological Survey (FS-134-01) (12/2001)
			Map Projection Publications (FS-087-99) (05/1999)
			Map Scales (FS-015-02) (02/2002)
			Measuring and Mapping the Topography of the Florida Everglades for Ecosystem Restoration (FS-021-03) (03/2003)
			Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center (FS 2006-3058) (03/2006)
			Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center: Natural Hazards Research - Landslides (FS 2006-3017) (03/2006)
			Monitoring Colonias Along the United States-Mexico Border (FS-3070-04) (08/2004)
			National Atlas of the United States® Maps (FS-086-01) (08/2001)
			National Elevation Dataset (FS-148-99) (09/1999)
			National Land Cover Dataset (FS-108-00) (07/2000)
			Ordering Procedures for Photographic Enlargement Products - NAPP, NHPP, and Custom (FS-102-02) (07/2002)
			Partnerships: Working Together to Build the National Map (FS-3059-04) (05/2004)
			Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems (FS-058-03) (11/2003)
			Revision and Product Generation Software (FS-076-99) (05/1999)
			Revision of Primary Series Maps (FS-047-00) (04/2000)
			Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) (FS-071-03) (07/2003)
			Single-edition Quadrangle Maps (FS-094-98) (08/1998)
			South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) Metadata for the U.S. Geological Survey Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystems Science (FS2004-3107) (12/2004)
			Southwest Geographic Science Team (FS-028-02) (03/2002)
			Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) (FS-077-99) (05/1999)
			Special Project Images (FS-085-99) (04/1999)
			The Evolution of the Lower Missouri River: National Mapping Discipline Research at Lisbon Bottom (FS-126-01) (05/2002)
			The Global Positioning System (FS-062-99) (02/1999)
			The National Hydrography Dataset (FS-106-99) (05/1999)
			The National Map - Elevation (FS-106-02) (11/2002)
			The National Map - Hydrography (FS-060-02) (06/2002)
			The National Map - Orthoimagery Layer (FS 2007-3008) (01/2007) (Replaces Fact Sheet FS-107-02)
			The National Map: Topographic Maps for the 21st Century (FS 2006-3107) (07/2006)
			The Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (FS-103-99) (05/1999)
			The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Grid (FS-077-01) (08/2001)
			The USGS Land Remote Sensing Program (FS-022-03) (03/2003)
			Understanding Color-Infrared Photographs (FS-129-01) (12/2001)
			United States Antarctic Resource Center (USARC) (FS-051-01) (05/2001)
			US Geodata Available through the Internet (FS-046-00) (06/2000)
			US Geodata Digital Elevation Models (FS-040-00) (04/2000)
			US Geodata Digital Line Graphs (FS-078-96) (11/1996)
			US Geodata Digital Raster Graphics (FS-088-01) (09/2001)
			U.S. Geological Survey Aids Federal Agencies in Obtaining Commercial Satellite and Aerial Imagery (FS-2005-3117) (10/2005)
			U.S. Geological Survey and Microsoft Cooperative Research and Development Agreement: Geospatial Data Browsing and Retrieval Site on the World Wide Web (FS-072-99) (02/1999)
			U.S. Geological Survey Business Partner Program (FS-082-99) (04/1999)
			U.S. Geological Survey Information Sources (FS-006-02) (01/2002)
			U.S. Geological Survey World Wide Web Information (FS-055-03) (06/2003)
			USGS Fire Science: Fire Danger Monitoring and Forecasting (FS-2005-3066) (03/2005)
			USGS Map-on-Demand Printing (FS-074-99) (03/1999)
			USGS Releases New Digital Aerial Products (FS-2005-3074) (08/2005)
			Using Maps in Genealogy (FS-099-02) (09/2002)

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