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05/2006
Launched a new version of nationalatlas.gov.
New Layers: Water Use 1985, Water Use 1990, Satellite View with Shaded Relief
- Alaska, Satellite View - Alaska
04/2006
Launched a new version of nationalatlas.gov.
New Layers: Vegetation Growth - Average: 2005, Vegetation Growth - Peak:
2005
Updated Layers: Time Zones
03/2006
Launched a new version of nationalatlas.gov.
New Layers: Satellite View
Updated Layers: Invasive Species – Africanized Honey Bees, Satellite
View with Shaded Relief (name change from Satellite View to Satellite View
with Shaded Relief), Economy – Average
Wage Per Job: 1979-2003, Economy
– Per Capita Number of Jobs: 1979-2003, Economy – Per Capita
Personal Income: 1979-2003, Dams, Hydrologic Units
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12/2005
Launched a new version of nationalatlas.gov.
New Layers: Vegetation Growth - Average: 1990-2004, Vegetation Growth
- Peak: 1990-2004, Satellite View, Shaded Relief Land - Color - 200 Meter
Resolution, Food Stamp Recipients: 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997-2002, Median
Household Income: 1998-2002, Poverty - All People: 1998-2002, Poverty
- Children Under Age 18: 1998-2002, Poverty - Related Children Ages 5
- 17 in Families in Poverty: 1998-2002, Water Use 1995
Updated Layers: Federal Lands, Indian Lands, Wilderness Preservation System
Areas, Geologic Map, Mineral Operations - Agriculture, Mineral Operations
- Construction, Mineral Operations - Ferrous Metal Mines, Mineral Operations
- Ferrous Metal Processing Plants, Mineral Operations - Miscellaneous
Industrial, Mineral Operations - Nonferrous Metal Mines, Mineral Operations
- Nonferrous Metal Processing Plants, Mineral Operations - Refractory,
Abrasive and Other Industrial Minerals, Unemployment Rates: 2002-2004,
Parkways and Scenic Rivers, Streams and Waterbodies
09/2005
Launched a new version of nationalatlas.gov.
New Layers: Land Cover 200 Meter Resolution, National Fire Plan - Hazardous
Fuels Reduction Program 2004, Tornadoes 1950-2004, Shaded Relief Ocean,
Shaded Relief Land and Ocean, Shaded Relief Land - Gray - 1 Kilometer
Resolution, Shaded Relief Land - Gray - 200 Meter Resolution, Amtrak
Stations, Water Use 2000
Updated Layers: Land Cover 1 Kilometer Resolution, Africanized Bees, 109th
Congressional Districts, Tropical Cyclones - Atlantic Tropical Cyclones,
Tropical Cyclones - Major Landfalling Atlantic Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones
- Pacific Tropical Cyclones, Ocean Depth - Bathymetry, Shaded Relief
Land - Color - 1 Kilometer Resolution, Volcanoes, Unemployment Rates:
2000-2004, Railroads
06/2005
Launched a new version of nationalatlas.gov.
New Layers: Ecoregions - Omernik, Ocean Depth - Bathymetry, Engineering
Aspects of Karst, Territorial Acquisitions, Index to Topographic Maps
- 1:250,000 Scale, Ground Water Climate Response Network
Updated Layers: 2002 Census of Agriculture, Ecoregions - Bailey, 2004
West Nile Virus, Wildlife Mortality: Avian Botulism, Wildlife Mortality:
Avian Cholera, Wildlife Mortality: Frequency Data, Wildlife Mortality:
Lead Poisoning, Wildlife Mortality: Organophosphate/Carbamate Poisoning,
Zebra Mussels, States, Sand and Gravel Operations, Crushed Stone Operations,
Air Releases, Hazardous Waste Handlers, Superfund National Priorities
List Sites, Toxics Release Inventory, Water Discharge Permits, Crimes
1994-2002, Energy Consumption 1960-2001, Hydrologic Units (Watersheds)
01/2005
Launched a complete new edition of nationalatlas.gov.
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11/2004
New Layers: Reproductive Health: Fetal and Infant Mortality, 1995-1999, Reproductive Health: Infant Health - Preterm Delivery, 1995-1999, Reproductive Health: Live Births (Fertility), 1995-1999, Reproductive Health: Maternal Risks - Multiple Gestation, 1995-1999, Reproductive Health: Maternal Risks - Smoking, 1995-1999
Updated Layers: Income and Employment, 1979-2002, County Boundaries, 1980, County Boundaries, 1990, County Boundaries, 2000, County Boundaries, 2001
9/2004
New Layers: Hazard Events 1995-2000 and Energy Consumption.
Updated Layer: Time Zones
8/2004
Following several rounds of usability studies and months of development work, launched all new Map Maker.
Updated Layer: Mineral Operations-Miscellaneous Industrial Information
7/2004
Fixed bug in Print Map function.
Renamed Map Layers in the People Chapter.
Removed Layers: West Nile Virus Mosquito - 2000, West Nile Virus Mosquito - 2001, West Nile Virus Sentinel Chickens - 2000, and West Nile Virus Sentinel Chickens - 2001
New Layers: Population - Age - Over 65, Population - Median Age - 1990, Population - Change between 1990 and 2000, Health - 2003 West Nile Virus Human Cases, Health - 2002 West Nile Virus Human Cases, West Nile Virus Veterinary Cases - 2002, West Nile Virus Veterinary Cases - 2003, West Nile Virus Wild Bird Cases - 2002, and West Nile Virus Wild Bird Cases - 2003
6/2004
Updated Layers: Mineral Operations-Agricultural, Mineral Operations-Construction,
Mineral Operations-Miscellaneous Industrial Information, Mineral Operations-Refractory,
Abrasive, and Other Industrial Information, Forest Fragmentation - Causes,
and Forest Fragmentation - Classification
5/2004
Updated Layers: Unemployment - 2001 and Unemployment - 2002
4/2004
New Layers: Personal Income, Per Capita Personal Income, Number of Jobs,
and Average Wage per Job
Updated Layer: Volcanoes
3/2004
New Layers: Ecoregions and Surficial Deposits and Materials
Updated Layer: Cities and Towns
2/2004
New Layer: Forest Fragmentation - Causes
Updated Layer: Wilderness Areas
Map Layer name change: Invasive Species-Chinese tallow tree (Triadica
sebifera) to Invasive Species-Tallowtree (Triadica sebifera)
1/2004
Updated Layer: Times Zones
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12/18/2002
New map layer: Wilderness Areas
12/03/2002
New map layers: Alluvial and Glacial Aquifers
Updated map layers: Hydrologic Units (Watersheds)
Name change: Hydrography to Streams and Waterbodies (metadata only)
10/25/2002
Updated the map key for Nighttime Lights map layer.
Name change:
Federal and Indian Lands to Federal Lands and Indian Reservations
US Mortality to U.S. Mortality 1988-1992 (metadata only)
10/11/2002
Updated map layers: Cities and Towns
9/27/2002
Name change: Landslide Overview to Landslide Incidence and Susceptibility
9/10/2002
New map layers:
Arsenic in Ground Water
Census 2000
North American Bat Ranges
Updated map layers:
County Boundaries, 2001
Census 1990
Census 1980
Air Release
Discharges to Water
Hazardous Waste Handler
Superfund Sites
Toxic Releases
Name change: County Boundaries to County Boundaries, 2001
(metadata only)
Removed map layer: Other EnviroFacts sites
8/14/2002
New map layer: Seismic Hazards
8/9/2002
Removed map layer: Metropolitan Areas
7/26/2002
New map layers:
West Nile Virus Surveillance 2001 - Human Cases
West Nile Virus Surveillance 2001 - Mosquito Surveillance
West Nile Virus Surveillance 2001 - Sentinel Flock Surveillance
West Nile Virus Surveillance 2001 - Veterinary Cases
West Nile Virus Surveillance 2001 - Wild Bird Cases
7/15/2002
Updated map layers:
County Boundaries
2000 County Boundaries
1990 County Boundaries
1980 County Boundaries
States
6/6/2002
Updated map layers:
Forest Cover Types
Forest Fragmentation Index Map of North America
Land Cover Characteristics
Land Cover Diversity
Nighttime Lights of North America
5/17/2002
Updated map layers:
Tropical Cyclones
Public Land Survey System
5/09/2002
Updated map layer: Time Zones
4/25/2002
Updated map layer: Amphibians
2/19/2002
New map layer: 2000 County Boundaries
Updated map layers:
- 1980 County Boundaries
- 1990 County Boundaries
- County Boundaries
2/01/2002
New map layer: Continental Divide
Updated map layer: Hydrologic Unit Boundaries
1/16/2002:
Updated map layer: 107th Congressional Districts
1/7/2002
New map layers:
2000 Presidential General Election, State Results
2000 Presidential General Election, County Results
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12/20/2001
Updated map layer: Zebra Mussel Distribution
12/03/2001
Updated map layer: Volcanoes
10/31/2001
Updated map layers: Airports, Costly Regional Landslide Events
in the United States
7/2/2001
Removed map layers: Amphibian Distribution Pre-1950 through
1990s
9/25/2001
New map layers: Historical North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks,
Historical North Atlantic Hurricane Tracks - Major Storms with Landfall
in the United States
8/8/2001
New map layer: Coal fields
7/5/2001
New map layers: West Nile Virus Surveillance 2000 - Human Cases,
West Nile Virus Surveillance 2000 - Mosquito Surveillance Cases, West
Nile Virus Surveillance 2000 - Sentinel Flock Surveillance, West Nile
Virus Surveillance 2000 - Veterinary Cases, West Nile Virus Surveillance
2000 - Wild Bird Cases
5/15/2001
Updated map layers: Mineral Operation - Construction, Mineral Operation
- Miscellaneous, Mineral Operation -Refractory, Official Protraction Diagram
and Leasing Map Boundaries
5/10/2001
New map layer: Generalized Geologic Map of the Conterminous United
States
Updated map layer: Nighttime Lights of North America
5/1/2001
Updated map layer: Hydrologic Units (Watersheds)
New map layers: Landslide - Costly Landslide Events, Landslide
- Costly Regional Landslides, Landslide Overview Map, Magnetic
Field Horizontal Intensity, Magnetic Field Horizontal Intensity Secular
Variation, Magnetic Field Total Field Intensity, Magnetic Field
Total Field Intensity Secular Variation, Magnetic Field Vertical
Intensity, Magnetic Field Vertical Intensity Secular Variation
3/8/2001
New map layer: United States Crimes Database
2/28/2001
New map layers: Amphibians Pre-1950 through 1990s
New multimedia map: Avian Cholera Outbreaks
2/14/2001
New map layer: Landslide Overview Map
Updated map layer: 107th Congressional Districts
2/7/2001
New map layer: NAWQA Surface-Water Sites
Updated map layers: County Boundaries, 1990 County Boundaries, 1980 County
Boundaries
1/24/2001
New map layer: Forest Cover Types
1/12/2001
Updated map layer: Urban Areas, replaced 106th Congressional Districts
with 107th Congressional Districts.
New map layers added: Sand and Gravel Operations, Crushed Stone
Operations, Index to Topographic Maps - 1:24,000 and Other Large Scales,
Index to Topographic Maps - 1:100,000 Scale
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12/8/2000
Updated map layer: Cities and Towns
11/22/2000
Updated map layers: Air Releases, Discharges to Water, Hazardous
Waste Handler, Other EnviroFacts sites, Superfund Sites, and Toxic Releases
11/20/2000
New map layers added:
Invasive plants
- leafy spurge database
- Chinese privet database
- purple loosestrife database
- Chinese tallow tree database
- common gorse database
Offshore Protraction Diagram/leasing map
1997 Agriculture Census
Cancer mortality
Prism - Average Precipitation 11/8/2000
Release Version 2.0. The map layer list was rewritten using Active Server
Pages. The map legends now appear in the upper-right frame, rather
than in a pop-up window. Geographic names queries were enhanced.
10/18/2000
Updated map layer: Federal and Indian Lands.
8/14/2000
Updated map layer: Realtime Streamflow Stations.
07/2000
New map layer added: 1980 census.
05/2000
New map layers added: 106th Congressional Districts, Magnetic Field-Declination
Secular Variation, Magnetic Field-Inclination, Magnetic Field-Inclination
Secular Variation, five Wildlife Mortalities (Botulism, Cholera, Lead
Poisoning, Organophosphate/Carbamate Poisoning), Forest Fragmentation
Updated map layers: Zebra Mussels, Parkways and Scenic Rivers
03/06/2000
The server has been updated to add hotlinks for Aquifer, County, and State.
Also added were labels for the Declination map layer.
02/01/2000
New map layer added: Magnetic Field - Declination
01/19/2000
These problems with the Map Layer Query have been fixed: all layers with
name fields (or in absence of that, a location field) can be queried now.
State, county, and FIPS field have been added to Abandoned Mines, Dams,
Realtime Streamflow Stations, and Zebra Mussels to make field names consistent.
The query-- "No Meaningful Attributes have been found" changed
to "No Additional Attributes have been found"
01/12/2000
New map layer added: Index to Topographic Maps.
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12/02/1999
Updated map layer: The shorelines in the 1990 counties data.
11/24/1999
Updated map layers: States, Counties, Streams and Waterbodies, Roads,
US Mortality, Moth and Butterfly Distribution
A problem with the Land Cover legend and the Mortality legend has been
fixed.
11/23/1999
Updated map layer: Realtime Streamflow Stations, Envirofacts map layers
11/3/1999
Links to the MicroSoft TerraServer site and an aerial photo index were
added.
11/1/1999
New map layer: Zebra Mussel Distribution
8/16/1999
New map layers: Significant Earthquakes, Breeding Bird Survey Routes
Added capability to add County labels to map.
7/21/1999
New map layer: Public Land Survey System
7/14/1999
New map layer: Metropolitan Areas
A new print function was added to the Map Maker.
7/8/1999
New map layer: Shaded Relief
6/14/1999
Added capability to add State labels to map.
New map layer: Land Cover Characteristics
Updated: Geographic Names database
5/26/1999
New map layers: Time Zones, Land Cover Diversity
5/3/1999
Added Zoom to State feature.
3/29/1999
Modified the symbols for Streams and Water Bodies.
New map layers: Air Releases, Discharges to Water, Hazardous Waste
Handler, Other EnviroFacts sites, Superfund Sites, and Toxic Releases
3/22/1999
New map layer: Hydrologic Units (Watersheds)
Added glacial extent to aquifers map layer.
Added the scale bar to the map display window.
Legend now shows only those map layers which are active.
Quick Help now appears in the Index map window when entering the Map Maker.
1/25/1999
New map layer: Abandoned Coal Mine Related Problems
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11/23/1998
New map layers: 8 Mineral Operations
11/03/1998
New map layers: 1990 Census, Dams, US mortality map
Added panning feature to Index map.
09/21/1998
New map layers: Butterfly and Moth Distributions
09/21/1998
New map layer: Shorelines
Fixed minor bugs and misspellings.
09/15/1998
Fixed a bug that occurred in Frame 2 when the Layers button was clicked
repeatedly
09/10/1998
New map layer: Principal Aquifers
Added function to return geographic (latitude/longitude) coordinates from
an Identify operation. Added wild card search functionality to geographic
names queries. Fixed Identify bug associated with Streams and Waterbodies
map layer.
08/07/1998
Added coordinates of the Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area projection to records
resulting from geographic names queries.
07/13/1998
Rearranged order of map layers within themes in Frame 2. Added a Download
button to the upper-right frame. Fixed JavaScript error related
to display of legend and help file pop-up windows.
6/01/1998
Added direct link to Map Layers Warehouse for data download. Added link
to User Survey. Added geographic mesh (latitude/longitude) as a selectable
layer. Fixed runtime error.
4/28/1998
Fixed two bugs related to identifying streams at scales smaller than 1:2,500,000.
Added symbol for streamflow stations in legend. Enhanced labeling for
roads following a map layers query.
04/21/1998
Added support for Recreation.Gov Web site (in 2/2003 this feature was
removed, since Recreation.Gov no longer links to the National Atlas).
New map layer: Real-time Streamflow Stations
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