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The User Engagement Office performs outreach and coordination related to key initiatives of the National Geospatial Program. The office also provides Bureau-level leadership in coordinating geospatial activities in support of emergency response, as well as leadership for the Alaska Mapping Initiative.
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian topographic mapping agency. Topographic mapping was undertaken at the USGS more than 125 years ago for the purpose of providing a base for scientists to map the Nation's geology. Over the decades the topographic products and services offered, and the means by which they were developed, have changed many times based on changing expectations by users, societal and mission needs, new technologies, and other factors.
The National Map partnership network cultivates and maintains long-term relationships with partners and develops agreements for The National Map and other initiatives that support USGS science. Partnerships are the foundation of The National Map because they leverage funding across organizations as a way to provide significant cost savings, reduce redundancy in geospatial data acquisition and stewardship, and ensure the availability of common base data to a broad range of users and applications.
User Engagement Contact ListThe National Geospatial Program, User Engagement Office contact list. Includes National Map Liaisons.
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The image provides the names of USGS National Map Liaisons and Associate National Map Liaisons and their areas of responsibilities illustrated on a map of the US. The USGS regional boundaries are included on the map.
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News
USGS Digital Elevation Models (DEM) Switching to New Distribution Format
In support of ongoing efforts to provide efficient, cloud ready, open data formats, the U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program is announcing plans to migrate its 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) Digital Elevation Models (DEM) to a new data delivery format called Cloud Optimized Geotiff (COG) during the first half of fiscal year 2020.
New YouTube Lessons on Using 3DEP Data and NHD Topics
Users of The National Map can get more assistance on using products and services with the release of new online, instructional videos.