by Asmawisham | Jul 31, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: July 31, 2017 A new U.S. Geological Survey-led study suggests that earthquake-related deformation just below the Earth’s surface can be quite different from how it is expressed at the surface. Menlo Park, Calif. – A new U.S. Geological Survey-led...
by Asmawisham | Jul 28, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: July 28, 2017 The USGS is seeing a dramatic increase in the use of 3D geospatial data for infrastructure planning, modeling and construction Infrastructure—the physical framework of transportation, energy, communications, water supply, and other...
by Asmawisham | Jul 27, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: July 27, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY Twenty-five middle-school girls from 11 cities in Washington and Oregon are participating in the third annual “GeoGirls” outdoor volcano science program at Mount St. Helens, jointly organized by the U.S. Geological Survey and...
by Asmawisham | Jul 27, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: July 27, 2017 Interested in finding a good river to float down this hot summer? Or a favorite fishing hole? Ever wonder where those blue lines mapping the rivers, streams and lakes on the US Topo and other maps come from? Hydrography Photo of the Month...
by Asmawisham | Jul 26, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: July 26, 2017 As the USGS continues to celebrate “Mapping Month”, we again promote noteworthy contributors to The National Map Corps “crowdsourcing” project. The National Map Corps (TNM Corps) is an online crowdsourcing mapping project with volunteers...
by Asmawisham | Jul 26, 2017 | Academic, Media
Release Date: July 26, 2017 The U.S. Geological Survey Search API is a custom JavaScript library useful for creating a location search widget in a webpage, typically in conjunction with a web map. The widget connects to a database created for the API, or...