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Citizen Scientists edit structures to improve US Topo Maps and along the way earn virtual badges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The USGS crowdsourcing project called The National Map Corps<\/a> uses volunteer citizens interested in accurate cartography\u00a0to validate or edit structures to improve USGS topographic map products.<\/p>\n

To reward and recognize those contributors<\/a>, TNM Corps assigns points to the submissions which lead to virtual badges<\/a>\u00a0that increase with continued point acceptance.<\/p>\n

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\u201crjerrard\u201d proudly poses with his special edition \u201cInternational Year\u00a0 of Mapping<\/a> \u201d badge. He comments: \u201cMy virtual travels around the country have been an education, and here is my diploma: The USGS National Map Corps volunteer patch!\u201d(Public domain.)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

One of the more active data providers to reach the top award, the Squadron of Biplane Spectators<\/a>, goes by the handle of \u2018rjerrard.\u2019 His story:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m a lifelong cartography enthusiast and mapmaker. I mostly do hobby mapping but have done small commercial projects. I am on the USGS website frequently, looking at quadrangles of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRecently they added the historic, older maps and this has been a new source of fascination (there\u2019s a tip for you checkers of ancient, abandoned cemeteries not shown on the \u2018classic\u2019 topos), I noticed The National Map Corps project, and added a few points. I never thought I would stick with it for long, but I\u2019ve found it remarkably educational to review diverse areas and see how they manage resources to serve the changing demographics of our society.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the changes I’ve observed include the transition of the Nashville, Tennessee area to a metropolitan police organization; the all-in adoption of K-8 school construction (replacing elementary and junior high schools) in Toledo, Ohio; and the national trend of charter schools, evident in Minneapolis and many other places. The USGS mapping challenges are fun, and you can use them to collect points toward winning your own patch. Try one of the challenges soon! And it\u2019s just fun to play with the icons and aerial images!\u201d<\/p>\n

You can join rjerrard along with hundreds of other volunteers, and contribute to The National Map. Sign in<\/a> and begin editing points today!<\/p>\n

Previous \u201cVolunteer Spotlights\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Release Date: July 18, 2017 Citizen Scientists edit structures to improve US Topo Maps and along the way earn virtual badges. The USGS crowdsourcing project called The National Map Corps uses volunteer citizens interested in accurate cartography\u00a0to validate or edit structures to improve USGS topographic map products. To reward and recognize those contributors, TNM Corps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,23],"tags":[72,73],"class_list":["post-383496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic","category-media","tag-earthquake","tag-usgs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}