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USGS | 2015
A new NASA mission, Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT), will be capable of measuring key hydraulic variables associated with rivers, lakes, wetlands, and reservoirs over much of the…
USGS | 2015
The National Geospatial Advisory Committee’s Landsat Advisory Group—a team composed of commercial, state/local government, and non-governmental organization (NGO) geospatial information experts—…
USGS | 2015
The USGS has been collaborating closely with the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Mitre Corporation on the development of a full-range hyperspectral microscope to…
USGS | 2015
Newly commercialized lidar systems can rapidly collect high-resolution images of surface terrain from much higher altitudes than previous sensors. This technological advancement could translate to…
USGS | 2015
The Alaska Mapping Initiative (AMI) is a multi-year mapping program to acquire new geospatial data that will generate more than 11,000 digital maps at a scale of 1:25,000 for Alaska over the next…
USGS | 2015
The USGS Mineral Resources Program (MRP) is using hyperspectral remote sensing at a variety of scales to characterize rocks and soils in selected areas of Alaska using laboratory, field-based, and…
USGS | 2015
The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) was developed to respond to needs for high-quality topographic data and for a wide range of other three-dimensional representations of the Nation's natural and…
USGS | 2015
The USGS Fort Collins Science Center's Invasive Species Science branch has been mapping the distribution of various invasive, non-native plant species using indices derived from remote sensing as…
USGS | 2015
USGS, Northern Arizona University (NAU), and National Park Service (NPS) scientists are collectively evaluating cutting-edge remote sensing methods to detect invasive species that threaten ecosystem…
USGS | 2015
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) provide high-resolution imagery and topographic data in a rapid manner at a low cost. In active landslide areas, these data can be used for search and rescue…
USGS | 2015
Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oilspill on Gulf Coast marshes were documented using polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) collected by NASA’s Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic…
USGS | 2015
The massive Oso landslide in western Washington State deposited material over the entire width of the North Fork Stillaguamish River valley, causing the river to pool until water overtopped the…