U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

The National Map

Mark L. DeMulder

Director, National Geospatial Program

National Mapping Program Employees(Selected years for which data could be found)

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Original 7.5-minute coverage of the lower 48 States

A seamless, continuously maintained, nationally consistent set of base geographic data

Developed and maintained through partnerships

A national foundation for science, land and resource management, recreation, policy making, and homeland security

Available over the Internet

The source for revised topographic maps

The National Map The National Map VisionVision

The National Map

The National Map contributes to the NSDI

The National Map includes eight data layers: hydrography, elevation, orthoimagery, geographic names, land cover, boundaries, transportation, structures

Public domain data to support USGS topographic maps at 1:24,000-scale Products and services at multiple scales

and resolutions Analysis, modeling and other applications

at multiple scales and resolutions

The National Map is built on partnerships and standards

The National Map Products and Services

National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and NHD stewardship

Seamless Server National Elevation Dataset (NED) Best Practices Database –

transportation, boundaries and structures

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Scanned 7.5-Minute Topographic Maps (DRGs and GeoPDFs)

If you’ve ever used or partnered on any of these, you are a user and partner of The National Map

New National Map ViewerLate 2009 Release

Fast Base Map 100% National

Map Content One-stop to

Download National Map Data and view Map Services

Direct Access to Topo Maps (USGS store)

New Advanced Features

Topographic Maps from the National Map

Create next generation 7.5-minute USGS topographic maps

Bundle with scanned historic topographic maps

Public Access Through USGS Store

As of August 28, 2009, 8,288 maps (all produced since May, 2009) are available for immediate download. GeoPDFs distributed free Hardcopy maps (Map on Demand) -

a priced product

Initial hardcopy products through USGS as plotted maps on demand

Historic USGS quadrangle scanning

•Scan complete collection of approximately 250,000 USGS quadrangles existing as paper copies, using consistent, high quality specifications

•Provide all editions and all scales matching US Topo release cycle

•All maps will have complete Metadata

•GeoPDF files available for download from USGS Store

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Intelligent knowledge base

Ontology-driven

Feature-based, Quality aware

User-centered web interface

2.0Consistent, integrated data

Trusted data source

Digital topographic maps

Print maps on demand

National coverage 8 data layers

Seamless elevation, imagery, land cover, hydrography

Research cannot be controlled by some central authority, as an army by its general, from the fact that scientific men, competent to pursue original research, are peculiarly averse to dictation and official management.

USGS Culture

National Map – A Proud Heritage and a Bright Future

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