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The U.S. Geological survey has created a new mapping tool to assist in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. The Emergency Response Map Index Tool (ERMIT) is an event-specific application that provides access to up-to-date digital topographic maps of the Gulf Coast region via DVD. The tool allows the upload of the maps to any [...]
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The U.S. Geological Survey has just launched WaterAlert, a news service that will transmit instant customized messages about current conditions. The system will alert on the hour or day via text or e-mail about water flow and water quality conditions for rivers, lakes and groundwater conditions. Users select their specific sites of interest and can [...]
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The U.S. Geological Survey is holding a congressional briefing titled, “Citizen Science and Earthquakes: Reducing Risk Through the Power of People.” The briefing will take place next Friday in the Longworth House Office Building, and will highlight the use of innovative tools that combine citizen involvement to detect and share critical information on earthquakes. Certainly [...]
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Ken Hudnut of the U.S. Geological Survey discussed the use of LIDAR for both the Chilean and Haiti earthquakes at the ILMF event. Using the same scale, he showed the dramatic difference in size and shake pattern between these quakes. The Chilean fault size area was 60,000 sq km vs. 600 sq km in Haiti. [...]
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Today the Department of Interior launched the WaterSMART initiative with a press conference and geospatial presentation. The SMART part of the WaterSMART initiative stands for “Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow”. The president’s proposed budget includes $72.9 million for the WaterSMART program, which is a total increase of $36.4 million over 2010. A big [...]
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I spoke today with Carla Burzyk, Director of Office of Budget and Performance at the U.S. Geological Survey, to understand better the proposed cuts to the National Geospatial Program. She filled me in on the budget process and addressed some of the concerns that I’ve outlined in previous posts about the status of the National [...]
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There’s a 590-page Budget Justifications document (PDF) available that outlines the proposed U.S. Geological Survey budget changes that was forwarded to me by Learon Dalby (@LearonDalby). On page 225 of this document the proposed cut of $3.5 Million to the National Map partnerships is discussed and lamented: “For 2011, the USGS proposes to reduce the [...]
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A comment to my earlier post today about the U.S. Geological Survey budget revealed a program cut of $5M to the National Geospatial Program that deserved further investigation. The current 2010 enacted budget is 70,748 for the National Geospatial Program, and the 2011 request is for 65,887, which verifies the size of the cut. Further [...]
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The U.S. Geological Survey is gaining greater attention from this administration based on its role at the nexus of understanding of climate change, ecosystems, energy conservation and development and water quality. In light of the gaining importance of all of these areas, the budget for the agency has been increased by $21.6 million from 2010 [...]
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Today, on the 125th anniversary of John Wesley Powell’s announcement to begin a nationwide topographic mapping program as the first director of the U.S. Geological Survey, the USGS has unveiled two new online mapping portals. The new electronic digital topographic map named US Topo, which is the next step from the “Digital Map – Beta” [...]
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