LANDSAT At Work – Satellites Help Extinguish Wildfire Risk
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-work-satellites-help-extinguish-wildfire-risk <-- shared technical article
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https://www.landfire.gov/ <-- shared LandFire project page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #LANDFIRE #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #risk #hazard #fire #wildfire #mitigation #planning #management #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #economics #cost #weather #population #extremeweather #naturalhazard #landsat #next #satellite #NationalLandImaging #NLI #LandsatNext
@USGS @USDA @USFS @DOI @EROS

US National Inventory Of Dams [NID] [open spatial data]
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H/T Data Is Plural https://www.data-is-plural.com/
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“The National Inventory of Dams [https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/] [is a is a congressionally authorized] ‘document[ing] all known dams in the U.S. and its territories that meet certain criteria’ related [https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/#/about-the-nid/mission] to the dam’s height, reservoir size, and likely impacts of its ‘failure or mis-operation.’..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #NationalInventoryofDams #NLDI #US #USA #dams #criteria #inventory #opendata #downloadable #risk #hazard #infrastructure #energy #HEP #waterresources #hydroelectric #webmap #USACE #operations #dataset #safety #inspection #uses
@USACE @FEMA @EPA

National Park Service Streamlines Fossil Data Collection with GIS
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https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/national-park-service-fossil-mapping <-- shared blog post
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[with palæontology as one of the papers in my MSc studies, seeing another use case in GIS is brilliant…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #fossil #paleontology #US #NationalParks #NPS #cataloguing #inventory #NationalParkService #palaeontology #fedscience #documenting #spatialanalysis #geology #stratigraphy #fossilrecord #paleo #monitoring #managing #exploration
@NPS

The Feasibility Of Using LiDAR-Derived Digital Elevation Models [DEMs] For Gravity Data Reduction
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https://www.usgs.gov/3d-elevation-program/news/feasibility-using-lidar-derived-digital-elevation-models-gravity-data <-- shared article
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20251019 <-- shared report
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“A nice report from our colleagues in the USGS Mineral Resources Program on the feasibility of lidar-derived DEMs, including 3DEP data, for gravity data reduction…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #3dep #elevation #fedscience #remotesensing #earthobservation #gravity #submetre #accuracy #precision #dGNSS #GNSS #global #navigation #satellite #GPS #LiDAR #DEMs #gravimetrics #milligals #Bouguer #anomaly #monitoring #corrleation #refinement #datareduction #appliedscience #usecases
@USGS

Geospatial Services / Gateway – USDA NRCS [open data]
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https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/ <-- shared link to USDA NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #portal #download #spatialdata #opendata #remotesensing #earthobservation #NRCS #ISDA #FSA #FarmServiceAgenct #RuralDevelopment #agriculture #fedservice #fedscience #farming #farmers #soil #SSURGO #environmental #naturalresources #NaturalResourcesConservationService #TIGER #precipitation #temperature #conservation #easement #LiDAR #elevation #names #geography #geology #governmentunits #boundaries #watershed #hydrology #water #WBD #HUC #topo #imagery #roads #transportation #soils #SSURGO #USA #US #landcover #landuse #NLCD

Foundational Science in Flight - USGS Bird Programs Support Conservation, Culture, and a Thriving U.S. Economy
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2025/3011/fs20253011.pdf <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #economy #ecosystem #heritage #conservation #resources #birds #avian #wildlife #agency #migration #management #planning #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #BreedingBirdSurvey #BBL #BirdBandingLaboratory #BBL #flyway #history
@USGS

U.S. Geological Survey Colorado River Basin Science and Technology Collaboration Meetings on Drought (2021) - Synthesis of Findings
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/cir1551 <-- shared publication
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USGS recent publication about the challenges and barriers land managers and scientists are working on to address the wicked problems of drought in the Colorado River Basin.
#water #hydrology #drought #extremeweather #fedscience #Colorado #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #watershed #waterresources #watersupply #climatechange ##landmanagers #management #planning #overuse #magicwater #humanimpacts #ecosystems #agriculture #farming #USWest #strategy #GIS #spatial #mapping #waterscience #interdisciplinary #research #adapation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #stakeholder #engagement #cost #economics #coordination #future @USFS @USFS

Landsat At Work – Better Wireless Communication - National Land Cover Database (NLCD), Based On Landsat, Helps Plan Clear Signal
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-work-a-path-better-wireless-communication <-- shared article
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https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions <-- shared about Landsat
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/annual-national-land-cover-database <-- shared about NLCD
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Landsat #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #fedscience #usecase #USGS #EROS #cellphone #mobilephone #telecommunications #communications #cost #benefit #wireless #towers #antennas #landcover #landuse #NLCD #radio #frequency #siting #lineofsight #clutter #economics #risk #hazard #signal #signalquality #USA #value #returnoninvestment
@USGS @USGS_EROS

Don’t Move A Mussel - The Role Of Key Environmental Drivers And Management Scale In Assessing Spatial Variation In Dreissenid Spread Risk In The Missouri River Basin
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112526 <-- shared paper (Missouri River Basin)
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/western-fisheries-research-center/news/assessing-risk-invasive-mussels-spreading-throughout <-- shared technical article (Columbia River Basin)
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https://rconnect.usgs.gov/webDR/ <-- shared link to webDR: Dreissenid Risk (Missouri River Basin)
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #dreissenids #invasive #invasivespecies #management #mitigation #risk #hazard #riskindexing #webtool #nonnative #ecology #economics #cost #humanimpact #state #basin #water #freshwater #hydrology #basin #watershed #mussel #zebramussel #infested #infestation #watercraft #boating #leisure #pleasure #NorthAmerica #waterbody #decontamination #program #planning #policy #regulations #relativeriskindex #model #modeling #geostatistics #parameters #MissouriRiverBasin #ColumbiaRiverBasin
@USGS

NASA Flights Map Critical Minerals From Skies Above Western US - Technology Used To Chart Other Worlds Is Revealing Minerals In The American West That Are Critical To The Country’s Renewable Energy Future.
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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-flights-map-critical-minerals-from-skies-above-western-us/ <-- shared technical article
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https://popo.jpl.nasa.gov/mmgis-aviris/?mission=GEMx <-- shared GEMx data collection portal
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #mineral #mineralogy #mining #criticalminerals #USWest #renewableenergy #lithium #GEMx #fedscience #cost #economics #USGS #NASA #GeologicalEarthMappingExperiment #lithium #aluminum #rareearthelements #neodymium #cerium #nationalsecurity #cleanenergy #batteries #smartphones #cellphones #naturalresources #steel #steelmill #dependency #localsources #importing #survey #geology #geologicmapping #exploration #spectrometers #hyperspectral #EMIT #mine #extraction #EarthMRI #opendata
@USGS @nasa

New Sargassum System Takes Aim At A Troublesome Seaweed
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https://www.usf.edu/marine-science/news/2025/new-sargassum-system-takes-aim-at-a-troublesome-seaweed.aspx <-- shared article
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https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/developing-an-operational-sargassum-hab-monitoring-and-forecasting-system-for-the-southeastern-u-s-and-u-s-caribbean/ <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #fedscience #earthobservation #Caribbean #florida #puertorico #USVI #seaweed #Sargassum #risk #hazard #damage #impact #cleanup #removal #cost #economics #fisheries #tourism #mitigation #spatialanalysis #detection #spatiotemporal #marine #algal #algalbloom #SargassumWatchSystem #costsaving #inundation #imagery #harmfulalgalbloom #HAB #biomass
@NOAA

Intermountain West Seamless Geologic Map Explorer - National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
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https://apps.usgs.gov/intermountain_west_seamless_geologic_map_explorer/index.html <-- shared web map / app
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/65cea1c8d34ec3e1801bf74f <-- shared USGS SB details
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20225115 <-- shared SIGMa-GeMS
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https://doi.org/10.3133/tm11B10 <-- shared GeMS
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #geologicmapping #USA #USWest #fedscience #usecase #GeMS #SIGMa #opendata #seamless #IntermountainWest #MapExplorer bedrock #surficial #data #NationalCooperativeGeologicMappingProgram #NCGMP #framework #resources #exploration #Strategic #Planning #ProjectDevelopment #ScientificCollaboration #Colorado #NewMexico #interactive #downloadable
@USGS

Modeling Future Land Cover And Water Quality Change In Minneapolis, MN, USA To Support Drinking Water Source Protection Decisions
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13109 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #landsat #fedscience #landuse #landcover #waterquality #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #NLCD #Minneapolis #MississippiR #water #hydrology #watersecurity #waterresources #nitrates #phosphorus #cyanotoxins #Minnesota #trees #agriculture #pesticides #fertiliser #farming #potable #runoff #farming #FORESCE #urbanisation #urban #headwater #watershed #planning #urbanplanning #management #nitrogencycle #soil #watertreatment #sediment

A Framework For Understanding The Effects Of Subsurface Agricultural Drainage On Downstream Flows
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20255023 <-- shared USGS publication
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#water #hydrology #mapping #framework #model #modeling #fedscience #streamflow #subsurface #soil #drainage #agriculture #farming #landuse #landcover #GIS #spatial #tiledrainage #drains #flow #waterresources #runoff #peakflow #evapotranspiration #precipitation #USA
@USGS

John McPhee’s Short Essay About A 1972 Rockefeller Civil Service Award Winner - Dr. Luna Leopold, The First Chief Hydrologist At The USGS
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https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/rockefeller-public-service-awards-washington-dc-19580430 <--JFK's 1958 speech at the Rockerfeller Civil Service Awards
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/lessons-learned-a-legend-luna-leopolds-view-river <-- shared details of Dr. Luna Leopold from the USGS
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https://fiddlrts.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-patch-by-john-mcphee.html <-- shared details of The Patch, by John McPhee
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https://eos.org/opinions/luna-b-leopold-geoscience-pioneer <--shared EOS retrospective of Dr Leopold
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I was reading - with a mug of tea - The Patch (link above) by John McPhee, a decades-old favourite author of mine - and came across this short essay amongst many fine others…
#spatial #datalover #measurements #metrics #hydrology #water #fedservice #fedscience #LunaLeopold #hydrologist #crossdiscipline #RockefellerCivilServiceAward #USGS #JohnMcPhee #writing #readingforpleasure #mission #opendata #mapping #waterresources #watersecurity #wateruse #watermanagement
@USGS

Why Geological Maps Are The Best Investment You’ve Never Heard Of - Investments In Geological Mapping Paid Off Big Time For Americans.
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https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/why-geological-maps-are-the-best-investment-youve-never-heard-of/ <-- shared opinion piece
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https://profession.americangeosciences.org/reports/geological-mapping-economics/ <-- shared technical cost-benefit analysis
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https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/positions/position3.aspx <-- shared 2003 GSA appraisal
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[I am, of course, biased in this regard, but I also like well-presented metrics – and use cases being met are my favourite!]
#geology #value #cost #mapping #cartography #cartographic #USA #costbenefit #geologicmapping #metrics #usecase #fedscience #appliedscience #engineeringgeology #spatial #GIS #construction #resources #naturalresources #engineering #risk #hazard #naturaldisasters #payoff #investment #massmovement #groundwater #waterresources #water #hydrology #rareearth #minerals #mining #oilandgas #exploration #underground #money #economics #publicgood #publicvalue #investment

Identifying Environmental Risk Factors and Mapping the Distribution of West Nile Virus in an Endemic Region of North America
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000161 <-- shared paper
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[an older paper (2018) but a good one, including showing the versatility & usefulness of #FedScience spatial datasets]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #WestNile #WestNileVirus #fedscience #NationalLandCoverDatabase #NLCD #virus #publichealth #arboviruses #environment #data #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fedscience #geocoding #environmental #landcover #physiography #climate #weather #transmission #model #regressiontree #risk #hazard #riskmaps #elevation #humidity #rainfall #precipitation #disease #soil #integrated #opendata #mosquito #satellite #SouthDakota #pasturelands #crossdiscipline #virology #remotesensing #earthobservation #Pathobiology #Epidemiology
@USGS @USGS_EROS

National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook For April Through July 2025
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https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/predictive/outlooks/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf <-- shared report
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NationalFireNews #FireYear2025 #fedscience #risk #hazard #spatialanalysis #USA #model #fire #wildfire #publicsafety #loss #damage #cost #forecast #infrastructure #bushfire #alert
https://www.nifc.gov/

NASA Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) Remote Sensing And Mapping
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https://earth.jpl.nasa.gov/emit/ <-- shared NASA EMIT home page
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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-nasa-emit-instrument-global-airborne.html <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/z9RjGdfxSDk?si=vMU9UAtAUcnvetwm <-- shared overview video
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #remotesensing #earthobservation #mineral #rockdust #source #investigation #calcite #chlorite #transport #dust #suspended #atmosphere #affects #effects #heating #cooling #albedo #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #nutrient #loess #publichealth #model #modeling #mineraldust
@nasa

Critical Minerals In Ores (CMiO) Database
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https://lnkd.in/gynRjUfn <-- shared USGS publication
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https://lnkd.in/gETca3DQ <-- shared link to open data database, web map services, etc
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https://portal.ga.gov.au/persona/cmmi <-- shared web map
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https://lnkd.in/gdmMp2zg <-- shared editorial piece on critical minerals and geopolitics
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#geology #fedscience #opendata #CMMI #CMiO #criticalminerals #minerals #ores #database #opendata #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #commodities #technology #components #geochemistry #deposits #mining #extraction #classifaction #nomenclature #environments #structuralgeology #exploration
@USGS | @GeoscienceAustralia | @GeologicalSurveyOfCanada