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August 30, 2010
Mark DeMulder Presentation at the ESRI User's Conference
Mark DeMulder, Director of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geospatial Program (NGP) gives a briefing at the USGS All-Hands meeting during the ESRI UC on July 14, 2010. The presentation includes:
- personal background and information on the USGS mapping program ("What We Do"),
- an update on the USGS mapping program (the new National Map Viewer and the US Topo)
- Federal mapping programs and environmental response ("Why Our Data Matters")
- Future directions of the USGS mapping program
Full length video: http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/288
US Topo Update: Production and release of the US Topo started in October 2009. The US Topo is an enhancement of the previous "Digital Map–Beta" product, with the addition on the hydrography and contour layers. The new mapping product was formally introduced at the "125th Anniversary of Topographic Mapping" Celebration on December 3, 2009. The National Geospatial Technical Operations Center reports the following:
- More than 14,662 US Topo maps are loaded to the Map Locator of the USGS Store (as of 08-30-10)
- Kansas was the first US Topo state, and is complete (1,387 quadrangles) followed by:
- Oklahoma: 97% complete (1,054 quadrangles)
- New York: 89% complete (869 quadrangles)
- Texas: 96% complete (4,064 quadrangles)
- Kentucky: 81% complete (503 quadrangles)
- Iowa: 97% complete (1,038 quadrangles)
- Tennessee: 92% complete (668 quadrangles)
- Indiana: 89% complete (599 quadrangles)
- Pennsylvania: 94% complete (752 quadrangles)
- Wisconsin: 83% complete (888 quadrangles)
- Virginia: 30% complete (220 quadrangles)
- Ohio: 90% complete (667 quadrangles)
- Colorado: 26% complete (448 quadrangles)
- Minnesota: 67% complete (1,152 quadrangles)
- North Carolina: 28% complete (234 quadrangles)
- New Mexico: pending
Digital Map–Beta Update: In a little more than 14 months since the release of the "Digital Map–Beta" web site, the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center can report the following:
- More than 14,354 "Digital Maps–Beta" are loaded to the Map Locator of the USGS Store
- State quad status, in order of loading to the Map Locator: (as of 08-30-10)
- Arizona: 100% complete
- California: 98% complete
- Louisiana: 100% complete
- Nebraska: 100% complete
- Wyoming: 99% complete
- Alabama: 100% complete
- Nevada: 86% complete
- Mississippi: 91% complete
- Maine: 99% complete
- South Dakota: 100% complete
- Illinois: 99% complete
- Missouri: 100% complete
- New Hampshire: 96% complete
- Vermont: 100% complete
- Rhode Island: 100% complete
- Florida: 98% complete
- Connecticut: 100% complete
- Massachusetts: 100% complete
Note: Forest Service quads in the above states are currently not included, which often gives a "missing quad" look. The USGS is working with the Forest Service so that maps made in 2010 and beyond will include lands administered by USFS.
The "Digital Map–Beta" is the initial electronic digital map. With the integration of the hydrography and contour layers, the maps produced after October 2009, and starting with Kansas, will be classified as US Topo.
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