USGS node of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
The USGS node of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse, part of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), provides access to spatially referenced data as a distributed set of sites for Geography, Biology, Geology, and Water.
(Score: 2.000)
GISDATA Web Mapping Portal
Access to public web map services and interfaces developed at the EROS Data Center searchable by keywords and categories (map interfaces, related sites, projects, and data) with latest news items and updates.
(Score: 1.380)
National mapping information
Portal to national mapping programs and products of the Geography Discipline with multiple links to databases, datasets, map products, National Map, National Atlas, GISDATA web, National Spatial Data Infrastructure, and geographic names.
(Score: 1.380)
Western Region Geography
Links to Western Region Geography Center for Science Policy, Earth Science Information Center, mapping status and maps sales, integrated science studies, National Atlas, Terraserver, DOQs and partnerships.
(Score: 1.323)
Eastern Region Geography
Links to Eastern Region Geography programs, projects, laboratories, and publications.
(Score: 1.296)
Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Clearinghouse for the description and availability of multiple geospatial datasets relating to Alaska from many federal, state and local cooperating agencies under the coordination of the Alaska Geographic Data Committee.
(Score: 1.295)
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensor characteristics
Description of datasets of AVHRR data available from the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, SD in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC).
(Score: 1.000)
An image map of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Graphical representation of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Version 2 - 1998 (FGDC-STD-001 June 1998)to permit easier location of relevant information while writing metadata.
(Score: 1.000)
Earthshots, satellite images of environmental change
Satellite images of geographic areas of interest, cities, deserts, glaciers, geologic features,disaster areas,water bodies,and wildlife linked with articles, maps, and other images such as AVHRR, photographs,and special projects images.
(Score: 1.000)
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC)
Homepage of the Land Processes DAAC which processes, archives, and distributes land-related data collected by Earth Observing System (EOS) sensors. Links to data products including ETM+ Landsat data, ASTER data, and MODIS land products.
(Score: 1.000)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Aerial Photography
Description of National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Aerial Photography data set including film from the Ames Research center and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center with links to ordering images.
(Score: 1.000)
Space Acquired Photography
Ordering and descriptive information for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)imagery acquired by the USGS from Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, and Shuttle Large Format Camera missions.
(Score: 1.000)
Spectroscopy Lab
Links to Spectroscopy Lab projects to identify and map materials through spectroscopic remote sensing (imaging spectroscopy, hyperspectral imaging, imaging spectrometry, ultraspectral imaging, etc),on the earth and in space.
(Score: 1.000)
TerraWeb
Terrestrial remote sensing program with links to coastal and marine, arid and semi-arid, other land environmental data and digital image products plus software Mini Image Processing Sensing System (MIPS).
(Score: 1.000)
TerraWeb for kids
Satellite images of Earth geared to children.
(Score: 1.000)
USGS fact sheets
Access and listing of USGS popular publications listed by themes: resources, hazards, environment, information management, and states, and also by scientific discipline.
(Score: 1.000)
USGS glossary
A dictionary of words commonly used within the U.S. Geological Survey with non-technical definitions.
(Score: 1.000)
What is the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVHRR?
The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVHRR is an optical multispectral scanner flown aboard NOAA orbiting satellites. image maps are produced from AVHRR data after considerable image processing.
(Score: 1.000)
Definition:
Study of all aspects of the Earth’s surface including its natural and political divisions, the distribution and differentiation of areas and, often, human interactions with the environment. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
