USGS Geography: Report on The National Map

The National Map is the product of a consortium of Federal, State, and local partners

Reports may be accessed in HTML format or in Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF). Note that PDF documents require use of the free Acrobat® Reader to view.

Featured Journal

The special October 2003 issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, published by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, is devoted to The National Map. Articles from the USGS, other Federal agencies, State agencies, private industry, and other national mapping organizations emphasize partnerships for data sharing and maintenance and the importance of nationally consistent, current, and readily available geographic information. The result is an endorsement of the key components of The National Map vision and of the power of geography to understand the Nation's changing landscape. We invite you to learn more about The National Map from the following selections from the October 2003 issue:

The National Map Foreword

National Mapping Examined: An Introduction by Charles E. Ogrosky

Highlight Article

The National Map - A Continuing, Critical Need for the Nation by Charles G. Groat (140kb PDF)

Peer-Reviewed Articles

The National Map - From Geography to Mapping and Back Again by John A. Kelmelis, Mark L. DeMulder, Charles E. Ogrosky, Nicholas J. VanDriel, and Barbara J. Ryan (364 kb PDF suitable for viewing). [or 1.2MB PDF version suitable for printing]
Full abstracts from all other peer-reviewed articles, Various Authors

USGS The National Map Implementation Plan

This report describes the implementation plan for The National Map. It is organized to provide high-level information on The National Map, its relationship to the President's Management Agenda, the process used to guide the implementation, and details on the important elements of developing The National Map.

The National Map Implementation Plan (10/18/03, 2.3 MB PDF)

USGS Fact Sheets

The National Map: Topographic Maps for the 21st Century
(FS-018-02) (02/2002)

The National Map Pilot (Partnership) Projects
(FS-062-02) (06/2002)

Hazards, Disasters, and The National Map
(FS-027-03) (03/2003)

The National Map - Hydrography
(FS-060-02) (06/2002)

The National Map - Elevation
(FS-106-02) (11/2002)

The National Map - Geographic Names
(FS-108-02) (11/2002)

The National Map - Orthoimagery
(FS-107-02) (11/2002)

Cooperative Topographic Mapping Program
(FS-105-02) (11/2002)

Report on The National Map

Final Report (11/30/01, 424 Kb PDF)
Issues and Actions (11/30/01, 140 Kb PDF)

You may request a paper copy of any of these reports by electronic mail at nationalmap@usgs.gov or by regular mail addressed to the USGS:

The National Map

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