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USGS Geospatial Liaison for South Dakota
Steve Shivers Stephen P. Shivers
Rapid City, SD
605-394-3216
spshivers@usgs.gov

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About National Geospatial Partnerships
The National Map partnership network cultivates and maintains long-term relationships with partners and develops agreements for The National Map and other initiatives that support USGS science. Partnerships are the foundation The National Map because they leverage funding across organizations to provide significant cost savings, reduce redundancy in geospatial data acquisition and stewardship, and ensure availability of common base data to a broad range of users and applications.

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News and Highlights for South Dakota
Historic USGS Topos Now Available
Historical USGS topographic maps of South Dakota are now available for free download from the USGS Store. The maps are in GeoPDF format. The 1894 Deadwood 1:125,000 quadrangle is a great example.
May 11, 2012
Minnesota River Basin
New LiDAR data covering the Minnesota River Basin in South Dakota can now be downloaded...
July 28, 2011
Inundation Maps for the Missouri River in South Dakota
Flood information and levee maps from the State of South Dakota
May 30, 2011

Liaison Activities

Fiscal Year 2012 Highlights

Agreements

      Elevation

  • National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service - Partnership to acquire nearly 40 square miles of lidar over the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial and a small portion of Custer National Forest to support multiple studies including flood analysis and response, uranium mine reclaimation, vegetation mapping, structures mapping, land use planning, and habitat modeling by providing data for analysis.
  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Partnership to acquire over 213 square miles of high-resolution imagery over Pierre to support community planning, emergency response, and science, environmental, and mapping user communities.

Other Activities

  • Science Support - Assisted USGS biology, geology, and water scientists in obtaining imagery, elevation, and other geospatial data.
  • 3D Elevation Program Inventory - Validated information on known datasets and documented new datasets to update the national inventory of high-resolution elevation data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/inventory/.
  • Outreach - Conducted and coordinated National Geospatial Program outreach activities by attending a range of meetings, participating in conferences, and coordinating trainings and workshops to support the geospatial community in the State.
  • Emergency Response - Liaisons provide general geospatial data discovery and acquisition assistance during emergencies as those events occur throughout the fiscal year.

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