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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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Texas Federal Geographic Information Workgroup Meeting: February 6, 2012
The Texas Federal Geographic Information Workgroup (TFGIW) held a meeting on Monday, February 6, at the EPA office in Dallas. The primary focus of the meeting was an interactive session with Jim Scott, the State Geographic Information Officer...
March 26, 2012
NHD Stewardship in Texas
In November 2011, the USGS and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the stewardship of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and the Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
January 19, 2012
USGS LiDAR collection
Data from a USGS LiDAR acquisition in Texas is now available, the acquisition was made possible through ARRA funding. The data covers the counties of Calhoun and Nueces, and portions of the counties of Hidalgo and Willacy. ...
December 5, 2011
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Fiscal Year 2012 Highlights
Agreements
Imagery
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Partnership to acquire over 244 square miles of high-resolution imagery over Amarillo to support community planning, emergency response, and science, environmental, and mapping user communities.
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Capital Area Council of Governments - Partnership to acquire over 3,688 square miles of high-resolution imagery over Austin to support community planning, emergency response, and science, environmental, and mapping user communities.
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Houston-Galveston Area Council - Partnership to acquire over 13,825 square miles of high-resolution imagery over Houston to support community planning, emergency response, and science, environmental, and mapping user communities.
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Partnership to acquire over 662 square miles of high-resolution imagery over El Paso to support community planning, emergency response, and science, environmental, and mapping user communities.
Geographic Names
- National Geospatial Program, University of Alabama - Partnership project to update the geographic names data for certain categories of man-made structures in Texas: police stations, correctional facilities, courthouses, city halls, libraries, and post offices.
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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