Thirty Years of the U.S. National Land Cover Database - Impacts and Future Direction
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https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.25-00121R2 <-- shared paper
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“Editor's choice article for the October Issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #opendata #earthobservation #landcover #USA #NLCD #MRLCC #history #datacollection #impervioussurface #classifaction #landform #forestcanopy #fedscience #fedservice #deeplearning #AI #spatialanalysis #change #monitoring #usecase #research #landmanagement #management #policy #planning #support #agriculture #urbanplanning #environment #ecosystems #biodiversity #conservation #water #hydrology #humanhealth #risk #hazard #soils #naturalhazard #spatiotemporal #landchange #forestry #watermanagement #waterquality #publicsafety #groundwater #NCLA #wildfire #stormwater #extremeweather
#USGS #EROS #NASA #USFS

Occurrence And Tissue Distribution Of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) In Fishes From Waterbodies With Point And Non-Point Sources In Massachusetts, USA
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2025.107499 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #Massachusetts #USA #PFAs #Largemouthbass #bass #Bandedkillifish #killifish #Pointsources #waterbody #Histology #Healthassessment #bioaccumulation #pfa #immunology #AshumetPond #SudburyRiver #pollution #contamination #toxicology #environmental #contaminants #PFOs #fish #fisheries #species #plasma #liver #muscle #cost #economics #publichealth #publicsafety #exposurepathways #testing #landuse #NLCD #recreationalfishing #angling #spatiotemporal #sediment
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Thirty Years Of The U.S. National Land Cover Database [NLCD] - Impacts And Future Direction
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https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.25-00121R2 <-- shared paper
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/annual-national-land-cover-database <-- shared #USGS Annual National Land Cover Database (open data)
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/annual-national-land-cover-database <-- get the open NLCD data
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #history #continuity #improvement #LandCover #Landuse #change #Landsat #NLCD #NationalLandCoverDatabase #earthobservation #remotesensing #landchange #monitoring #fedscience #publicgood #fedopendata #opendata #history #fedservice #MRLCC #USA #download #impervious #surface #forestcanopy #mosaics #accuracy #deeplearning #AI #research #landmanagement #agriculture #water #hydrology #cropland #biodiversity #conservation #urban #planning #publichealth #naturalhazard #assesment #risk #hazard #mitigation #national #nation #multiple #usecase
#USGS | #EROS

[USGS] Landsat At Work – Preparing Residents When Hurricanes Threaten
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Landsat-Based National Land Cover Datasets (NCLD) Helps Predict Wind Risk To Homes And Other Structures
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-work-preparing-residents-where-hurricanes-threaten <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #landsat #satellite #fedopendata #publicgood #fedscience #risk #hazard #model #modeling #actuary #insurance #rates #appraisal #hurricane #naturaldisaster #infrastructure #damage #cost #economics #loss #NLCD #landcover #landuse #evulation #projection #Florida #residential #EROS #USGS #coast #coastline #computermodels #wind #surge #flood #flooding #USGS #NOAA #NASA #EROS #HurricaneLossProjectionMethodology

Land Surface Heterogeneity And Tornado Occurrence - An Analysis Of Tornado Alley And Dixie Alley
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https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2019.1583292 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NLCD #climatechange #severeweather #extremeweather #environment #slope #remotesensing #landcover #extremeweather #landcover #landuse #tornado #risk #hazard #damage #cost #economics #publicsafety #infrastructure #loss #USA #TornadoAlley #DixieAlley #landsurface #topography #vegetation #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #heterogeneity #variables #parameters #factors #geostatistics #statistics #EROS #fedscience

Geospatial Services / Gateway – USDA NRCS [open data]
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https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/ <-- shared link to USDA NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #portal #download #spatialdata #opendata #remotesensing #earthobservation #NRCS #ISDA #FSA #FarmServiceAgenct #RuralDevelopment #agriculture #fedservice #fedscience #farming #farmers #soil #SSURGO #environmental #naturalresources #NaturalResourcesConservationService #TIGER #precipitation #temperature #conservation #easement #LiDAR #elevation #names #geography #geology #governmentunits #boundaries #watershed #hydrology #water #WBD #HUC #topo #imagery #roads #transportation #soils #SSURGO #USA #US #landcover #landuse #NLCD

Landsat At Work – Better Wireless Communication - National Land Cover Database (NLCD), Based On Landsat, Helps Plan Clear Signal
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-work-a-path-better-wireless-communication <-- shared article
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https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions <-- shared about Landsat
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/annual-national-land-cover-database <-- shared about NLCD
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Landsat #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #fedscience #usecase #USGS #EROS #cellphone #mobilephone #telecommunications #communications #cost #benefit #wireless #towers #antennas #landcover #landuse #NLCD #radio #frequency #siting #lineofsight #clutter #economics #risk #hazard #signal #signalquality #USA #value #returnoninvestment
@USGS @USGS_EROS

Modeling Future Land Cover And Water Quality Change In Minneapolis, MN, USA To Support Drinking Water Source Protection Decisions
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13109 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #landsat #fedscience #landuse #landcover #waterquality #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #NLCD #Minneapolis #MississippiR #water #hydrology #watersecurity #waterresources #nitrates #phosphorus #cyanotoxins #Minnesota #trees #agriculture #pesticides #fertiliser #farming #potable #runoff #farming #FORESCE #urbanisation #urban #headwater #watershed #planning #urbanplanning #management #nitrogencycle #soil #watertreatment #sediment

Identifying Environmental Risk Factors and Mapping the Distribution of West Nile Virus in an Endemic Region of North America
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000161 <-- shared paper
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[an older paper (2018) but a good one, including showing the versatility & usefulness of #FedScience spatial datasets]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #WestNile #WestNileVirus #fedscience #NationalLandCoverDatabase #NLCD #virus #publichealth #arboviruses #environment #data #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fedscience #geocoding #environmental #landcover #physiography #climate #weather #transmission #model #regressiontree #risk #hazard #riskmaps #elevation #humidity #rainfall #precipitation #disease #soil #integrated #opendata #mosquito #satellite #SouthDakota #pasturelands #crossdiscipline #virology #remotesensing #earthobservation #Pathobiology #Epidemiology
@USGS @USGS_EROS

NOAA Digital Coast – Data Access Viewer [USA]
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https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/dav.html <-- shared link to viewer
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[lots of new data added in the last 6 months]
“This online tool allows a user to search for and download lidar, imagery, and land cover data by user-defined geography. Once found, the data can be downloaded with an easy-to-use checkout interface. Users can select from multiple file formats, projections, and datums.
Features:
• View image services for applicable data
• View technical specifications and metadata for each data set
• Access data in several projections and datums…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialdata #opendata #LiDAR #imagery #NOAA #digitalcoast #USA #DataAccessViewer #landcover #topobathy #topography #bathymetry #charts #coast #coastal #CoastalChangeAnalysisProgram #CCAP #NLCD
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