No audio available for this content. Topobathymetric digital elevation model of the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. (Image: USGS) The United States ...

No audio available for this content. This digital elevation model (DEM) indicates the type of data currently being acquired across Florida. (Photo: Dewberry) High-resolution airborne lidar data to be ...

The last time the U.S. Geological Survey made a national map of landslide hazards, it did so on paper. It didn't use laser imaging for landslide detection and it didn't render the maps with the ...

Washington Air National Guardsmen methodically make their way through the mud and wreckage left behind by the March 22, 2014, mudslide in Oso, Wash. (Photo by Spc. Matthew Sissel/122D PAOC) People who ...

The technology known as LiDAR – Light Detection and Ranging, a laser-driven means of making precise measurements over large areas – has been helping scientists understand geology and natural history ...

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. has been chosen by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with Merrick & Company, to lead aerial lidar data collection for the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), a ...

RESTON, Va., July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (BWMN), a national engineering services and program management firm, has been selected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

One of The Museum of Northern Arizona’s current exhibits spotlights the famous Grand Canyon Dragon Map created by George Billingsly, and others, and evaluates its history and ongoing impact on ...