Enabling the California geospatial community
The USGS National Geospatial Program collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders to share costs of topographic data acquisition in support of collective mission and business requirements. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 3D National Topography Model (3DNTM) Data Collaboration Announcement…
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The 3D National Topography Model (3DNTM) Data Collaboration Announcement (DCA) for Fiscal Year 2024 opens on September 7, 2023. The 3DNTM is a new initiative that updates, improves, and integrates USGS elevation and hydrography data to support the most demanding…
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The notes from the December 8 CGIA Community Council meeting are now available at https://cgia.org/cagiscouncil/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CGIA-Community-Council-12-08-2022-Meeting-Notes.pdf There was lively discussion on a lawsuit involving a California GIS practitioner and the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists over the…
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Dear colleagues, The USGS National Geospatial Program is again updating the US Interagency Elevation Inventory. We invite you to provide us information so that your data is discoverable by others. Your data need not be in the public domain, and the…
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Dear colleagues, The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) continues to utilize the NOAA sponsored Seasketch: U.S. Federal Mapping Coordination – A Demonstration Site for Federal Mapping Data Acquisition Coordination site for planning, coordinating partnerships, and tracking elevation data acquisition projects. The system supports the maintenance…
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Dear Colleagues, The USGS is preparing for the 2019-2020 Broad Area Announcement (BAA) to costshare lidar acquisition with FY2020 appropriated funding. A 2-hour webinar has been scheduled for August 7, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific) so that potential applicants can…
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The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) continues to utilize the NOAA sponsored Seasketch: U.S. Federal Mapping Coordination – A Demonstration Site for Federal Mapping Data Acquisition Coordination) site for planning, coordinating partnerships, and tracking elevation data acquisition projects. The system supports the maintenance and…
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Hello colleagues, The USGS 3DEP elevation program FY2019 cost-share opportunity is now open via the Federal BizOpps website. https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=968bda97cbb5a8bf6cd3bb2ab55a8ceb&tab=core&_cview=0 This should take you directly to the announcement, or go to FBO.gov and use keyword 3DEP or solicitation number 140G0118R0037 The…
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My apologies for letting this one slip by: this was provided by our CA Geodetic Coordinator, Scott Martin. Survey closes today. Hello folks, I’ve been asked by the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO), of which NSPS and ASPRS are members, to help…
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Hello Everyone: The FY16/FY17 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) has been released. The BAA provides detailed information on how to partner with the USGS and other Federal agencies to acquire high-quality 3D Elevation data. A public webinar…
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