{"id":690,"date":"2017-11-07T11:41:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cgia.org\/cagiscouncil\/?p=690"},"modified":"2017-11-07T11:41:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:41:07","slug":"nhd-and-wbd-map-services-moving-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgia.org\/cagiscouncil\/2017\/11\/07\/nhd-and-wbd-map-services-moving-to-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"NHD and WBD Map Services Moving to the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of an ongoing effort to improve performance and reliability for the suite of USGS Hydrography web-based map services, the USGS is migrating the National Hydrography Dataset and Watershed Boundary Dataset services to a Cloud location.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) dynamic web-based map services currently served directly from USGS endpoints are migrating to\u00a0new Cloud endpoints<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0The migration will improve performance and reliability while keeping separate and independently consumable NHD and WBD services. These new Cloud endpoints also provide a more logical hierarchy for accessing\u00a0USGS Hydrography web-based map services<\/a>. This change will impact applications presently consuming the NHD and WBD layers from the previous service addresses.<\/p>\n

USGS will provide a transition period through December 31, 2017. The previous endpoints from USGS servers will continue to be publicly accessible during this transition period. Users will need to use the new Cloud service endpoints to access the NHD or WBD dynamic services after the transition period ends. In addition, users consuming the services from the previous endpoints will need to update application configurations for display of the desired layers.<\/p>\n

An announcement will be posted in the \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d section on the\u00a0The National Map website<\/a>\u00a0and information related to services on the \u201cLinks to Data Products and Map Services<\/a>\u201d page of the USGS Hydrography website will document these changes. For more information on the\u00a0National Hydrography Dataset<\/a>,\u00a0Watershed Boundary Dataset<\/a>, and\u00a0NHDPlus High Resolution<\/a>, visit the\u00a0USGS Hydrography<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The National Map<\/a>\u00a0websites.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot of the topographic map layer with labeled water features from the ArcGIS \u201cMy Map\u201d web service(Public domain.)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Summary of changes to National Map Hydrography service endpoints<\/strong><\/p>\n

New USGS Hydrography web-based map service endpoints<\/a>:<\/p>\n

National Hydrography Dataset<\/strong><\/p>\n