National Geospatial Program

Providing leadership to place geographic knowledge at the fingertips of the Nation

The National Geospatial Program provides leadership for USGS geospatial coordination, production and service activities. The Program engages partners to develop standards and produce consistent and accurate data through its Geospatial Liaison Network. Operational support is provided by the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center. These and other Program activities that are essential to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) are managed as a unified portfolio that benefits geospatial information users throughout the Nation.

Links to National Geospatial Program coordination activites, products and services are available below:

base data, map products and geospatial web services

governance, coordination, policy, standards, and NSDI training

geospatial information discovery and access, communities, and partnership marketplace

maps of America for everyone's use

geographic names authority and gazetteer for the nation

leadership for geospatial information research

geospatial information for effective emergency response