Cooperative Agreement G20AC00424

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $2,657,323 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817). The project, titled "WASHINGTON SIX COUNTIES RE-COLLECTION PROJECT", will fund the collection of 7,770 square miles of full LiDAR coverage over six counties in Washington state at the Quality Level 1 standard. This re-collection effort will update and maintain...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences has awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to the College of William & Mary under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant supports the continued development of the GEOBoundaries project, which provides free, transparent, and openly licensed geographic information on geopolitical boundaries worldwide. Innovations under this award include automating data processing, such as...

This $500,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083) will support the development of a geospatial big data infrastructure and services. Led by researchers at North Carolina Central University in partnership with three other minority-serving institutions, the award will coordinate the creation and sharing of new GIS data layers according to FAIR data principles. Standardized...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) provides $410,000.00 to the New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) to collect high-quality Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data covering Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York. The project will update the existing elevation dataset, which is from 2014 and has a point spacing of 0.7 meters, to meet at minimum Quality Level 2...

This $1,062,651 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the continued operation of the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) from August 2024 through July 2026. NCALM, a joint facility operated by the University of Houston and the University of California, Berkeley, provides the earth science community with high-resolution airborne laser scanning surveys, digital aerial imagery, and data processing expertise to...

The US Geological Survey, through its National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817), awarded a $197,452 cooperative agreement to the Commonwealth Office Of Technology on March 26, 2021 to complete by March 25, 2023. Under this award, the Commonwealth Office Of Technology will acquire LIDAR data for Kentucky from 2020-2021. The National Geospatial Program promotes the use of space-based land remote sensing data and technologies through collaborative state and local...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $1,084,922 to the New York State Education Department (NYSED) for a geologic mapping project in New York state. The funding will be used to conduct geological fieldwork, collect sediment and rock samples, and produce 2D geologic maps and cross-sections for multiple counties in New York. The resulting deliverables will provide information on the location of...

This National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences award of $1,013,705 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota will enhance and expand the IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) over a five-year period from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2028. This project will increase the spatial and temporal coverage of NHGIS, a comprehensive source of geographic data on American people and places from 1790 to the present, by incorporating 1970...

The California Department of Conservation received a $1,296,659.32 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to conduct geologic mapping and digital compilation activities across the state of California. The two-year project, running from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, will result in the production of three new 1:24,000-scale geologic maps, two 1:100,000-scale map compilations, two GEMS Level 3 geologic map...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $450,500 Cooperative Agreement under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). The project, titled "CALIFORNIA 3DHP - FEATHER RIVER HEADWATERS", aims to create detailed 3D hydrography maps of surface water features in the upper watersheds of the Feather River in northeastern California. The data will be developed by the Center for Geospatial Science and...