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The following is a list of structures that can be entered on the web site. The focus is significant man-made structures. The "other" category is for man-made structures not on this list and should not include locations such as homes, restaurants or other commercial establishments.
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of their quad. While there was no deadline for completing maps, the project's administrators preferred volunteers to submit coordinates for all structures in the quad no more than one year after beginning work.
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From August 2008, the program stopped accepting structure data collected via GPS, but continued to use the web-based collection site.
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community by providing high quality, integrated geospatial data and improved products and services including new generation digital
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maps on which they wished to work. Once accepted into the project, volunteers received their assignment and 1:24,000 scale
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In December 2006, a new Internet-based method for submitting information on structures was introduced. Using a
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and submitted via e-mail to the USGS National Geospatial Technical Operations Center(s) in
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and a current familiarity with the area being mapped. This data is used to update
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consists of volunteers who devote some of their time to provide
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Moore, Larry (December 2000, with January 2003 update),
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The program originally allowed volunteers to collect
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The National Map Corps
USGS image showing layers of The National Map
USGS logo
collaborative
United States Geological Survey
topographic
United States
National Geospatial Program
orthoimagery
aerial photographs
elevation
geographic names
hydrography
Web
U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Federal Geographic Data Committee
geospatial
topographic maps
U.S. Department of the Interior
The National Map Corps
cartographic
USGS topographic map program
cartographic
U.S. Geological Survey
Internet
geographic coordinates
latitude
longitude
GPS
spreadsheet

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