An image illustrating the six orbital planes in which GPS satellites (“navigational satellites,” or ns) fly around Earth. This configuration shows the orbits just before the start of this solar cycle’s biggest geomagnetic storm, which occurred on March 17, 2015. The darkest orbital lines indicate the position of the satellites in that moment; the lightest lines indicate where they were 12 hours prior.(Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory)

GPS data release to boost space-weather science

January 30, 2017

Today, more than 16 years of space-weather data is publicly available for the first time in history. The […]

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USGS reveals 6 new California seafloor, coastal maps

April 1, 2016

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released six new sets of publicly available maps that show the diverse and complex range of seafloor […]

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Enhanced Sea-level Prediction System to Improve Coastal Flooding Plans

June 5, 2014

As the Gulf Coast begins another hurricane season, researchers with the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science […]

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This article is tagged with floods, Gulf of Mexico, hurricane season, hurricanes, National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Spatial Reference System, sea level and posted in GIS News