The Maine Geological Survey has released a new interactive web map viewer that allows communities, businesses and others along the state’s southern coast to manage coastal infrastructure as sea and ...

In August, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) released its most extensive geological map to date. It's called The Cooperative National Geologic Map, and it provides an interactive look at the ...

Mapping technology is infinitely better than it used to be, but satellites and LiDAR can never recapture the craft that went into making old-school US Geological Survey Maps. Instead, graphic designer ...

Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. The map is the first to include ...

In what the agency hopes will spur a major leap in American geoscience, the U.S. Geological Survey has released a new mapping tool that allows anyone to peer into the earth beneath their feet. Dubbed ...

Nearly all of California has a more than 95% chance of a damaging earthquake in the next century, according to a new United States Geological Survey map. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model ...

Geologic maps are used to locate natural resources, such as water or oil, or the best place to hunt for fossils, but they can also be eye catching works of art. Sharon Purdy A low-lying topographic ...

Drawing on data from satellites and Apollo-era missions, scientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute have pieced together what they say is the first ...