--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 07:58:20 -0700 From: Linda Zellmer <[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: New National Land Cover Dataset Now Available <fwd> Sender: Linda Zellmer <[log in to unmask]> Hello All, When I saw the announcement last week, I e-mailed Rea Mueller at USGS to find out whether these would be available through FDLP. She stated that they would not be coming through the Depository Library Program. Linda Zellmer ***************************** Linda Zellmer Maps Librarian Arizona State University Libraries P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 [log in to unmask] Phone: (480)-965-5973 Fax: (480)-965-0883 -----Original Message----- From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 8:01 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: New National Land Cover Dataset Now Available <fwd> --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 15:06:53 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: mike furlough <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: New National Land Cover Dataset Now Available <fwd> Sender: mike furlough <[log in to unmask]> Folks, Does anyone happen to know if these CDs will be depository items? mike On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 14:56:24 -0400 Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:41:42 -0700 > From: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Fw: New National Land Cover Dataset Now Available > Sender: Jennifer Stone Muilenburg <[log in to unmask]> > > > FYI -- the Eastern half of the US is done, with the rest due in 6 months... > > > NEWS RELEASE > > > > > > U.S. Department of the Interior > > U.S. Geological Survey > > 119 National Center > > Reston VA, 20192 > > > > Contact: Karen Wood, 703-648-4447, [log in to unmask] > > Nick Van Driel, 605-594-6007, [log in to unmask] > > > > For release: October 4, 2000 > > > > > > New National Land Cover Dataset Now Available > > > > > > > > The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection > > > > Agency (EPA) have teamed up to compile the first seamless National Land > > > > Cover Dataset (NLCD) using satellite imagery for the conterminous United > > > > States. At 30-meter resolution, the NLCD is the most detailed land cover > > > > information ever compiled at a national level. The new CD-ROMs include > data > > > > for the states east of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Data for the > > > > remaining states will be available within the next six months. > > > > The first eight CD's of a planned 31-volume disc set contains 21 > categories > > of land cover information across the lower 48 states. These data are used > > in a variety of national and regional applications, including watershed > > management, environmental inventories, transportation modeling and land > > management. > > > > "Many federal, state, and local agencies rely on land cover data in making > > critical decisions related to managing natural resources," said USGS > > associate director for geography Barbara Ryan. "Land cover has changed > > considerably since the last data set was developed in the 1970's, and it's > > important to provide resource managers with the most up-to-date > information > > available." > > > > The release of the CD's is the culmination of a five-year effort by the > > USGS, EPA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the > U.S. > > Forest Service to purchase and analyze the necessary Landsat satellite > > Thematic Mapper imagery used in the NLCD. Scientists at the USGS used a > > variety of supporting information in addition to the satellite data, > > including topography, census, agricultural statistics, soil > > characteristics, other land cover maps, and wetlands data to determine and > > label the land cover type for each 30-meter pixel. This imagery database > is > > also being used by the partner organizations for their own programs. > > > > The NLCD was designed to be compatible with the earlier Land Use/Land > Cover > > data set compiled from 1970's and 1980's aerial photography. The data > from > > these two time periods provide an opportunity to investigate the land > cover > > change in the United States over the last 30 years. The experience gained > > from this mapping effort will be used to improve the next-generation > > national land cover data set, which will use Landsat-7 data collected over > > the next three years. > > > > The CD-ROMs can be ordered from Customer Services at the USGS EROS Data > > Center (605-594-6151; email [log in to unmask]; FAX > > 605-594-6589), contact any other USGS Earth Science Information Center or > > order online from this address: > > http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/programs/lccp/mrlcreg.html. For more > > information about the NLCD and the USGS Land Cover Characterization > > Program, please visit: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/programs/lccp > > > > > > As the Nation's largest water, earth and biological science and civilian > > mapping agency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2,000 > > organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial scientific > > information to resource managers, planners and other customers. This > > information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the > > loss of life and property from natural disasters, to contribute to the > > sound conservation and economic and physical development of the Nation's > > natural resources, and to enhance the quality of life by monitoring water, > > biological, energy, and mineral resources. > > > > * * * USGS * * * > > > > In-depth information about USGS programs may be found on the USGS home > page > > at . To receive the latest USGS news releases automatically by e-mail, > send > > a request to . Specify the listserver(s) of interest from the following > > names: water-pr; geologic-pr; geologic-hazards-pr; biological-pr; > > mapping-pr; products-pr; lecture-pr. In the body of the message write: > > subscribe (name of listserver) (your name). Example: water-pr joe smith. > > > > > > > --- End Forwarded Message --- -------------------------------------- Mike Furlough Geospatial and Statistical Data Center University of Virginia Library http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu (804) 924-3169 --- End Forwarded Message --- --- End Forwarded Message ---