forwarded by Angie -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [GEONET] in the news, The National Map and Landsat 8 Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:36:00 -0600 From: Wild, Emily <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Geonet listserv <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Hi, These are circulating through USGS groups; may also be of interest to GSIS: *_The National Map_* *Volunteer Map Data Collection Opportunities to Build the National Map* http://blog.gisuser.com/2013/06/17/volunteer-map-data-collection-opportunities-to-build-the-national-map/ USGS newsroom: *Crowd-Sourcing the Nation: Using Volunteers for Enhanced Data Collection*: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3545#.UcCvorHA8us *_Landsat 8_* *A Quick Guide to Earth Explorer for Landsat 8* http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2013/05/31/a-quick-guide-to-earth-explorer-for-landsat-8/ *Putting Landsat 8’s Bands to Work* http://www.mapbox.com/blog/putting-landsat-8-bands-to-work/ Enjoy the day, Emily ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emily Wild Librarian (Physical Scientist) U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Box 25046, MS 914 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225-0046 ph: (303) 236-1003 [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&[log in to unmask]> USGS Libraries: http://library.usgs.gov <http://library.usgs.gov/> Professional Page: http://profile.usgs.gov/ecwild ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~