The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced that more than 400 new topographic maps are now available for the state of Alaska. The new maps are part of the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Mapping ...

three-dimensional topographic maps of the entire state of Alaska. Less than one year after President Barack Obama announced a White House Arctic Initiative that included better mapping of the area ...

There were racist names on an Alaska topographic map. Students were moving through various stations, set up by teacher Jayne Naze, outlining the different topics to be covered during the term when ...

Historically, Alaska’s coast especially has been poorly mapped—some documents were based on maps originally created by British explorer Captain James Cook in the 1700s. Previous topographic ...

Today, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and NSF released 3-D topographic maps that show Alaska’s terrain in greater detail than ever before. Powered by the Blue Waters supercomputer, the ...

U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps give you a choice on the height ... Using a new combination of techniques, an Alaska researcher has crowned Mount Isto the highest peak in America's Arctic ...