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"Who Is Government? - The Untold Story of Public Service"
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219551344-who-is-government-the-untold-story-of-public-service <-- shared book details
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https://www.youtube.com/live/GuA_TUxi-5k?si=WbxW5iCGbzVMZNYW <-- shared video overview from the author
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My other ½ heard about this book in her #NOAA #bookclub - and got it for me for Xmas! 😀
I am very much looking forward to this series of essays...
#fedservice #fedscience #readingforpleasure #publicservice #publicgood #government #civilservice #society #resource #workers #stories #businessofgovernment #consequences #returnoninvestment #usecase

FEMA Mobile App [free] [USA]
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https://www.ready.gov/ <-- shared Ready-iness FEMA web site
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“Download the newly updated FEMA App to get preparedness strategies and real-time weather and emergency alerts…”
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“Launched in February 2003, Ready is a National public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies and disasters...
Ready… ask individuals to do four key things:
• Stay informed about the different types of emergencies that could occur and their appropriate responses
• Make a family emergency plan.
• Build an emergency supply kit.
• Get involved in your community by taking action to prepare for emergencies…”
#risk #hazard #geohazard #flood #fire #winter #extremeweather #fedscience #fedservice #publicgood #publicservive #taxpayer #safety # #preparedness #emergencies #disasters #app #phone #hazardreadiness #readiness #free #FEMA
@FEMA

Fire Event Explorer [NASA]
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https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/tools/fire-event-explorer <-- shared NASA mapping resource
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“This tool visualizes near real-time (NRT) satellite-based fire perimeters, active portions of fire perimeters (fire lines), and active fire pixel detections for the current year.
Use the bottom panel to select different date ranges or subset fires by size, duration, or intensity. Click on an individual fire to visualize the time series of fire growth every 12 hours and create video outputs in GIF or WebM formats.
These fire tracking data are from the Fire Event Data Suite (FEDS) algorithm. Find out more:
• FEDS data source documentation
• OpenVEDA documentation
• Earthdata VEDA dashboard..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #VEDA #nearrealtime #satellite #remotesensing #fire #wildfire #extremeweather #perimeter #download #detection #monitoring #FireEventExplorer #FEDS #NRT #OpenVEDA #earthdata #VIIRS #landform #opendata #fedscience #fedservice #risk #hazard #infrastructre #NASA
@nasa

Sentinel-2 Based Estimates Of Rangeland Fractional Cover And Canopy Gap Class For The Western United States
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06160-9 <-- shared paper
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https://rangelands.app/products/rap10m/ <-- shared 10 metre Range Analysis platform overview
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[aside & totally anecdotal - I have ridden on the road in that last picture - near Sheridan, WY]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #fedservice #feddata #opendata #usecase #publicgood #rangeland #ecosystems #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #US #USA #vegetation #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #Sentenial #Sentenial2 #canopy #fractionalcover #canopygap #landcover #landuse #grass #pinyon #juniper #opendata #raster #USWest #WesternStates #landsurface #tools #fielddata #model #modeling #BLM #USDA #statistics #geostatistics #RangelandAnalysisPlatform
@USDA @BLM

Thirty Years of the U.S. National Land Cover Database - Impacts and Future Direction
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https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.25-00121R2 <-- shared paper
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“Editor's choice article for the October Issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #opendata #earthobservation #landcover #USA #NLCD #MRLCC #history #datacollection #impervioussurface #classifaction #landform #forestcanopy #fedscience #fedservice #deeplearning #AI #spatialanalysis #change #monitoring #usecase #research #landmanagement #management #policy #planning #support #agriculture #urbanplanning #environment #ecosystems #biodiversity #conservation #water #hydrology #humanhealth #risk #hazard #soils #naturalhazard #spatiotemporal #landchange #forestry #watermanagement #waterquality #publicsafety #groundwater #NCLA #wildfire #stormwater #extremeweather
#USGS #EROS #NASA #USFS

U.S. Geological Survey [#USGS] Geomagnetic Variometer Data - Capitalizing On Seismic Infrastructure
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https://doi.org/10.1785/0220250185 <-- shared paper
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#geomagnetic #geomagnetism #USGS #USA #CONUS #seismology #seismograph #measurement #spatialanalysis #spatial #stations #SeismographicNetwork #magneticfield #readings #spatiotemporal #magnetometer #collabration #spaceweather #risk #hazard #colocation #magneticstorm #earthquake #interdisciplinary #research #sampling #multidisciplinary #fielddata #mapping #GIS #cohosted #corrleation #sampling #fedscience #fedservice #publicgood
#USGS

Have You Ever Wondered What A New Concrete Stilling Well [stream gauge] Looked Like?
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H/T Roy Socolow, USGS
"While doing research on the USGS stream gaging program for a local presentation, [he] found this beautiful image of a classic stilling well from the Kentucky archives. Intakes and valve stems in perfect condition, hand pump and flush tank ready to fill, no kerosene or funky well water smell, and the clock weights on the Stevens recorder have plenty of travel room. Makes them] think of the good old days climbing down well ladders to “muck out” wells. Many of these “tanks” of instrument shelters still exist with either working intakes or as converted bubble gages. Many others have been decommissioned due to safety issues (falling or confined space hazards). Thanks to the men of the #CCC and #WPA..."
#gage #streamflow #instrumentation #hydrology #measurement #history #waterresources #stillingwell #recording #USGS #fedscience #fedservice
@USGS

Even though we are furloughed, the boss arranged a breaking of the bread (no GFE involved); it was a pleasure to see everyone I work with!
#fedservice #fedscience

The Next Landsat - Mission Turning Point? [Landsat Next, descoped mission, etc]
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.115087 <-- shared paper / commentary
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https://www.fgdc.gov/ngac/meetings/feb-2025/lag-usgs-nli-update-final-version-february-20-2025.pdf <-- shared USGS FY25 Q! Update on Landsat and Sustainable Land Imaging, National Geospatial Advisory Committee
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Https://Www.Natechcorp.Com/_Files/Ugd/Ac01f5_F79deb4d508547c984ccc4a6090c54ab.Pdf <-- shared 2023 report – “Economic Valuation Of Landsat And Landsat Next”
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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14262 <-- 2022 NASA Landsat Next overview video
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #EO #usecase #Landsat #satellite #history #historic #LandsatNext #Design #Userneeds #CurrentStatus #budget #funding #planning #fedscience #fedservice #dataquality #continuity #community #opendata #openscience #observation #requirements #LNext #capability #VSWIR #design #future #longterm #risk #hazard #descoped #restructured #economicbenefit #EconomicValuation #value #valueformoney #USGS #NASA #EROS

Latest #USGS Map-Product Release - 250K Topo OnDemand Topo Products Now Available Through The Topobuilder Application
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/news/regional-view-reliable-data-introducing-usgs-250k-topo <-- USGS product announcement page and topoBuilder custom map construction application access
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“The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has launched the 250K Topo, a new digital map product designed to support regional planning, land and resource management, and emergency response coordination…”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USGS #OnDemandTopo #NGP #topoBuilder #OnDemand #250KTopo #Geospatial #TopographicMaps #GIS #MappingInnovation #OpenData #Maps #NGTOC #NGP #custom #opendata #latest #spatialdata #topomap #fedservice #fedscience #publicgood
@USGS

NOAA Supports Sargassum Response In Puerto Rico
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https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaa-supports-sargassum-response-in-puerto-rico/ <-- shared technical article
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/65792 <-- 2024 NOAA: ‘Nearshore Sargassum Management: Policy Analysis and Agency Gaps Assessment’
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H/T NOAA Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
#HarmfulAlgalBloom #HAB #PuertoRico #USA #coast #coastal #damage #cost #risk #hazard #sargassum #algae #impacts #accumulation #stateofemergency #wildlife #ecosystems #emergency #shoreline #innundation #fisheries #infrastructure #damage #socioeconomic #humanimpacts #habitat #publichealth #fedservice #fedscience
@NOAA @NCCOS

The U.S. Geological Survey [USGS], The U.S. Department Of Defense [DoD], And The U.S. Intelligence Community [various] - 100 Years Of Mapping And Remote Sensing Collaboration, 1879–1979
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/cir1552 <-- link to USGS circular
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #maps #sharing #spatialanalysis #history #military #intelligence #geointelligence #GEOINT #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #datasharing #technology #mission #fedservice #fedscience #wholeofgovernment #interactions #sectors #collaboration #interagency #interdepartmental #governmentbranches
@USGS DoD #CIA #FBI

First Ever Images from the Vera Rubin Telescope [Chile]
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https://youtu.be/tu4cpaDZ68g?si=FaeVBYNRYIbEfqiU <-- shared technical video
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https://rubinobservatory.org/ <-- Rubin Observatory home page
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“The Vera C. Rubin telescope has just [mid-2025] released its first images, and they’re spectacular…
On a mountain in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, with its massive 3.2-billion-pixel camera, is capturing images that rival those from the James Webb Space Telescope. Get ready to see some of the most stunning astronomical images ever taken as [they] explore how this groundbreaking project will help us unlock the secrets of the universe. This is just the beginning...”
#verarubin #fedscience #fedservice #Coquimbo #Chile #LegacySurveyofSpaceandTime #LSST #Andes #telescope #remotesensing #image #imagery #astronomy #astronomical #observation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #extraterrestrial #research
@NSF @DOE @SLAC