USGS

Gulf of Mexico changes to Gulf of America

Maps / geography, Google Maps, Gulf of Mexico, rename, USGS

The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America in…
Tsunami alert, because earthquake off coast of Northern California

Maps / alert, earthquake, USGS

The folks up here received one of those loud emergency alerts a few…
Barren Land

Statistical Atlas / barren, land cover, USGS

In the conterminous United States, most of the barren land belongs to deserts and mountains in the west.
Snow cover mapped using snowflakes

Maps / Althea Archer, R, snow, USGS

To show snow cover across the United States, Althea Archer for the USGS…
Mapping the sea floor

Maps / Jon Keegan, nature, ocean, USGS

Jon Keegan on how USGS researchers collected data for 125 square miles of…
Where America is expanding in developed areas

Maps / development, housing, USGS, Washington Post

Zach Levitt and Jess Eng for The Washington Post mapped newly developed areas…
First unified geologic map of the moon

Maps / geology, moon, USGS

The USGS released a unified geologic map of the moon on a 1:5,000,000-scale…
BellTopo Sans is is a free typeface based on maps from 1800s

Design / cartography, Sarah Bell, USGS

While working on maps inspired by USGS maps from the 1800s, Sarah Bell…
Geologic map of Mars

Maps / Mars, USGS

The USGS released a more detailed geologic map of Mars, not just renderings…
A quarter century of satellite imagery

Maps / Google, USGS

In collaboration between USGS, NASA and TIME, Google released a quarter century of…