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The National Map Corps

The National Map Corps enlists volunteers to collect and edit data about human made structures in an effort to provide accurate and authoritative map data for the USGS National Map and US Topo Maps. Using aerial imagery and base layers from The National Map, volunteers are editing 10 different structure types including schools, hospitals, post offices, police stations, and other important public buildings in all 50 States as well as Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Project URL: http://nationalmap.gov/TheNationalMapCorps/

Geographic Scope: National

Project Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Participation Tasks: Annotation, Classification or tagging, Data entry, Finding entities, Geolocation, Identification,

Start Date: 1994

Project Contact: ekorris@usgs.gov

Federal Government Sponsor:

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Other Federal Government Sponsor: volunteer.gov

Fields of Science: Computers and technology, Disaster response, Geology and earth science, Geography

Intended Outcomes: Programmatic, Research development, Civic and community, Individual learning,