Land use and land cover
The vegetation, water, natural surface, and cultural features on the land surface.
Land Remote Sensing Program [ More info] Land Remote Sensing Program (LRS) provides a primary source of remotely sensed data and applications of land remote sensing, nationally and internationally.
Landscape changes in the southwestern United States: techniques, long-term data sets, and trends [ More info] This study illustrates some approaches for reconstructing landscape change.
Landscape consequences of natural gas extraction in Allegheny and Susquehanna Counties, Pennsylvania, 2004--2010 [ More info] Quantifies the landscape changes and consequences of natural gas extraction by digitizing indications of disturbance on NAIP aerial photographs and using these with the NLCD to show land use-land cover change.
Landscape consequences of natural gas extraction in Bradford and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, 2004-2010 [ More info] Quantifies the landscape changes and consequences of natural gas extraction by digitizing indications of disturbance on NAIP aerial photographs and using these with the NLCD to show land use-land cover change.
Sense of place: a place-based approach to science for land management [ More info] Examples of on-site, place-focused research programs using USGS scientists in land management projects.
Spatial Analysis Branch, National Wetlands Research Center [ More info] Home page for National Wetlands Research Center's (NWRC) Spatial Analysis Branch (SAB), which uses state-of-the-art technology to assist the work of natural resource managers with spatial data and computerized analysis techniques.
Assessing the impact of urban sprawl on soil resources in the United States using nighttime "city lights" satellite images and digital soils maps [ More info] Paper from Land Use History of North America giving results of a study to estimate the extent of developed land in the United States and the impact of development on soil resources.
Changing patterns in the number of species in North American floras [ More info] A chapter of the publication: Land Use History of North America on general patterns of plant species diversity in North America that shows how these patterns have changed over time.
Chesapeake Bay activities [ More info] Information on USGS studies of Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, concerned with water quality, ecosystem history and change, vital habitat and biological resources, and land use studies.
Digital Line Graphs (DLGs) [ More info] Description of Digital Line Graphs (DLG) with explanations of layers and feature types, scales, available products, media, prices, and links to search and order webpages.
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