The White House has unveiled the first-ever 3D topographical maps of Alaska, which were created using commercial satellites. The mapping project is a result of an executive order issued by ...

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 ...

The first batch of new, more accurate Alaska maps that will eventually cover the whole state is out and free to the public as part of a state and federal project to replace old topographic maps ...

University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering. "3-D elevation maps of Alaska for released for White House Arctic Initiative." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 09 ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The first batch of new, more accurate Alaska maps that will eventually cover the whole state is out and free to the public as part of a ...

New topographic maps made from satellite data will help the state monitor—and plan for—its eroding coastlines and melting permafrost. Not a lot of elevation to map: Kotzebue, Alaska, is about ...

The tallest peak in North America is not as tall as previously thought. That’s according to new data from a federal and state effort to provide more detailed topographical maps of Alaska. Denali ...

Previous topographic maps of Alaska only resolved to about 100 feet across. But the new data, called Arctic Digital Elevation Models, or ArcticDEMs, based on satellite imagery, has a resolution of ...

Late last week, the White House announced something seemingly mundane — a series of new topographic maps of the U.S.’s only Arctic state, Alaska. Ninety percent of the enormous state has now ...