<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">FYI!</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"><br></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(37,192,0);text-decoration:none;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://go.esri.com/e/82202/utm-campaign-arcwatch-feb-2016/24jsy2/93609211" target="_blank">How to Use USGS Historical Topographic Maps in ArcMap</a></span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcwatch/0216/learn-to-use-usgs-historical-topographic-maps-in-arcmap" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcwatch/0216/learn-to-use-usgs-historical-topographic-maps-in-arcmap</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcwatch/0216/" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcwatch/0216/</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="color:rgb(77,77,77);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">…  The United States Geological Survey (USGS), with the help of Esri, has posted almost 186,000 topographic maps from its national map series online. You can view these maps in an app called </span><a href="http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(42,116,51);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration:none;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer</span></a><span style="color:rgb(77,77,77);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">.  … </span><a href="http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/" target="_blank">http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><a href="http://gcn.com/articles/2016/02/12/national-map-tools.aspx?s=gcntech_160216" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">USGS enhances National Map tools</font></span></a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="https://gcn.com/articles/2016/02/12/national-map-tools.aspx" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">https://gcn.com/articles/2016/02/12/national-map-tools.aspx</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"><b>     </b>The U.S. Geological Survey has made some improvements to the National Map program, making it easier for users to find, download and work with the GIS data.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"><b><a href="http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=1405125" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,86,137);text-decoration:none;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The National Map Data Download Enhancements</span></a></b><b></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://www.theharlowreport.com/2016/industry_article_2016.php?id=63" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://www.theharlowreport.com/2016/industry_article_2016.php?id=63</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://gisuser.com/2016/02/usgs-technical-announcement-the-national-map-data-download-enhancements/" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://gisuser.com/2016/02/usgs-technical-announcement-the-national-map-data-download-enhancements/</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://eijournal.com/news/business-2/the-national-map-data-download-enhancements" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://eijournal.com/news/business-2/the-national-map-data-download-enhancements</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://www.gisresources.com/the-national-map-data-download-enhancements/" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://www.gisresources.com/the-national-map-data-download-enhancements/</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://sensorsandsystems.com/the-national-map-data-download-enhancements/" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://sensorsandsystems.com/the-national-map-data-download-enhancements/</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=1405125" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=1405125</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"><b><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><a href="http://eijournal.com/print/articles/the-3d-elevation-program-3dep-learn-the-details-and-goals-of-this-ambitious-usgs-project" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(39,39,39);text-decoration:none">The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP):  Learn the Details and Goals of this Ambitious USGS Project</span></a></span></b> - <span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">February 2, 2016</span><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><a href="http://eijournal.com/print/articles/the-3d-elevation-program-3dep-learn-the-details-and-goals-of-this-ambitious-usgs-project" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://eijournal.com/print/articles/the-3d-elevation-program-3dep-learn-the-details-and-goals-of-this-ambitious-usgs-project</font></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><a href="http://myinforms.com/en-gb/a/23335383-the-3d-elevation-program-3deplearn-the-details-and-goals-of-this-ambitious-usgs-project/" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://myinforms.com/en-gb/a/23335383-the-3d-elevation-program-3deplearn-the-details-and-goals-of-this-ambitious-usgs-project/</font></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><a href="http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=289281#%7B%22issue_id%22:289281,%22page%22:22%7D" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=289281#{"issue_id":289281,"page":22}</font></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><a href="http://eijournal.com/category/print/articles" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://eijournal.com/category/print/articles</font></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><a href="http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=289281" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=289281</font></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">In response to growing needs for high-quality topographic data and a wide range of other 3D representations of natural and constructed features, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geospatial Program (NGP) is leading the development of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP).</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">Details & goals of national 3D Elevation Program via EIJournal <a href="http://bit.ly/1oal9Zc" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1oal9Zc</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="https://twitter.com/USGSTNM/status/698181593995702272" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">https://twitter.com/USGSTNM/status/698181593995702272</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/3DEP" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">https://twitter.com/hashtag/3DEP</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-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