Discusses some characteristics of aerial photographs and satellite images and the types of images that are available from the USGS.

Gives elevations of features and distances between points in the United States.

Gives parents practical ideas for teaching children simple concepts in geography.

Describes mineral and organic gemstones and lists references.

Describes and illustrates various symbols used on USGS topographic maps. Additional information on map publication symbols is available on the NMP Standards Web site at http://nationalmap.gov/gio/standards/index.html. To go directly to the symbol books, go to: http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/acrodocs/qmaps/5psym202.pdf
or http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/acrodocs/qmaps/6psym403.pdf

Introduces the elements of topographic mapping, including principal map series, scale, control surveys, national standards, procedures, symbols, revision, and information sources.

Circular 1252 — Glimpses of U.S. Urbanization — available in HTML and PDF

Describes and shows samples of the digital data available from the USGS. This publication is in PDF format. PDF format reproduces the look of the printed publication. To view and print the PDF version, you must obtain and install the Acrobat® Reader, available at no charge from Adobe Systems. Note that PDF files tend to be of relatively large size. Downloading such files from the Internet to your computer via modem may take up to several minutes. Additionally, the quality of illustrations in printed PDF documents will generally be lower than that of the original paper document.

News about careers in the natural sciences for middle and high school students by providing narratives of professional scientists at work.

Describes and illustrates types of USGS maps and gives ordering information.