USGS Geographic Names (GNIS) Overlay Map Service from The National Map - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

USGS developed The National Map (TNM) Gazetteer as the Federal and national standard (ANSI INCITS 446-2008) for geographic nomenclature based on the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The National Map Gazetteer contains information about physical and cultural geographic features, geographic areas, and locational entities that are generally recognizable and locatable by name (have achieved some landmark status) and are of interest to any level of government or to the public for any purpose that would lead to the representation of the feature in printed or electronic maps and/or geographic information systems. The dataset includes features of all types in the United States, its associated areas, and Antarctica,...

Types: Citation; Tags: BGN, Cultural Resources Theme, GNIS, Geographic Names, NGDA, All tags... NGP-TNM, National Geospatial Data Asset, Overlay Map Service, REST, US, United States, WFS, WMS, a-16, administrative, board on geographic names, cemetery, community, cultural, cultural resource, feature id, federal, gazetteer, geographic, governmental unit, historical, hydrography, inlandWaters, landform, location, name, place, populated place, society, statistical, structure, structure, toponomy, toponym, toponymic, transportation, variant name, water, Fewer tags

USGS Geographic Names Acquisition Plan Objectives for FY17 from The National Map - National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior - The annual Geographic Names acquisition plan is to collect geographic name data over the United States and its territories through the Board on Geographic Names processes. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names is a Federal body created in 1890 and established in its present form by Public Law in 1947 to maintain uniform geographic name usage throughout the Federal Government. The Board comprises representatives of Federal agencies concerned with geographic information, population, ecology, and management of public lands. Sharing its responsibilities with the Secretary of the Interior, the Board promulgates official geographic feature names with locative attributes...

Types: Citation; Tags: BGN, Board on Geographic Names, Cultural Resources Theme, GNIS, Geographic Names, All tags... Location, NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Society, acquisition plan, administrative, cemetery, cultural, feature ID, gazetteer, geographic, historical, hydrography, information, landform, name, place, populated place, structure, system, toponym, toponymic, toponymy, transportation, variant name, Fewer tags

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) - USGS National Map Downloadable Data Collection

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is the Federal standard for geographic nomenclature. The U.S. Geological Survey developed the GNIS for the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, a Federal inter-agency body chartered by public law to maintain uniform feature name usage throughout the Government and to promulgate standard names to the public. The GNIS is the official repository of domestic geographic names data; the official vehicle for geographic names use by all departments of the Federal Government; and the source for applying geographic names to Federal electronic and printed products of all types. See https://www.usgs.gov/board-on-geographic-names for additional information.

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