TFGIW LINKS

• Texas Federal Geographic Information Workgroup
  • TFGIW Overview
  • TFGIW Charter
  • TFGIW Minutes and Other Documents
  • TFGIW Contacts

NATIONAL LINKS

• • The National Map
  • Geography Discipline
  • Publications
  • National Geospatial Programs Office
  • The National Map poster (.pdf)

PROJECT LINKS

• • US/Mexico Colonias Web Mapping Service
  • Edwards-Trinity Aquifer Project
  • Border Health Project

USGS IN YOUR STATE

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

Texas Mapping Partnership Office

Edward-Trinity Aquifer Project

This project is part of the Geographic Analysis & Monitoring Program (GAM) and is directed out of the Rocky Mountain Mapping Center (RMMC)  in Denver, Colorado.  The project intends to expand the current research investigations beyond the Edwards Aquifer to include the Trinity River hydrologic system and analyze landscape change, water resource demands, and environmental impacts for the San Antonio-Austin urban corridor.  The Texas MPO is contributing to this project through various tasks including acquisition of  local datasets, attending local and regional planning meetings, and building partnerships and affiliations with organizations focusing on similar research.   Other collaborators/partners include the The Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council's Land and Greenspace Committee (ASACC), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and the Community and Regional Planning Department, University of Texas at Austin (UTCRP).

Posters:

Visualizing the Austin Region: Urban Growth, 1983-2000

• Built-Up land cover was classified from Landsat 5 and 7 satellite imagery for four different time periods between 1983-2000 to show urban landscape change in and around Austin.
• Created through a UTCRP - USGS partnership, during the course "CRP 386 Applied Geographic Information Systems:  Visualizing the Austin Region over Time and Space". Visit the course web site for more information on the Spring 2002 class.

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Parks and Open Space in the Austin - San Antonio Region

• Parks and open space for a 22-county area comprising the Alamo Area and Capital Area Planning Council of Governments

• Created by the Lower Colorado River Authority for The Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council's  Land and Greenspace Committee, which promotes the protection and conservation of interconnected land and greenspace.

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 Additional Information:

• Edwards Aquifer Authority
• Alamo area Council of Governments
• American Rivers 2002 Endangered Rivers Report (Guadalupe River)
• Save Our Springs Alliance
• USGS Edwards Aquifer Investigations
• USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program-Trinity River Basin
• University of Texas-Austin Community and Regional Planning Program
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: Land and Water Resources Conservation and Recreation Plan
• Texas Water Development Board-Groundwater Availability Modeling
• Greater Austin - San Antonio Corridor Council
• Central Texas Sustainability Project