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S. 240, The National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2007 (1 comment ↓)

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

S. 240 would reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.

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snglphase

July 4, 2007, 10:31pm (report abuse)

Opponents to the bill should visit the USGS National Map website (http://nationalmap.gov/nmnews.html#what) to gain insight into the work being done.

It was the mapping work done by USGS that allowed rescue workers to locate people trapped in houses in New Orleans when both house and the street signs were under water (http://nationalmap.gov/nmnews.html).

Without the geospatial data provided (and the use of USGS watercraft) many people may not have been rescued.

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