USGS National Map
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The USGS National Map is a collaborative, online mapping platform that provides public access to high-quality, nationwide geospatial data and services for visualization, analysis, and download.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USGS National Map canonical | 3 |
| USGS National Geospatial Program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3962748 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USGS National Map Context triple: [USGS topographic maps, availableFrom, USGS National Map]
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A.
USGS topographic maps
USGS topographic maps are detailed, large-scale representations of the Earth's surface produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, showing natural and man-made features with contour lines to depict elevation and terrain.
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B.
MapInfo Professional
MapInfo Professional is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software application used for mapping, spatial analysis, and visualization of geographic data.
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C.
Crestview USGS topographic map
The Crestview USGS topographic map is a United States Geological Survey map sheet that charts the terrain and geographic features of the Crestview area in Florida, including the location of Britton Hill, the state's highest natural point.
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D.
USGS Pocasset quadrangle
The USGS Pocasset quadrangle is a United States Geological Survey topographic map sheet that covers the Pocasset area, detailing its terrain, natural features, and man-made landmarks.
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E.
USGS GloVis
USGS GloVis is an online portal provided by the U.S. Geological Survey for browsing, previewing, and downloading satellite imagery and other Earth observation data.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: USGS National Map Target entity description: The USGS National Map is a collaborative, online mapping platform that provides public access to high-quality, nationwide geospatial data and services for visualization, analysis, and download.
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A.
USGS topographic maps
USGS topographic maps are detailed, large-scale representations of the Earth's surface produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, showing natural and man-made features with contour lines to depict elevation and terrain.
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B.
MapInfo Professional
MapInfo Professional is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software application used for mapping, spatial analysis, and visualization of geographic data.
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C.
Crestview USGS topographic map
The Crestview USGS topographic map is a United States Geological Survey map sheet that charts the terrain and geographic features of the Crestview area in Florida, including the location of Britton Hill, the state's highest natural point.
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D.
USGS Pocasset quadrangle
The USGS Pocasset quadrangle is a United States Geological Survey topographic map sheet that covers the Pocasset area, detailing its terrain, natural features, and man-made landmarks.
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E.
USGS GloVis
USGS GloVis is an online portal provided by the U.S. Geological Survey for browsing, previewing, and downloading satellite imagery and other Earth observation data.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geospatial data service
ⓘ
online mapping platform ⓘ |
| accessModel | public access ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dataCoverage | nationwide ⓘ |
| dataQuality | high-quality ⓘ |
| dataTheme |
boundaries data
ⓘ
elevation data ⓘ geographic names ⓘ hydrography data ⓘ imagery ⓘ land cover data ⓘ structures data ⓘ topographic data ⓘ transportation data ⓘ |
| dataType | geospatial data ⓘ |
| dataUpdateFrequency | periodic ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
National Elevation Dataset
ⓘ
National Hydrography Dataset ⓘ National Land Cover Database ⓘ USGS topographic maps ⓘ
surface form:
US Topo maps
|
| hasFormat |
raster data
ⓘ
vector data ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
enable geospatial data download
ⓘ
provide public access to nationwide geospatial data ⓘ support geospatial analysis ⓘ support visualization of geospatial information ⓘ |
| isCollaborative | true ⓘ |
| isOnline | true ⓘ |
| license | open data ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
United States Geological Survey
ⓘ
surface form:
USGS National Geospatial Program
|
| operator | United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| providesService |
download services
ⓘ
geospatial analysis support ⓘ map visualization ⓘ web feature services ⓘ web map services ⓘ |
| supportsStandard | OGC web services standards ⓘ |
| supportsUseCase |
emergency response
ⓘ
infrastructure planning ⓘ land management ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| targetUser |
educators
ⓘ
general public ⓘ government agencies ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| website | https://nationalmap.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: USGS National Map Description of subject: The USGS National Map is a collaborative, online mapping platform that provides public access to high-quality, nationwide geospatial data and services for visualization, analysis, and download.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USGS National Geospatial Program