Find & View Data

A vast array of data exists that is relevant to protecting our natural lands and waters, but that information is often hard to locate or to decipher. LandScope America will be working to draw together information from many sources and present it in ways designed to inspire and support land protection efforts. We will be striving not just to make this information more accessible to the land protection community, but to portray it in visually interesting and even fun ways.

Maps are a wonderful way to relate information to the places that we care about, and are an essential component of the land protection tool kit. LandScope America will take advantage of recent advances in technology to provide users with a sophisticated, yet easy to user online mapping experience. Building off Geographic Information System (GIS) technology developed by industry-leader ESRI, the LandScope America map viewer will allow users to zoom smoothly from a national view to state and local perspectives.  To enhance the users experience, they will be able to easily switch among different views of the landscape, including available aerial photography and detailed satellite imagery.  Through the viewer’s flexible, easy-to-use interface, you can access critical data on the character and condition of the places you’re exploring, highlight your state’s natural areas, and examine the threats they face.

And of course, no organization in the world is more closely associated with high quality and compelling maps than National Geographic Society. LandScope America will provide an avenue for viewing the types of richly detailed maps for which National Geographic is so justly acclaimed.