{"id":661869,"date":"2013-07-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serkadis.com\/index\/?guid=5aa59485b85f3c091010dc57f8222981"},"modified":"2013-07-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:00:00","slug":"navigate-americas-major-rivers-without-getting-wet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/661869","title":{"rendered":"Navigate America&#8217;s Major Rivers Without Getting Wet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever dropped a stick into a river and wondered where it might go if it floated all the way downstream? Now you can trace its journey using <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalatlas.gov\/streamer\/Streamer\/welcome.html\">Streamer<\/a> &ndash; a new on-line service from the <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalatlas.gov\/\">National Atlas of the United States<sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Streamer is an online map service that lets anyone trace downstream along America&rsquo;s major rivers and streams simply by picking a point on a stream.&nbsp; Streamer will map the route the stream follows.<\/p>\n<p>You can also trace upstream using Streamer. Imagine that you&rsquo;re standing along the Mississippi River in New Orleans. You&rsquo;re wondering not only where the river began but also which other streams drained into the Mississippi River before it made its way to your location.&nbsp; With Streamer you can also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>locate your area of interest by specifying stream or place names; by entering latitude and longitude coordinates,<\/li>\n<li>enter the identification number for a U.S. Geological Survey streamflow gaging station,<\/li>\n<li>find out the names of streams and waterbodies by clicking on them,<\/li>\n<li>print maps of your downstream and upstream traces, <\/li>\n<li>create concise or detailed reports for your upstream and downstream traces,<\/li>\n<li>learn about current or historic streamflow at thousands of locations along America&rsquo;s streams, and<\/li>\n<li>find out about the places your stream trace passes through with just a few mouse clicks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Streamer is fueled by digital hydrographic data for America at one million-scale (an inch is approximately 15.8 miles on the land surface).&nbsp; These streams and water bodies are generalized from the highly detailed <a href=\"http:\/\/nhd.usgs.gov\/\">National Hydrography Dataset<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalmap.gov\/index.html\"><em>The National Map<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Streamer lets you navigate rivers in the United States the way other interactive maps help you drive your vehicle from one place to another.&nbsp; Unlike our nation&rsquo;s road network, which provides many choices for traveling between two locations, America&rsquo;s surface waters are somewhat like a network of one-way streets.&nbsp; You can certainly navigate upstream, but all water flows one way:&nbsp; downhill.&nbsp; Use Streamer to trace downstream along that downhill path or use Streamer to trace upstream to highlight rivers at higher elevations that flow to your starting point.<\/p>\n<p>You could stand by the Mississippi River and wonder, &ldquo;Where did this water come from? Where is it flowing?&rdquo;&nbsp; Or with Streamer you can launch your sense of wonder and discovery up and down any of America&rsquo;s major rivers with a Web connection from your favorite computer or tablet.<\/p>\n<p>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalatlas.gov\/streamer\/\">http:\/\/nationalatlas.gov\/streamer\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Atlas of the United States of America<strong><sup>&reg;<\/sup> <\/strong>is a cooperative effort to make geographic information collected by the United States government easier to find, get, and use. Its development is led by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/ngpo\/\">National Geospatial Program<\/a> of the USGS.&nbsp; &ldquo;The National Atlas of the United States of America<strong><sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/strong>&rdquo; and &ldquo;National Atlas of the United States<strong><sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/strong>&rdquo; are registered trademarks of the United States Department of the Interior.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the National Atlas on Twitter @nationalatlas<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"624\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/newsroom\/images\/2013_07_09\/Florida_Downstream_Trace.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/newsroom\/images\/2013_07_09\/Florida_Downstream_Trace_tn.jpg\" alt=\"caption below\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/newsroom\/images\/2013_07_09\/USMap_Newell.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/newsroom\/images\/2013_07_09\/USMap_Newell_tn.jpg\" alt=\"caption below\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span class=\"small\">Map generated by Streamer highlighting a downstream trace along three major streams in Georgia and Florida that empty into the Gulf of Mexico. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/newsroom\/images\/2013_07_09\/Florida_Downstream_Trace.jpg\">Larger image<\/a>)<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span class=\"small\">Map made by Streamer tracing upstream from the Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana, highlighting more than 7,000 large streams that drain to the Gulf of Mexico. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/newsroom\/images\/2013_07_09\/USMap_Newell.jpg\">Larger image<\/a>)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/UsgsNewsroom?a=8K1rChHOwNE:nJE3v_zLfoo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/UsgsNewsroom?i=8K1rChHOwNE:nJE3v_zLfoo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/UsgsNewsroom?a=8K1rChHOwNE:nJE3v_zLfoo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/UsgsNewsroom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/UsgsNewsroom?a=8K1rChHOwNE:nJE3v_zLfoo:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/UsgsNewsroom?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/UsgsNewsroom\/~4\/8K1rChHOwNE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever dropped a stick into a river and wondered where it might go if it floated all the way downstream? Now you can trace its journey using Streamer &ndash; a new on-line service from the National Atlas of the United States&reg;. Streamer is an online map service that lets anyone trace downstream along [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}