Free usgs software for windows

USGS Earthquake RSS Feed Reader 1 brings you a completely advanced Vista gadget which helps you show on your desktop the latest earthquake feed from USGS. USGS Earthquake RSS Feed Reader is a gadgets that will show on your desktop or Vista Sidebar the Seismic RSS Feed Data from around the world to alert you about earthquake events.

Requirements:

• Windows Vista
• Vista Sidebar

USAPhotoMaps will download USGS (United States Geodedic Survey) aerial photos from terraserver.microsoft.com and create zoomable, scrollable, GPS-enabled maps from them.
It offers special support for garmin GPS owners and and option to connect the GPS to the application in order to retrieve aerial photographs of the current location.
The program works fine, even if you don t have a GPS, all you need to do is enter the Langitude and Laditude numbers of the location that you want to view.
(You can find these numbers at mapblast.com). The photos are not live views, but are archived and usually about 5 years old.

Displays California Earthquake Information updated from the USGS site. Also includes the index map for recent earthquakes.
Earthquake intensity is color coded.
Earthquakes widget displays, right on your desktop, the latest info, taken directly from USGS website, concerning the earthquake activities in the California area.

With Wissenbach Map3D you will be able to create, view and edit GPX (GPs eXchange) files. A GPX file contains trails, routes, and waypoints.
All of the objects produced by a non-mapping GPS unit such as the Garmin eTrex summit. A GPX file can be created by reading data from your GPS receiver with this program, or by drawing on this program over a background topographic map. This program will also write GPX tracks, waypoints, or routes to your Garmin receiver, to allow you to follow trails which others have previously logged with their GPS receivers.
The background maps for the program are the familiar USGS 7 1/2 minute topographic maps, converted by the United States Government with your tax money to Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) files. This program does not directly open DRG files but instead uses the DRG files as a background resource.
When you define a region of interest by opening a GPX file, by downloading data from the GPS receiver, or by using View->Enter Coordinates to manually specify a location, the program attempts to draw a background topographic map by looking on your computer for USGS DRG files. Any GPS data, either read from a GPX file or from your GPS receiver, is then overlayed on top of the background maps.
WM3D auto-downloads and displays topographic maps and aerial photos from TerraServer USA. Another program which operates in this manner is Expert GPS. (Expert GPS was the first program to automatically download Terraserver tiles in this manner, as far as I know.)
Wissenbach Map3D initially opens with a blank screen, because the geographic extent desired is unknown. To start, either connect a Garmin Receiver to the serial port and use GPS, Read From GPS, or View, Enter Coordinates. A good way to find starting coordinates for planning a hike or bike or ski trip is to use the USGS Geographic Names Information System search form United States and Territories.
If you are interested in terrain visualization but this program doesnt meet your expectations, see Terrain Visualization for programs with similar capabilities.
If you have an older (than eTrex) model Garmin or use a Magellan or Brunton or Lowrance GPSR and need topographic mapping capability, or you have trouble with this program or just want to try something different I can recommend the moderately priced Expert GPS from Topografix. which can read and write the GPX files produced by this program. (I received a free copy of ExpertGPS from Topografix for collaborating with the design of the GPX file format).

Twistery Tornado History 1 is a beneficial and easy-to-use application which can visualize and analyze tornado history in the United States.

It is a simple program to visualize 55 years of tornado history in the United States. This program is useful to the amateur investigator, scientist, or teacher looking to analyze patterns in storm date at the national, state, county and city level.

The fully customizable visualizations of tornadoes include information about F-Level, Path, Size, Location, Injuries, Death, Damage, and DPI. Users may also view roads, rivers, lakes, and populations. The program is based on data provided by NOAA, USGS, U.S. census and others.