CoolGov and GNIS

My practicum supervisor found this blog for me: CoolGov.

My government documents professor introduced us to the Geographic Name Information System, a production of USGS. A database of over 2 million places, "the GNIS is our Nation's official repository of domestic geographic names information."

Typing "Lake of the Ozarks" and searching in Missouri, I get a list of 5 features including the lake itself and learn that it is a reservoir. Clicking through, I can get to a topo map that includes Bagnell Dam.     #

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