Ron Hess Home Page Current Projects Professional Summary Other Resources

Welcome to the Home Page of Ron Hess

Chief Information Officer
Executive Secretary: Nevada State Mapping Advisory Committee
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG)
University of Nevada, Reno, M.S. 178
Reno, Nevada 89557-0178
Email: rhess@unr.edu Phone:(775) 784-6692
The purpose of this Web site is to keep customers and fellow staff members of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) informed of the various projects that are currently ongoing in my office. It also includes links to other related sites and to various files or documents that I believe are of interest.
Current Projects
Professional Summary
Online Publications - Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
W.M. Keck Earth Sciences and Mining Research Center
National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) 2006 Coverage of Nevada
USGS Online National Map Atlas Data
Google Map and Image Server
Microsoft Virtual Earth
MapQuest Server
Free GIS data viewers and Nevada data sets.
Intermountain Region Digital Image Archive Center (IRDIAC)
Nevada component of the Southwest Regional GAP Analysis Project
USGS Publications Warehouse
The USGS Store - Maps
USGS On-line Geologic Publications of the Western United States - GEOPUBS
USGS EROS Data Center - Digital Map and Satellite Data
USGS - Nevada Earth Science Digital Publications and Datasets
USGS National Elevation Data (NED) and Other Seamless USGS Map Datasets
USGS Mineral Resources, MRDS-MILS, On-Line Spatial Datasets
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
USGS National Geologic Map Index Database
USGS Landsat 4, 5, and 7 Data
Nevada Online Historic Mining District Document and Map Collection
United States National Seismic Hazard Maps
Quaternary Faults and Fold Database of the United States
USGS National Map Viewer
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Nevada GIS Data
U.S. Bureau of Land Management LR2000 Mining Claim; Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Lease Information
Nevada Department of Transportation State Highway, Town, and Historical Maps
The California Geographical Survey
GeoData.gov - U.S. Map and Data Portal
OneGeology - Global Geologic Data Portal
Census 2000 TIGER Data - Blocks, Tracts, Roads, Hydro, Etc., provided in shapefile format by ESRI
Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR)
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG) FTP Site