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Welcome to Water Data Labs

Water Data Labs is an experimental site that exposes tools and technologies in development by the USGS Water Data for the Nation software team.

Users can explore and test experimental products on labs before they are incorporated into production systems. Some of the services, tools and visualizations that seen here will eventually make to the core waterdata.usgs.gov or waterservices.usgs.gov sites, but some may not.

Products hosted on waterdata labs will include:

  • Web services that do not have a stable API
  • Experimental visualizations or dashboards
  • Data integration prototypes
  • Experimental datasets and data integrations

  • SensorThings API for WaterData

    SensorThings logo

    The SensorThings API was an experimental interface providing access to location metadata and provisional measurements from the last 10 days. After an evaluation period, we’ve decided that we won’t be promoting our SensorThings implementation to production status. The API will be formally sunset once replacement APIs are made available.

  • USGS Vizlab Portfolio

    A banner for the USGS Vizlab water data visualization team featuring an abstract streamgraph that mimics flowing water.

    The USGS Vizlab is a collaborative team that uses data visualization to communicate water science and data to non-technical audiences. Our mission is to create timely visualizations that distill complex scientific concepts and datasets into compelling charts, maps, and graphics. We operate at the intersection of data science and science communication.