Elizabeth McCartney is a cartographer with the US Geological Survey (USGS), National Geospatial Program, in Rolla Missouri. Currently Elizabeth serves as the Project Manager for the National Digital Trails Project. Her past roles include Applied Research at the USGS National Geospatial Technical Operations Center, team leader for the USGS Volunteered Geographic Information project known as The National Map Corps, and regional Point of Contact for the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.