Digital Mapping Techniques '00 -- Workshop Proceedings
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-325

CONTENTS

Introduction

By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

Digital Geologic Knowledge: From the Field to the Map to the Internet

By Boyan Brodaric (Geological Survey of Canada and The Pennsylvania State University)

Digital Mapping Systems for Field Data Collection

By John H. Kramer (Condor Earth Technologies, Inc.)

The U.S. Geological Survey's Revision Program for 7.5-Minute Topographic Maps

By Larry Moore (U.S. Geological Survey)

The National Geologic Map Database: A Progress Report

By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) and Thomas M. Berg (Ohio Geological Survey)

GEOLEX--The National Geologic Map Database's Geologic Names Lexicon

By Nancy R. Stamm, Bruce R. Wardlaw, and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

Development and Public Review of the Draft "Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization"

By David R. Soller and Taryn Lindquist (U.S. Geological Survey)

Developing the National Geologic Map Database, Phase 3 -- An Online, "Living" Database of Map Information

By David R. Soller, Thomas M. Berg, and Ron Wahl

Developing the North American Geologic Map Data Model

By the North American Data Model Steering Committee

Application of a Digital Geologic Map Data Model in ArcView GIS

By Loudon R. Stanford and Vance T. MacKubbin (Idaho Geological Survey)

Prototype Implementation of the NADMSC Draft Standard Data Model, Greater Yellowstone Area

By Ronald R. Wahl and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) and Steven Yeldell (TechniGraphics Systems, Inc.)

Geology in the Terrestrial Database of the U.S. Forest Service's Natural Resource Information System (NRIS-Terra)

By Andrew H. Rorick (USDA Forest Service)

The National Park Service Digital Geologic Map Model: Transformation from Paper to Digital, Featuring Legends, Cross Sections, Map Notes, and Keyword Searchability

By Steve Fryer, Joe Gregson, Tim Connors, Anne Poole, and Bruce Heise (National Park Service)

Limitations in the Use of Map Geometry as the Foundation for Digital Geologic Database Design

By Michele E. McRae (U.S. Geological Survey)

Geomatter II: A Progress Report

By Eric Boisvert (Geological Survey of Canada), Vincent Desjardins (Recrusoft), Boyan Brodaric (The Pennsylvania State University), Brian Berdusco (Ontario Geological Survey), Bruce Johnson (U.S. Geological Survey), and Kathleen Lauzière (Geological Survey of Canada)

Using Visual Basic to Enhance ArcInfo GRID

By Chip Hankley (Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey)

Geological Map Production for Dummies

By Vic Dohar and Dave Everett (Natural Resources Canada)

GIS Data Development of the Geology of the Fort Polk Region of West-Central Louisiana

By R. Hampton Peele and Richard P. McCulloh (Louisiana Geological Survey)

Three-Dimensional Geologic Mapping of the Villa Grove Quadrangle, Douglas County, Illinois

By Curtis C. Abert, C. Pius Weibel, and Richard C. Berg (Illinois State Geological Survey)

What Visualization Contributes to Digital Mapping

By Paul J. Morin (University of Minnesota)

Metadata Tips and Tricks

By Peter N. Schweitzer (U.S. Geological Survey)

Illinois State Geological Survey Web-Based Resources: The Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse and the ISGS Internal GIS Resources Web

By Sheena K. Beaverson and Robert J. Krumm (Illinois State Geological Survey)

The Central Publications Group Map On-Demand (MOD) System

By J.D. Hoffman (U.S. Geological Survey)

Digital Geologic Map of Utah: A Method of Presentation

By Kent D. Brown, Grant C. Willis, Douglas A. Sprinkel, and Denise Y. M. Laes (Utah Geological Survey) and Lehi F. Hintze (Brigham Young University)

Development and Compilation of Comprehensive Geospatial Data, Coastal Alabama, for Integration into the Minerals Management Service's Gulf-Wide Information System (G-WIS)

By April Lafferty and Berry H. (Nick) Tew (Geological Survey of Alabama)

Proposal for Authorship and Citation Guidelines for Geologic Data Sets and Map Images in the Era of Digital Publication

By Stephen M. Richard (Arizona Geological Survey)

NSGIC--A Resource for State Geologists

By Susan Carson Lambert (President Elect, National States Geographic Information Council)

Vendor Presentations and Contact Information

The Process of Presenting GIS Information--Making GIS User-Friendly

By Kimberly H. Sowder, Richard T. Hill, and Paul N. Irwin (Indiana Geological Survey)

Integrated Geospatial Data: Irvine 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangle, East-Central Kentucky

By Douglas C. Curl (Kentucky Geological Survey)

Digital Geologic Map of the Jackson Purchase Region, Western Kentucky

By Steven L. Martin (Kentucky Geological Survey)

Bedrock Geologic Map of the Table Rock Lake, Missouri 30 x 60 Quadrangle: A Digital Compilation

By Mark A. Middendorf (Missouri Geological Survey)

Using GIS for Visualizing Earthquake Epicenters, Hypocenters, Faults, and Lineaments in Montana

By Patrick J. Kennelly and Michael C. Stickney (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)

New Jersey and GIS, Perfect Together

By Zehdreh Allen-Lafayette (New Jersey Geological Survey)

Digital Geologic Map Production at the North Carolina Geological Survey

By Jeffrey C. Reid, Michael A. Medina, and Mark W. Carter (North Carolina Geological Survey)

Digital Geologic Mapping for the State of Oklahoma

By T. Wayne Furr (Oklahoma Geological Survey)

Examples of Map Production at the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

By Paul E. Staub and Mark E. Neuhaus (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries)

An Easy Non-GIS Method for Making 3-D Digital Terrain Illustrations Using USGS 1:24,000- and 1:250,000-Scale Digital Elevation Models and Bryce4 Software

By F. Craig Brunstein, Alex Donatich, Carol A. Quesenberry, Nancy A. Shock, and Diane E. Lane (U.S. Geological Survey)

A Washington DC Area Geologic Map Database: Working Toward Implementation of the Digital Geologic Map Data Model

By Adam M. Davis, James Reddy, and C. Scott Southworth (U.S. Geological Survey)

Appendixes

Appendix A: List of Workshop Attendees

Appendix B: Workshop Web Site

Appendix C: List of Addresses, Telephone Numbers, and URLs for Software and Hardware Suppliers