Digital Mapping Techniques '01 -- Workshop Proceedings
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-223
FOREWORD
The Annual Digital Mapping Techniques Workshops sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Association of American State Geologists (AASG) have become very popular and productive forums for the exchange of information and sharing of experiences in the world of digital geologic mapping. The Geological Survey of Alabama hosted DMT'01, and the Alabama staff did an excellent job of organizing the workshop and providing a pleasant and relaxing milieu characterized by southern ambience. The AASG/USGS Data Capture Working Group organized an interesting and up-to-the-moment program of topics for the workshop.
There were significant presentations covering 3-D digital geologic mapping, database design, use of the proposed North American Data Model, science-language standards, field data-capture technologies, GIS certification, and geologic-map authorship. The comfortable and informal setting, which is standard for the DMT workshops, allowed open exchange and plenty of questions.
DMT'01, like the previous four workshops, did much to advance the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB), which is a requirement of the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 and its subsequent reauthorizations. The development of the NGMDB is greatly heightened in importance by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Pressing forward to build an on-line, digital geologic-map database is crucial to protecting our natural resources (particularly ground water) from terrorist acts. In the present world situation, it is important to quickly access digital geologic maps and their attendant databases for the entire nation. Building the NGMDB will require the full support of all citizens and high government officials. We commend all of the participants in DMT'01 for their contributions to the workshop and this Open-File Report. You have done much to make geoscience serve the public good. We look forward to DMT'02.
Thomas M. Berg
Ohio State Geologist
Chair, AASG Digital Geologic Mapping Committee
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