Digital Mapping Techniques '03
— Workshop Proceedings
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
Report 03–471
CONTENTS
Foreword
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By Pat Leahy (U.S. Geological Survey)
Introduction
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By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)
Oral Presentations
Bedrock
Geology and Bedrock Topography GIS of Ohio: New Data and Applications for Public
Access [HTML
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By James McDonald, E. Mac Swinford, Lawrence H. Wickstrom, Ernie R.
Slucher, Donovan M. Powers, and Thomas M. Berg (Ohio Geological Survey)
Digital Karst Density
Layer and Compilation of Mapped Karst Features in Pennsylvania [HTML
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By Stuart O. Reese and William E. Kochanov (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)
Southern California
Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP) and Multidimensional Databases [HTML
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By Douglas M. Morton (U.S. Geological Survey)
Digital Geologic
Mapping in a Data Rich, Urban Environment [HTML
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By Gayle H. “Scott” McColloch and Jane S. McColloch (West Virginia
Geological and Economic Survey)
Alaska Digital
Mapping Project: From Field to Publication [HTML
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By Christopher P. Garrity (U.S. Geological Survey)
A Map of Lightning
Strike Density for Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Correlation with Terrain Elevation
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By Alex J. DeCaria and Michael J. Babij (Millersville University)
Negligence and
Professional Malpractice Related to GIS Datasets [HTML
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By Ian J. Duncan (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources)
From CARIS GEMM
4 to Carta for Geology Software: Our Responses to Geology Educational
Challenges in the Age of Digital Mapping [HTML
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By H. Wouter van de Poll (Univ. of New Brunswick) and Chris Parsons (CARIS)
The National Geologic
Map Database: Overview and Progress [HTML
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By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) and Thomas M. Berg (Ohio
Geological Survey)
CHRONOS—Integrated
Chronostratigraphic Databases, the Development of an International Standard
Time Scale and the Interoperability with Time Scales of U.S. State Surveys
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By Bruce R. Wardlaw (U.S. Geological Survey)
The National Geologic
Map Database Image Library—General Concepts [HTML
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By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) and Thomas M. Berg (Ohio
Geological Survey)
The National
Geologic Map Database Image Library—Technical Details [HTML
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By Robert S. Wardwell, Kevin W. Laurent, Jeremy O. Skog, and David R.
Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)
Science Language
for Geologic Map Databases in North America: A Progress Report [HTML
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By NADM Science Language Technical Team .
Conversion
of Lithological Data in the Manitoba Water Well Database (GWDrill) to a Mappable
Format [HTML
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By L. H. Thorleifson and M. Pyne (Geological Survey of Canada)
Geoscience Terminology
Development for the National Geologic Map Database [HTML
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By Steven M. Richard (Arizona Geological Survey/U.S. Geological Survey),
Jonathan C. Matti, and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)
Geologic Map
Database Implementation in the ESRI Geodatabase Environment [HTML
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By Stephen M. Richard (Arizona Geological Survey/U.S. Geological Survey)
Portable Software
Tools for Managing and Referencing Taxonomies [HTML
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By Jordan Hastings (U.S. Geological Survey and U.C., Santa Barbara)
CGMW Working Group
on Standards for Digital Geological Data (“DIMAS”) [HTML
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By Kristine Asch (BGR—German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural
Resources)
Preservation of
Geoscience Data and Collections [HTML
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By Linda R. Musser (Pennsylvania State University)
Integrating the
Geoscience Data Repository with the Publication Process [HTML
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By Andrew Moore (Geological Survey of Canada), Linda Guay (ESSInfo,
Natural Resources Canada), and Ross Murray (Geological Survey of Canada)
The Alaska Division
of Geological & Geophysical Survey’s Metadata Policy Development and
Implementation [HTML
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By Carrie L. Browne and Larry K. Freeman (Alaska Division of Geological &
Geophysical Survey), and Gina R.C. Graham
National Spatial
Data Clearinghouse: The Real Story [HTML
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By Peter N. Schweitzer (U.S. Geological Survey)
XML Encoding
of the North American Data Model [HTML
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By NADM Data Interchange Technical Team
GEON: Toward
a Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences—A Prototype for Geologic Map
Integration via Domain Ontologies [HTML
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By Bertram Ludäscher and Kai Lin (San Diego Supercomputer Center), Boyan
Brodaric (Geological Survey of Canada), and Chaitan Baru (San Diego
Supercomputer Center
Poster Presentations
Delaware Inland Bays
Shoreline Extraction Using Landsat 7 Satellite Imagery [HTML
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By Lillian T. Wang (Delaware Geological Survey)
Applying Surficial
Geologic Mapping to Geologic Hazards Mapping, Nez Perce County, Idaho
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By Loudon R. Stanford and Kurt L. Othberg (Idaho Geological Survey), Bill
Reynolds (Nez Perce County), and Roy M. Breckenridge (Idaho Geological
Survey)
Creating a Shaded-Relief
Geologic Map Using World Construction Set and Adobe Illustrator Software
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By Loudon R. Stanford (Idaho Geological Survey)
Selection of an
Appropriate Base Map for a Statewide Geologic Mapping Program [HTML
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By Jane E. Domier and Donald E. Luman (Illinois State Geological Survey)
Kentucky Land-Use
Planning on the Web [HTML
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By Gerald A. Weisenfluh and Daniel I. Carey (Kentucky Geological Survey)
The National Park
Service Geologic Resources Inventory “From Paper to Digital: Exploring
a Geologic-GIS Map” [HTML
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By Stephanie A. O’Meara, Trista L. Thornberry (Colorado State University/
National Park Service Cooperator), Anne R. Poole (National Park Service),
and Victor deWolfe (Colorado State University/National Park Service
Cooperator
Meeting Constituent
Needs for 1:24,000 Scale Geoscience Data in New Jersey [HTML
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By Ronald Pristas (New Jersey Geological Survey)
Problems and Solutions
in the Digital Compilation and Production of the “Map of Surficial Deposits
and Materials in the Eastern and Central United States (East of 102° West
Longitude)” [HTML
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By Charles A. Bush, Diane E. Lane, David S. Fullerton, and Nancy Shock
(U.S. Geological Survey)
Appendix. List of Workshop Attendees [HTML | PDF]