The role of digital cartographic data in the geosciences
Computers & Geosciences
By: S.C. Guptill
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Abstract
The increasing demand of the Nation's natural resource developers for the manipulation, analysis, and display of large quantities of earth-science data has necessitated the use of computers and the building of geoscience information systems. These systems require, in digital form, the spatial data on map products. The basic cartographic data shown on quadrangle maps provide a foundation for the addition of geological and geophysical data. If geoscience information systems are to realize their full potential, large amounts of digital cartographic base data must be available. A major goal of the U.S. Geological Survey is to create, maintain, manage, and distribute a national cartographic and geographic digital database. This unified database will contain numerous categories (hydrography, hypsography, land use, etc.) that, through the use of standardized data-element definitions and formats, can be used easily and flexibly to prepare cartographic products and perform geoscience analysis. ?? 1983.
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Guptill, S., 1983, The role of digital cartographic data in the geosciences: Computers & Geosciences, v. 9, no. 1, p. 23-26, https://doi.org/10.1016/0098-3004(83)90032-8.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The role of digital cartographic data in the geosciences |
| Series title | Computers & Geosciences |
| DOI | 10.1016/0098-3004(83)90032-8 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1983 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publisher location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Computers and Geosciences |
| First page | 23 |
| Last page | 26 |