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ALACARTE installation and system manual

Open-File Report 91-587-B
Compilation of digital geologic maps and associated databases with ALACARTE, an easily used menu interface cast in geologic terms that controls ARC/INFO, a commercial geographic information system
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr91587B

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Abstract

ALACARTE offers a convenient way to compile geologic maps in the computer as spatial databases that can be used to prepare both cartographic images and analytic derivatives. It is a menu-controlled shell, organized in geologic terms, that provides on-screen control of the program ARC/INFO, a commercial geographic information system (GIS). Input can be from imported scans, digitizer tracing, or on-screen tracing or mapping with a mouse-controlled cursor over a digital topographic base, and interactive editing can be done on-screen using a broad suite of edit functions. Compilations begun in other digital systems can be imported for completion as digital databases in ARC/INFO. The digital files that represent a geologic map can be used to prepare near-publication-quality color plots of the maps with full symbology or to create high-quality printing negatives. These files also constitute a digital database that can be used for computer-based query and analysis as well as for digital distribution of the map and associated data.

Suggested Citation

Fitzgibbon, T.T., 1991, ALACARTE installation and system manual (Version 3.5; Updated 2011): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-587, 66 p. ;28 cm.; An Author's Retrospective on ALACARTE; Readme;, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr91587B.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title ALACARTE installation and system manual
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 91-587
Chapter B
DOI 10.3133/ofr91587B
Edition Version 3.5; Updated 2011
Year Published 1991
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Western Region Geology and Geophysics Science Center
Description 66 p. ;28 cm.; An Author's Retrospective on ALACARTE; Readme;
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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