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Information management methods
Activities focused on scientific information creation, description, storage, and retrieval for evaluation and analysis.
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Information management [New Window]
Links to information collection, discovery, products, and policies of the USGS. Also links to information management-related fact sheets.
Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) information site [New Window]
Homepage for ISGS Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS) information with links to software, FTP site, standard, and data available on line, USGS mass conversion schedule, meetings, and related web sites.
Geoscience Data Catalog [New Window]
A catalog of earth science data produced by the U.S. Geological Survey with documentation and links to the data files. Catalog is searchable by geographic location and publication series number. Includes links to information on metadata and its use.
Improving access to metadata using keywords from controlled vocabularies [New Window]
Description of the use of Place Keyword Assistant, a software tool, for tagging metadata with geographic names from standardized lists or controlled vocabularies. Includes instructions on use and downloading software files.
Biological characterization [New Window]
Homepage for biological characterization activities with links to: Gap Analysis Program, Vegetation Mapping Programs, Land Use History of North America, and Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Breeding Bird Atlas manager [New Window]
Data management system for Breeding Bird Atlas projects in Maryland and the District of Columbia and in Vermont.
Geospatial technologies in biological informatics [New Window]
Homepage for geospatial technologies activities with links to Biological Resources Division Geospatial Technology programs and GIS laboratories, and support for GPS users.
Informatics [New Window]
Homepage for informatics activities with links to: Information Collection Management, Information Access Models and Analytical Tools, Technical Infrastructure, and Information Management programs.
Land Remote Sensing Program [New Window]
Land Remote Sensing Program (LRS) provides a primary source of remotely sensed data and applications of land remote sensing, nationally and internationally.
Mid-Continent Mapping Center [New Window]
Overview of the Mid-Continent Mapping Center, Rolla, Missouri: a production, research, and data management facility for maps and digital cartographic data products, with links to directions, programs, mapping products, and visitors center.
USGS fact sheets [New Window]
Access and listing of popular USGS publications listed by themes: resources, hazards, environment, information management, and states, and also by scientific discipline.


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