Referencing USGS Material
I am publishing a book (journal article, thesis, pamphlet, poster, postcard, T-shirt, etc.), and I wish to use one of the NEHRP national hazard maps as an illustration. Who do I contact to obtain permission to do this? Or, are these maps "in the public domain" so I don't need permission?
These maps are in the public domain. We ask that you provide appropriate credit. For instance, in a book or thesis, in your references list you should put the full reference of the open-file report (found at the site). This might look like:
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps of Alaska by Robert L. Wesson, Arthur D. Frankel, Charles S. Mueller, and Stephen C. Harmsen, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-36, 43 p.
Or,
Frankel, Arthur, Mueller, Charles, Barnhard, Theodore, Perkins, David, Leyendecker, E.V., Dickman, Nancy, Hanson, Stanley, and Hopper, Margaret, 1997, Seismic-hazard maps for the conterminous United States, Map F - Horizontal spectral response acceleration for 0.2 second period (5% of critical damping) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-131-F.
The titles and report numbers should be adjusted according to which map you use.
Map A - Horizontal Peak Acceleration with 10%...
Map B - Horizontal Peak Acceleration with 5%...
Map C - Horizontal Peak Acceleration with 2%...
Map D - Horizontal Spectral Response Acceleration for 0.2 Second Period...10%...
Map E - Horizontal Spectral Response Acceleration for 0.2 Second Period...5%...
Map F - Horizontal Spectral Response Acceleration for 0.2 Second Period...2%...
Map G - Horizontal Spectral Response Acceleration for 0.3 Second Period...10%...
Map H - Horizontal Spectral Response Acceleration for 0.3 Second Period...5%...
Map I - Horizontal Spectral Response Acceleration for 0.3 Second Period...2%...
Map J - Horizontal Spectral Response Acceleration for 1.0 Second Period...10%...
Map K - Horizontal Spectral Response Acceleration for 1.0 Second Period...5%...
Map L - Horizontal Spectral Response Acceleration for 1.0 Second Period...2%...
It would be desirable if you could put the URL at the end of this reference.
As a credit line on the figures, you should use Wesson and others, USGS, 1999
Or,
Frankel and others, US Geological Survey, 1997
