Not everything is a map
Browsing geography by place name
Geography as another
Topical browse interface
Facilitates
finding information
Emulates library reference interview
Complements other finding mechanisms
Information architecture
Controlled vocabulary
("taxonomy")
Implemented using
formal thesaurus
Geographic reference data
National Atlas
US States
US Counties
US Federal lands
US Hydrologic units
USGS Quadrangles
Alaska map quadrangles
Geographic overlap calculation
Practical applications
Peter N. Schweitzer
U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Mineral Resources Team
USGS GIS 2008