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Guides for the Editing and Publishing of Soil Survey Reports
The following materials are posted as suggestions to assist
in the editing, typesetting, and publishing of soil survey reports. They
are not official policy.
Contents
DOC files require
Microsoft Word
and PDF files require
Acrobat
Reader.
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- "First, do no harm. A guide to editing soil surveys," by Stan
Anderson:
No_harm.pdf (46 KB)
- One editor's guide to compound words:
Compound.doc (33 KB) or
Compound.pdf (19 KB)
- "Some landform terminology information," by Pattie West:
Landforms.pdf (4 KB)
- "Things to watch out for in FOCS tables," by Pattie West
(document describes errors that are representative of problems in tables
generated from a database):
Table_errors.pdf (35 KB)
- Approved technical terms are specified in the "Soil Survey Manual," which is available at http://soils.usda.gov/technical/manual/.
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- Prewritten material for NASIS tables, 2001
(provided by the NSSC,
May 2001):
PWM_NASIS.zip
(91 KB)
- Prewritten material for Soil Data Mart tables, 2005 (provided by the NSSC,
March 2005):
PWM_SDM.zip
(94 KB)
- Maverick tables (templates for nonstandard tables in text-only
format):
Maverick.zip
(270 KB)
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- Soils Textural Triangle:
soiltri.zip
(72 KB)
- Soils Textural Triangle (20-picas wide):
tri20p.zip
(56 KB)
- Soil Survey Centennial Logo (Color and Black & White):
centlogo.zip
(455 KB)
- Color imagery for the cover - NRCS drop, USDA logo, and NRCS letters
(RGB color for CD, Web, and office printing):
cover_color_RGB.zip
(73 KB)
- Color imagery for the cover - NRCS drop, USDA logo, and NRCS letters
(EPS, which can be converted to CMYK color for press):
cover_color_EPS.zip
(619 KB)
- Black and white imagery for the cover - NRCS drop, USDA logo, and NRCS
letters:
cover_BW.zip
(22 KB)
- Image from the page "How To Use This Soil Survey" in black and white
at 600 DPI and 1,200 DPI:
How_to.zip
(650 KB)
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- The text of a letter signed by Mike Golden regarding press options:
Golden.pdf (432 KB)
- A checklist of steps for submitting electronic files for press:
prntins.doc (40 KB) or
e_to_press.pdf (41 KB)
- GPO form 952 for submitting electronic files for press:
952.pdf (196 KB)
- Instructions to the printer for camera-ready copy:
prntins.doc (11 KB) or
prntins.pdf (3 KB)
- Instruction sheet to the printer for illustrations:
Ill_ins.doc (12 KB) or
ill_ins.pdf (3 KB)
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- Preparing PDF files for soil survey (the standard method for CD and
the Web Soil Survey):
PDF_for_SS.pdf (7 MB)
- Concise directions for preparing historical replicas:
Historical Replicas.pdf (14 KB)
- Directions for NRCS editors to submit PDF files of Soil Surveys to the
Soil Data Mart:
PDF_to_SDM.pdf (247 KB)
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Contact Aaron Achen, editor, MO–15
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