Geologic Discipline's maps and data access
Web-based mineral resources spatial data delivery, http://mrdata.usgs.gov/
In cooperation with other Federal and State agencies, the Mineral Resources
Program has developed an Internet-based, data delivery system that allows
interested customers worldwide to download accurate, up-to-date mineral
resource-related data.
The overall goal of the project is to provide comprehensive coverage of the U.S. with consistent, seamless, and complete digital datasets necessary for regional and national scale research and land planning activities
Databases available include geology (U.S. and world), lithology, geochemistry, geophysics, and mineral deposit information (U.S. and world).
All data in the system are spatially located (i.e., all data are referenced to geographic locations) and customers with Internet access and a modern web-browser are able to produce maps having user-defined overlays within any region of interest.
A GIS web-interface allows users to produce and download a variety of products:
- National geologic and lithologic maps
- Gravity, magnetic, radiometric, and derivative geophysical maps
- Mineral resources data
- Geochemical data
- Selection of base-map layers depicting land-use, hydrography, topography, and cultural features.
Users of this product include:
- Bureaus within the Department of the Interior and other Federal agencies
- Congress
- State and national geological surveys
- International non-governmental organizations
- Private sector
- Academia and the general public
Geo-Data Explorer (GEODE), http://geode.usgs.gov/
The
Energy Resources Program has developed an energy resource, decision
support system, called Geo-Data Explorer, or GEODE.
This GIS-based, web-accessed, interactive data delivery system of energy,
cultural, and environmental information is designed to assist land and
resource managers make wise land-use decisions concerning the Nation's
energy resource development.
Users can access and manipulate multiple types of information, such as satellite images and geologic maps.
Example of map prepared by using GEODE. The map shows schools (in yellow) located within 0.5 mile of major faults (heavy blue lines) in the San Francisco Bay area, California.
Examples of data available through GEODE:
- World and U.S. energy resources - oil, gas, and coal
- World and U.S. mineral resources
- Water Resources
- Real-time stream gauge data
- Real-time earthquake monitoring data
- Volcano hazards data
- Coastal and marine bathymetry data
- Land use and land ownership data
- Geologic maps
- Digital elevation information
- Aerial photographs
- Satellite images
- U.S. Census Bureau demographic data
- Locations of cultural feature, such as roads, schools, hospitals, airports, and railways
