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Background

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Geologic Map Symbolization

• FGDC standard:
  • Formal document, in PDF format (with guidance and background documentation)
  • Postscript implementation of the FGDC standard
  • ESRI implementation, in "Geologic Mapping Template"
  • Ask about other implementations planned
  • Development and public review of the FGDC standard
  • FGDC standard for describing scientific and locational accuracy of geologic features
  • background information, for the FGDC standard

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Geologic Time Scales

• USGS Divisions of Geologic Time (2010 revision)
  • PDF format
  • Time Scale colors, for Adobe Illustrator swatch library (coming soon!)
• International Commission on Stratigraphy (http://www.stratigraphy.org/)
  • in Commission for the Geological Map of the World color scheme (about 700KB)

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Geologic Map Database

   DATABASE DESIGN --

• NCGMP09 -- a proposed standard format for digital publication of geologic maps (USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program)
• National Park Service Geologic Resources Inventory Geology-GIS Data Model Documents
• NADM Conceptual Model 1.0


• Other reports and resources:
  • NGMDB:
    • NGMDB-Lite -- Database design for the National Geologic Map Database's Data Portal
    • Database design for map of surficial materials of the conterminous United States
    • Geologic content specification for a single-map database
    • NGMDB Geologic Map Feature Class Model
    • Implementing NADM C1 for the National Geologic Map Database
    • Map Database Implementation in ESRI Geodatabase
    • NGMDB - Kentucky prototype (overview)
    • NGMDB - Kentucky prototype (data model design)
    • Yellowstone prototype (2000)
    • General plan
  • North American Data Model Steering Committee ("NADM")
  • NADM Data Model Design Technical Team
  • Report of the North American Data Model Steering Committee (2001)
  • Report of the AASG/USGS/GSC Data Model Working Group (1998)
  • background

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   SCIENCE TERMINOLOGIES --

• NCGMP09 vocabularies
• CGI Geoscience Concept Definitions working group
• SLTT -- Report on progress to develop a North American Science-Language Standard for digital geologic-map databases
  (includes all NADM SLTT reports listed separately below):
  • Appendix A. Philosophical and operational guidelines for developing a North American science-language standard for digital geologic-map databases.
    [ PDF - 784 KB | Microsoft Word - 392 KB ]
  • Appendix B. Classification of metamorphic and other composite-genesis rocks, including hydrothermally altered, impact-metamorphic, mylonitic, and cataclastic rocks.
    [ PDF - 2.8 MB | Microsoft Word - 332 KB | Microsoft Access glossary of terms - 200KB ]
  • Appendix C. Sedimentary materials: Science language for their classification, description, and interpretation in digital geologic-map databases.
    [PDF - 36.4 MB | Microsoft Word-Adobe Illustrator - 47.7 MB ] This file includes:
    • Appendix C1. Report[ p. 1-267 ]
    • Graphics accompanying Appendix C1.[ p. 268-359 ]
    • Appendix C2. Glossary of sedimentary terms[ p. 360-514 ]
    • Appendix C3. Alphabetic listing of sedimentary deposit types[ p. 515-528 ]
    • Appendix C4. Cumulative picklist of sedimentary terms and attributes[ p. 529-595 ]
  • Appendix D. Volcanic materials: Science language for their naming and characterization in digital geologic-map databases.
    [ PDF - 168 KB | Microsoft Word - 100 KB | Microsoft Excel picklist of volcanic terms - 24 KB ]


• Other reports and resources:
  • A classification of geologic materials for Web display of national and regional-scale mapping
  • Vocabularies for geoscience information exchange
  • NADM Science Language Technical Team
  • Geoscience Terminology Development for the NGMDB
  • Tools for Managing and Referencing Taxonomies

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   DATA INTERCHANGE FORMAT --

• GeoSciML Twiki (for the IUGS CGI Datamodel and Encoding Working Group)
• GeoSciML Resource Repository


• Other reports and resources:
  • NADM Data Interchange Technical Team
  • GML encoding of NADM C1
  • XML Encoding of NADM

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Map Publication Guidelines

• Guidelines for STATEMAP products
• STATEMAP Request for Proposals
• Policy for USGS products
• Map authorship and citation guidelines
• background

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Digital Mapping Techniques

• Proceedings volumes, 1997-2009
• background

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Metadata

• Tools and information
• background

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