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Subject:        Fwd: Geologic Map Day & National Geologic Map Database
Date:   Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:47:27 -0400
From:   Richard L Huffine <[log in to unmask]>
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Friday, October 19 is Geologic Map Day, and I hope you're celebrating
appropriately!

The National Geological Map Database (NGMDB) project, they will be
celebrating the release of a redesigned database and Web site -- I
invite you to have a look, and they would appreciate any comments!
   (http://ngmdb.usgs.gov <http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/>)

Nearly all of their redesign work, which began about two years ago, has
focused on the back-end, to ensure that the infrastructure can support
the new features.  The first new pages to be made public are the Map
Catalog and a new map viewer ("MapView").  Geolex, Mapping In Progress,
and other aspects of the NGMDB will be redesigned this Winter.

I want to especially draw your attention to their newest feature -- the
"MapView" -- this provides a mosaic view of published geologic maps of
the Nation, as a new front-end to the NGMDB's Map Catalog.  Also, their
"Product Description Pages" now include an improved map image viewer
and, for USGS maps, a suite of image formats for each map; each image
has a "human-readable" filename, and contains useful document metadata.

Send comments to Dave Soller at [log in to unmask]

Richard Huffine, Director
USGS Libraries Program
Core Science Systems (MS 950)
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192
Tel 703-648-7182
Email: [log in to unmask]