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Subject:        Geologic Map Day
Date:   Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:34:34 +0000
From:   Scott, Mary <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Today is Geologic Map Day
http://www.earthsciweek.org/geologicmap/index.html

Dave Soller, USGS, NGMDB, sent this message:

Friday, October 19 is Geologic Map Day, and I hope you're celebrating
appropriately!  In the NGMDB project, we'll be celebrating the release
of a redesigned database and Web site -- I invite you to have a look,
and would appreciate any comments!  (http://ngmdb.usgs.gov)

Nearly all of our 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 draw your attention to our newest feature -- the "MapView" -- this
provides a mosaicked view of published geologic maps of the Nation, as a
new front-end to the NGMDB's Map Catalog.  Also, our "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]

Mary W. Scott

Geology, Geography, and Map Librarian

Orton Memorial Library of Geology

The Ohio State University

Orton Hall room 180

155 S. Oval Mall

Columbus, OH 43210

614-292-6152

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