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Subject: from USGS Weekly Highlights
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 17:49:35 -0600
From: John C Fouke <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps-L
The information below is from USGS Weekly Highlights over the last couple
of months. Hope you are having a great holiday season.
About the Geologic Map in the National Atlas of the United States of
America by John C. Reed and Charles A. Bush (
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1300/).
Landsat Data Continuity Mission by Bobbie Van Batavia (
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3093/).
USGS ShakeCast by David Wald and Kuo-Wan Lin. ShakeCast, a software
application that automatically retrieves earthquake shaking data from
ShakeMap (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/shakemap/), allows utilities,
transportation agencies, businesses, and other large organizations to
control and optimize the earthquake information they receive. (
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3086/).
The next generation of the USGS quadsheet in GeoPDF was featured in an
article in the Nov 14 issue of GISuser e-zine. Link:
http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/13265/
USGS Orthoimagery data was a spotlight and The National Map was mentioned
in an article in the Oct. 9 edition of GIS User. Link:
http://www.gisuser.com/newsletter/oct092007.html
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John C. Fouke, NSN SILS Chief
U.S. Geological Survey
Science Information and Library Services, MS 231
1400 Independence Road
Rolla, Missouri 65401
phone: 573-308-3698
fax: 573-308-3615
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