-------- Original Message -------- 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 ***************************************************************** 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 email: [log in to unmask] *****************************************************************