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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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