1/15/11

NCGMP09 -- draft standard format for digital publication of geologic maps

version 1.1, January 15, 2011


By the USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP)

[Prepared on behalf of the NCGMP by members of the National Geologic Map Database project and the Pacific Northwest Geologic Mapping project. Contributors (in alphabetical order): Ralph A. Haugerud, Stephen M. Richard, David R. Soller, and Evan E. Thoms.]


CONTENTS:

1)  NCGMP09_v1-1.doc and NCGMP09_v1-1.pdf-- documentation of design

2)  GeneralLithology_1-1.xls -- Excel file containing terms, definitions, and hierarchy key (see Appendix A in NCGMP09 documentation).

3)  NCGMP09_ERdiagrams(Figure 2) -- higher resolution versions of Entity-relationship diagrams shown in the documentation's Figure 2.

4)  GSC_FGDC-style.zip -- ESRI style file of selected symbols from the FGDC DIgital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization.  Provided courtesy of Geological Survey of Canada.

5)  NCGMP09_Toolbox.zip -- Scripts for creating, analyzing, and manipulating NCGMP09-style geodatabases using ArcGIS.


---- to be included soon:

-  Example_map_database_v1-1 -- directory containing example map database.



COMMENTS?  Please contact us at ncgmp09@flagmail.wr.usgs.gov


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PREVIOUS VERSIONS:

Version 1.0 (Nov. 27, 2010) -- same as 1/15/11 version, but did not include Toolbox.
Version 1.0 (Oct. 14, 2009)
Version 0.8.2b (July 23, 2009)
Version 0.8.2 (May 15, 2009)

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