10/14/09

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

version 1.0, October 14, 2009

By USGS National Geologic Map Database Project and Pacific Northwest Geologic Mapping Project  [Contributors: Ralph Haugerud, Stephen Richard, David Soller, and Evan Thoms (in alphabetical order)]


CONTENTS:

1)  NCGMP09_v1-0.doc and NCGMP09_v1-0.pdf-- documentation of design

2)  NGMDB_Vocabs_v1-0 -- directory containing the NGMDB standard vocabularies specified in NCGMP09.  Includes Excel and tab-delimited copies of 10/12/09 versions of StandardLithology, PartType, ProportionTerm, LocationMethod, and ScientificConfidence vocabularies

3)  ArcGIStemplates -- directory containing Arc 9.3 and 8.3 templates for NCGMP09

5)  NCGMP09_tools-v1-0 -- directory containing scripts to create and validate NCGMP09 database structure.  Includes a draft FGDC.style file

6)  Example_map_database_v1-0 -- directory containing example for Camas 24k quadrangle, WA-OR (derived from USGS Scientific Investigations Map SIM-3017)


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


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