"FROM FIELD TO PUBLICATION AND BEYOND -- COMPARING AND IMPROVING OUR WORKFLOWS"

John Wesley Powell's Legacy as a Scientist
By David Malone (Illinois State University)     [ Slides; Email ]

The National Geologic Map Database -- Progress and plans
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

- - TOPICS 1 and 2: FIELDWORK -- CAPTURING DATA AND OBSERVATIONS and  CREATING THE MAP AND GIS DATA

The Zen of GeMS – Individual and organizational approaches
By Emily Bunse and John Dunham (Kansas Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Enhancing Map Database Production via Custom Scripts: Adding Functionality to the GeMS Toolbox and Beyond
By Andrew L. Wunderlich (Tennessee Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Integration of Surficial Mapping Protocols (SuMP) with GeMS to standardize mapping from inception to final map product
By Karl Backhaus (New York Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

StraboSpot For Data Organization and Integration
By Nathan Novak, Jessica Good Novak, and Jason Ash (University of Kansas)     [ Slides; Email ]

Multi-scale Digital Mapping with the StraboSpot Ecosystem
By Youseph Ibrahim (Texas A&M University)     [ Slides; Email ]

Using Python to Automate AKGeMS Geologic Map Legends
By Amy MacPherson (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys) and Jeff Barrette (Esri)   [ Slides; Email ]

Template Geologic Map Databases, a scripted approach to applying attribute rules, domains, and workflow extensions to GeMS
By Dan Miranda, Tracey J. Felger, Susan Wahl, Ryan Crow, and Andy Cyr (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Abstract; Email ]

Bringing New, Old Metadata Tools for GeMS to ArcGIS Pro, and an Update on MapMerger, a Python-based Map Compilation Tool
By Shea Burns and Ryan Crow (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Abstract; Email ]

Catching Errors in Evolving Compilations
By David Vohra (Idaho Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

An Integrated Approach to Subsurface Mapping at the Kansas Geological Survey: The Precambrian Basement
By Souvik Bhattacharjee, Kolbe Andrzejewski, and Alan Peterson (Kansas Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Go further with attribute domains and enforce data integrity by using contingency tables
By Étienne Girard (Geological Survey of Canada)     [ Email ]

A database synthesis engine for producing new national geologic maps
By Samuel Johnstone, Joe Colgan, Warren Roe (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Update on plans to propose GeMS extension tables
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) and Emily Bunse (Kansas Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

- - TOPIC 3: CREATING AND(OR) MANAGING ANCILLARY DATA THAT'S NEEDED FOR MAKING GEOLOGIC MAPS

Modeling bedrock elevation of Pennsylvania using an adaptive GIS methodology: The first steps towards a 3D geologic model of Pennsylvania
By Alfred C. Guiseppe (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Building tools and skills for more efficiently using high-resolution topographic data in geologic mapping
By Samuel Johnstone, Nessa Fakrai, Quinn Miller, Emma Rahalski, and Ollie Smith (U.S. Geological Survey), Chelsea Scott and Cassie Brigham (Arizona State University), Zhiang Chen (California Institute of Technology), and Chris Crosby (Earthscope Consortium)     [ Email ]

Creating, managing, and using ancillary data within the Alaska GeMS geologic mapping system
By Mike Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Tearing Down Data Silos
By Matt Johnson (Indiana Geological and Water Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

3D Stereo-Mapping integrated with existing ArcGIS Pro mapping workflow
By Lauren Reeher and Matthew Morriss (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

An Update on Near Surface Hazards in the Butte Mining District
By Anthony Roth (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Slides; Email ]

Building a comprehensive QA/QC process for geologic mapping
By Ally Steinleitner and Mike Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

- - TOPICS 4, 5, AND 6: PREPARATION, PUBLICATION, AND POST-PUBLICATION

The USGS Intermountain West Seamless Geologic Map Explorer Publication Process
By Katherine Alexander, Kenzie Turner, and Amy Gilmer (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Abstract; Email ]

Enhancing Accessibility and Relevance of Geological Products in the Digital Age
By Alfred C. Guiseppe (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

3D geologic surface construction methods and data formats
By Lauren Reeher (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — GIS versus map publications -- Recommendations for appropriate citations and titles
A presentation ("Data, decorum, and DOIs") was given remotely by Ian Orland (Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey)
Session moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), John Dunham and Emily Bunse (Kansas Geological Survey), and Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Reducing PDF Size of Maps Using ArcMap/ArcPro and Adobe Illustrator
By Emily Morris (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Understanding the Geological Data Needs of Your State
By Matt Johnson (Indiana Geological and Water Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Results of recent GeMS survey
By Darby DeBruhl and Gerald Krieger (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Discussion Session — GeMS compliance for "3D" map data
GeMS was designed for traditional geologic maps. Although it can be adapted for publication of related geoscience maps such as isopach and structure contours, and for economic geology data, GeMS implementation for those map types generally does not meet current requirements for GeMS Level 3. This discussion focused on strategies for using GeMS for those map products, and the process for GeMS validation.
A presentation ("Suggestions for GeMS compliance of IsoValueLines data") was given remotely by Don Sweetkind (U.S. Geological Survey) to contribute to the session.
The session was moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), John Dunham and Emily Bunse (Kansas Geological Survey), and Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Data management plan to manage your data from planning to publishing
By Étienne Girard (Geological Survey of Canada)     [ Email ]

Adapting the GeMS Toolbox Tools to Work With Enterprise Geodatabases
By Christian Halsted (Maine Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

The Alaska GeMS geologic mapping system - history and road ahead
By Mike Hendricks and Jen Athey (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Michigan Geological Survey's Cross-Section Tools for ArcGIS Pro
By Matthew Bell and Garrett Ringle (Michigan Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

An update on Virginia's large-scale compilation mapping with GeMS
By Katie E. Lang, Holly E. Mangum, and Virginia Latane (Virginia Geology and Mineral Resources Program)     [ Slides; Email ]

POSTERS (listed alphabetically by agency)

A Generation of STATEMAP: Challenges Dealing with 30 Years of Projects
By Rick Green (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

The Precambrian Basement Rocks of Kansas
By Souvik Bhattacharjee, Kolbe Andrzejewski, Alan Peterson and Brendan Bream (Kansas Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Preliminary Surficial Geology of the Cambridge Quadrangle, Cowley County, Kansas
By Alan Peterson and Kolbe Andrzejewski (Kansas Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Focus Areas of Subsidence from the Butte Stope Books – The Travona Mine
By Anthony Roth (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Poster; Email ]

Draft Geologic map of the El Paso Gap 15-minute quadrangle, Eddy and Otero Counties, New Mexico, and Culberson and Hudspeth Counties, Texas
By S.J. Skotnicki (New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources)     [ Poster; Email ]

Discussion of field systems and Web-usage statistics:

-- Presentation and discussion of various field systems in use, and possible development of code to enable/improve ingestion of field data and interpretations, into the GeMS schema.
Presentations by:
Andrew Hoxey (University of Kansas)
Dan Mongovin (University of Kansas) [ Slides ]
Ralph Haugerud (U.S. Geological Survey)
Jonathan Caine (U.S. Geological Survey)
Gabriel Huot-Vezina (Geological Survey of Canada) [ Slides; Website ].    

-- Agency approaches to gathering, summarizing, and reporting Web usage statistics.
Presentations by:
Chris Halsted (Maine Geological Survey) [ Slides ]
Emily Bunse (Kansas Geological Survey) [ Slides ]
Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) [ Website ].    

Discussion of metadata in GeMS:

-- Overview of how metadata is checked and(or) accessed by the GeMS submission form and the GeMS QC process.

-- Issues that we've found with the metadata records received, and how we respond to the submitter.

-- General discussion and polling -- which workflows and tools do you use to create metadata?

-- Currently available metadata tools, a generalized suggested workflow, and discussion of new tools and workflows that could be developed. Will include discussion of the Build Metadata tool, and embedded ArcGIS metadata.

"FROM FIELD TO PUBLICATION AND BEYOND -- COMPARING AND IMPROVING OUR WORKFLOWS"

The National Geologic Map Database -- Progress and plans
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

- - TOPICS 1 and 2: FIELDWORK -- CAPTURING DATA AND OBSERVATIONS and CREATING THE MAP AND GIS DATA

Geological Data Flow, from field to publication
By Étienne Girard (Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada)     [ Slides; Email ]

GIS data management and modernization
By John Sanford and Yiwen Li (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Email ]

Scripting and GeMS: Extending the functionality of the GeMS toolbox
By Andrew L. Wunderlich (Tennessee Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Geological mapping combining traditional with digital techniques
By Don Tripp, Robin Rupp, Valerie Beckham-Feller, and Ben Romlein (Indiana Geological and Water Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Using custom scripts in ArcPro to create editing layout for cross sections at 1km spacing
By Sarah Francis (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Videos for slides 7, 14, 15, and 18; Email ]

Mapping in the intermountain west focusing specifically on surficial deposits, using new attribute rules
By Katherine Alexander, Margaret Berry, Sam Johnstone, Cal Ruleman, Adam Hudson, Michael Frothingam, and Zach Engle (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

MapMerger, a geologic map compilation tool for ArcPro
By Ryan Crow (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Can the GeMS schema and toolbox be used in an enterprise geodatabase?
By Christian Halsted (Maine Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Montana GeMS workflows
By Patricia Gallagher Ekberg, Yiwen Li, and John Sanford (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Slides; Email ]

First steps towards compilation of a new surficial geologic map of Alaska
By Frederic H. Wilson (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Using deep learning pixel classification to create preliminary surficial geologic maps
By Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen, William Odom, and Daniel Doctor (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

The compilation of the geologic map of the Greater Antilles. A first digital spatial and textural database
By Frederic H. Wilson and Keith A. Labay (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Contracting out geologic map digitization and attribution using the GeMS standard, ver 2.0
By Wes Buchanan and Chris Wyatt (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

From paper to AI: Optimizing geologic mapping workflows
By Robert Clark, Jerry Krieger, and Darby DeBruhl (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Boundary challenges in ensuring gapless data
By Emily Bunse (Kansas Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

- - TOPIC 3: CREATING AND(OR) MANAGING ANCILLARY DATA THAT'S NEEDED FOR MAKING GEOLOGIC MAPS

Integrating elevation-derived hydrography with mapping at the Pennsylvania Geological Survey
By Ellen Fehrs (Pennsylvania Bureau of Geological Survey)     [ Slides ; Email ]

Geologic mapping in central Texas: Overview of methods, workflows, and challenges
By Brian B. Hunt, Jeffrey G. Paine, and John Andrews (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — GeMS extension tables
A report of progress since the DMT'22-Lite meeting, on development of extension tables for geochemistry, geophysics, engineering properties, and land classifications based on geology.
Session moderated by Dave Soller and Evan Thoms (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Geologic map prioritization through the development of a quadrangle ranking system
By Lauren Williams, Matt Heller, Marcie Occhi, and Patrick Finnerty (Virginia Department of Energy, Geology and Mineral Resources Program)     [ Slides; Email ]

Discussion Session — Evaluating the STATEMAP Program: Challenges and successes
Session moderated by Jenna Shelton (U.S. Geological Survey) and Rick Green (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

- - TOPIC 4: PREPARING THE MAP FOR PUBLICATION

The WSGS peer review process—geologic, cartographic, and digital
By James Amato (Wyoming State Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Map Template; Map Publication Review Template; Email ]

Geologic mapping in Tennessee and the development of TNGeMS
By Andrew L. Wunderlich (Tennessee Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

- - TOPIC 5: PUBLICATION

The surficial geology map database of Ohio: Digital-only delivery of evolving datasets
By J.D. Stucker, Douglas A. Aden, and T. Andrew Nash (Ohio Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

The publications and distribution process at Alaska DGGS
By Mike Hendricks, Jen Athey, Simone Montayne, Susan Seitz, and Kristen Janssen (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Managing the geologic map publication workflow with an enterprise geodatabase
By Christian Halsted (Maine Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — Challenges and approaches for releasing geologic maps, reports, and GIS datasets (resuming the discussion begun at DMT'23-Lite
Session moderated by Jessica Czajkowski (Washington Geological Survey), Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey), Rosemary Fasselin (Utah Geological Survey), and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

- - TOPIC 6: POST-PUBLICATION

Lessons learned from developing a multimap geologic database
By Pedro Rivera and Mike Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

3D geologic modeling tool for watershed planning
By Jacqueline Hamilton, Julia Steenberg, Andrew Retzler and Sarah Francis (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Slides ; Email ]

Developing, maintaining, and publishing documentation standards
By Mike Hendricks and Amy Macpherson (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

How to best serve the needs of the public? Take our survey—motivation, methodology, and results
By James Amato (Wyoming State Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Building a State Geological Surveys capabilities dashboard with Tableau
By Sheelagh McCarthy (Washington Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

The National Geologic Synthesis and GeMS
By Warren Roe (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Bringing GeMS to the public: An interactive map of West Virginia
By Derek Spurgeon, John Bocan, and Sarah Gooding (West Virginia Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Migrating legacy geologic maps into GeMS using GeoMapMaker
By Jordan Hastings, Carlos Gutierrez, and Andrew Zaffos (University of California - Santa Barbara, California Geological Survey, and Arizona Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

The state of the GeMS QC
By David Ahumada (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

POSTERS (listed alphabetically by agency):

Alaska DGGS Geologic Mapping System
By Mike Hendricks, Jen Athey, Amy Macpherson, Pedro Rivera, Chris Wyatt, and Alec Wildland (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Poster; Email ]

A new Statewide Quaternary map of Illinois: Current progress and new findings
By David A. Grimley, B. Brandon Curry, Katie M. Mandera, Andrew C. Phillips, Andrew J. Stumpf, Sarah N. Dendy-Metz, Deette M. Lund, McKenzie S. Hamilton (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

Mapping the bedrock topography of Indiana - Merging existing spatial data sets and newly acquired field data to model the bedrock surface
By Robin Rupp, Don Tripp, Ben Romlein, Dana Bissey, and Valerie Beckham-Feller (Indiana Geological and Water Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

Bedrock Geology of St. Louis County, Minnesota
By Mark A Jirsa, Amy Radakovich Block, Terrence J. Boerboom, and V.W. Chandler (Minnesota Geological Survey), and Dean M. Peterson (Natural Resources Research Institute)     [ Email ]

Focus areas for subsidence from the Butte Stope Books
By Anthony Roth (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Poster; Email ]

Geologic map of the Canon Largo watershed on the Jicarilla Apache Nation, Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico
By Kevin M. Hobbs and Kristin S. Pearthree (New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources)     [ Poster; Email ]

Erosion and sedimentation hazard map of the Canon Largo watershed on the Jicarilla Apache Nation, Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico
By Phil L. Miller (New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources), Faustin N. Kumah (New Mexico Tech, Mineral Engineering Department), and Kevin M. Hobbs, Kristin S. Pearthree, and Andrew P. Jochems (New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources)     [ Poster; Email ]

From paper to AI: Improving geologic mapping workflows
By Robert Clark, Jerry Krieger, and Darby DeBruhl (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

Progress on the Parker 30' x 60' quadrangle using the Python-based MapMerger tool
By Morgan W.M. Nasholds, Ryan S. Crow, Keith A. Howard, Dylan W. Kinser, Skyler P. Mavor, Scott E.K. Bennett, and Kyle House (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Mapping depth-to-bedrock over the fractured Silurian carbonate bedrock of eastern Wisconsin
By Lisa Haas, Matthew Rehwald, and David Hart (Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey), Burke Minsley (U.S. Geological Survey), and Cody Calkins (Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection)     [ Poster; Email ]

Agency challenges and approaches for releasing geologic maps, reports, and GIS datasets:

-- Introduction, setting the stage for discussion of agency challenges and approaches for releasing geologic maps, reports, and GIS datasets.
The purpose of this meeting was to better understand the various ways that state geological surveys prepare, store, host, and maintain their publications, including digital mapping data. More importantly, the discussions surrounding these questions posed below allowed participants to converge upon a more unified understanding of publishing terms that we tend to use differently within our respective surveys.    

-- How are these publications prepared, disseminated, and managed? Part One:
Presentations by Jessica Czajkowski (Washington Geological Survey) [ Slides; Email ] and Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)    

-- Discussion of terms and definitions used by the National Geologic Map Database to manage publications and citations (e.g., what is meant by "peer review", "superseded publication") -- see current list of those terms and definitions

-- How are these publications prepared, disseminated, and managed? Part Two:
Presentations by Rosemary Fasselin (Utah Geological Survey), Jen Athey (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys), Al Guiseppe (Pennsylvania Geological Survey), and John Dunham (Kansas Geological Survey)    

-- Group discussion, including these questions:

• Do you conduct peer reviews of geologic maps and their databases, and if so, are they strictly internal, or also can include external reviewers? What does this process look like?
• Does your State typically release a preliminary publication to the public, then later publish a more polished, final product?
• When your state publishes a final, peer-reviewed map after releasing a preliminary map, do they keep the preliminary map in circulation or do they deprecate it, or just mark it as superseded?
• If you just mark the older one as superseded, should NGMDB remove the image from the PDP (Product Description Page)?
• How many states consider their GIS datasets (statewide or otherwise) to be separate publications in their own right (i.e., it has a series name/number)?
• Do your published geologic maps include a graphic and a database (could be a single publication, or two separate publications)?
• Will your agency rely upon NGMDB to make their GIS publications available to the public (i.e., your agency lacks a hosting vehicle of its own)?
• Are there many cooks in the kitchen, or do you have a single person (e.g., a Librarian) responsible for managing all submissions to the NGMDB including GeMS files (i.e., a single POC)? Is it a long-term responsibility for that person(s)?
• Do your Survey's publications have a DOI link or similar?

Development of optional GeMS extension tables:

-- Introduction, setting the stage for discussion of possible as-needed (not required) GeMS extension tables

-- The role of geologic mapping in creating derivative maps for use in the Artemis missions
By James Skinner (USGS Astrogeology)     [ Email ]

-- Presentations and general discussions on possibly including the following ancillary information with the geologic map database: Geochronology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Engineering properties, Geology-based land-use planning classifications, Hazards classifications, Groundwater vulnerability.

-- Breakout groups, summaries from each group, discussion of next steps.

The National Geologic Map Database
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

"FROM FIELD TO PUBLICATION AND BEYOND -- COMPARING AND IMPROVING OUR WORKFLOWS"

- - TOPIC 1: FIELDWORK -- CAPTURING DATA AND OBSERVATIONS

From Logging Borehole Cuttings to GeMS-based Database Storage
By Megan James (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources) and Robby Morrow (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

An Update on Using the Esri Collector App for Geologic Mapping
By Zach Anderson, Rosemary Fasselin, and Adam McKean (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Using Esri ArcGIS Field Maps for geologic fieldwork
By Lainey LeBlanc (Geological Survey of Alabama)     [ Slides; Email ]

Integrating Mobile, Online, and Desktop GIS for real-time collaborative field data acquisition and handoff
By Alan Pitts and Amber Wittner (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

AK DGGS' hardware solution for collaborative field data collection
By Oralee Nudson, Christopher Ramey, and Michael Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Realized benefits of the budget-conscious drone program of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey
By Al Guiseppe (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [ Slides (50 MB); Email ]

General discussion of Topic 1
Moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

- - TOPIC 2: CREATING THE MAP AND GIS DATA

Butte Mining District – Merging Google Earth with ArcGIS Pro
By Anthony Roth (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Slides; Email ]

Using ModelBuilder in ArcGIS to auto-generate sinkholes from digital elevation models
By Patrick Finnerty and Anne C. Witt (Virginia Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

3D Point Cloud data as a utility for geologic mapping, stratigraphic reconciliation, and preservation of geologic data
By Alan Pitts (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Conversion of legacy geodatabase to GeMS for compilation: Managing and preserving generalized map product details
By Janis Hernandez, Rachel Beard, Carlos Gutierrez, and Deshawn Brown (California Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Questioning Map Scale in the Digital-Zoom Era
By James Amato (Wyoming State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Introduction to Cartographic Multi-scale Representation
By Larry Stanislawski and Ethan Shavers (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

topoBuilder and OnDemand Topo
By William Marken (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides (35 MB); Email ]

Contracting out geologic map digitization and attribution using the GeMS standard
By Jennifer Athey and Mike Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys), Lars Arneson (Kinney Engineering, LLC), Chris Wyatt and Amy Macpherson (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys), Charlie Barnwell (Kinney Engineering, LLC), and Alec Wildland (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

STATEMAP Year in Review
By Kyle Ganz (Missouri Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Current GeMS Workflows at Illinois State Geological Survey
By Emily Bunse (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

GeMS Implementation in Large-Scale Geologic Compilations
By Katie E. Lang (Virginia Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Workflows for construction of the Intermountain West Project seamless, intermediate-scale geologic map database using the SIGMa extension to GeMS
By Kenzie J. Turner, Kathleen F. Warrell, Jeremiah B. Workman, and D. Paco VanSistine (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Automating GeMS Submissions from an Enterprise Geodatabase
By Christian Halsted (Maine Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

General discussion of Topic 2
Moderated by John Dunham (Kansas Geological Survey) and Christian Halsted (Maine Geological Survey)

- - TOPIC 3: CREATING AND(OR) MANAGING ANCILLARY DATA THAT'S NEEDED FOR MAKING GEOLOGIC MAPS

The 3DEP Lidar Base Specification: overview, revision process, and 3DEP Baseline Goal
By James Kaufmann (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

General discussion of Topic 2
Moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

- - TOPIC 4: PREPARING THE MAP FOR PUBLICATION

Arizona Geological Survey’s 'geomapmaker' toolbar for ArcGIS Pro
By Andrew Zaffos and Michael Camp (Arizona Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Using the ESRI Stylx Implementation of FGDC Standard
By Megan James (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources)     [ Slides; Email ]

Developing a Peer Review Process for New Hampshire: A Trial Run
By Josh Keeley and Shane Csiki (New Hampshire Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Illinois State Geological Survey Publication Review Systems
By Mark Yacucci and Emily Bunse (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

- - TOPIC 5: PUBLICATION

ISGS Publication Series - Current Practices
By Mark Yacucci and Emily Bunse (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

General discussion of Topics 4 and 5
Moderated by Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey) and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

- - TOPIC 6: POST-PUBLICATION

SQLite/GeoPackage -- A third rail for GeMS
By Jordan Hastings (Univ. California - Santa Barbara) and Carlos Gutierrez (California Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Missouri’s First Storymap- The Katy Trail
By Kyle Ganz (Missouri Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

General discussion of Topic 6
Moderated by Al Guiseppe (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)

The USGS-AASG National Geologic Map Database
By Dave Soller, representing the NGMDB project (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Website; Email ]

Interstate stratigraphic reconciliation in the Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: regional context, local applications
By Peter McLaughlin and Kelvin Ramsey (Delaware Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Pennsylvanian stratigraphic nomenclature reconciliation in the midcontinent
By Stephan Oborny and Tony Layzell (Kansas Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

East Gulf Coastal Plain Stratigraphic Reconciliation Initiativ
By Nick Tew and Sandy Ebersole (Geological Survey of Alabama)     [ Email ]

Toward a Consistent Stratigraphic Framework for Pennsylvania
By Gale Blackmer (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

A nod to the ever present parking lot fight among geologists; Developing a standard workflow to solve multiple generations worth of stratigraphic discontinuities in KGS’s geologic mapping database
By Doug Curl and Nolan Whitt (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

GeoPackage/SQLite as an Alternative GeMS Publication Format
By Jordan T. Hastings (University of California - Santa Barbara)     [ Email ]

Visualization Considerations with GeMS Data and Maps
By Mike Hendricks, Amy MacPherson, and Pedro Rivera (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Email ]

ESRI Stylx Implementation of FGDC Standard
By Megan James (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

GeMS tool Development and Utilization, Live Mentimeter Poll
By Taylor Turbyfill (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

A Jupyter Notebook tutorial for migrating data to GeMS and update on the GeMS metadata tool for ArcGIS Pro
By Evan Thoms (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Quad-G: a tool for georeferencing quadrangle images, and GeMS resources available from the Wisconsin Survey
By Caroline Rose (Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey)     [ Email ]

Data structures and ArcPro-related workflows for Kentucky's draft 3D geoframework database: seeking collaborators to test the preliminary system
By Anna Pearson and William Andrews (Kentucky Geological Survey     [ Email ]

Multi-step process of building an Alaska 1:100,000-scale seamless geologic map
By Jennifer E. Athey and Michael D. Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Email ]

Evolution of the process for submitting GeMS files to the NGMDB Trusted Digital Repository
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

National Index of Borehole Information (NIBI): Connecting State Geological Survey and National Subsurface Resources
By Mikki Johnson (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Soliciting Feedback on the Strategy for Implementing the USGI and on USGI actions in FY2022 and beyond
By Jenna Shelton (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Building a new specimen archive and analytical database at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
By Jesse Mosolf, Kristina Okonski, Luke Buckley, Anthony Roth, Logan Bouley, Yiwen Li, Rebecka Lester, and Catherine McDonald (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — New StateMap GeMS/GIS requirements. How are states responding?
Session moderated by Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Accommodating less traditional workflows in the assembly of a seamless geologic map database using the SIGMa extension to GeMS
By Kenzie J. Turner, Jeremiah B. Workman, Joseph P. Colgan, Amy K. Gilmer, Margaret E. Berry, Samuel A. Johnstone, and Kathleen F. Warrell (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Using the SIGMa extension to GeMS for a geologic mapping transect in the western U.S.
By Kenzie J. Turner, Jeremiah B. Workman, Joseph P. Colgan, Amy K. Gilmer, Margaret E. Berry, Samuel A. Johnstone, Kathleen F. Warrell, Marieke Dechesne, D. Paco VanSistine, Ren A. Thompson, Adam M. Hudson, Kristine L. Zellman, Donald Sweetkind, and Chester A. Ruleman (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

The SIGMa ArcGIS Pro Toolboxes: Automation to support seamless, integrated geologic mapping in a GIS environment
By Kathleen F. Warrell and Kenzie J. Turner (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Using a decentralized workflow and hierarchy based data structure in the SIGMa extension of GeMS to build a formation-level stratigraphic framework for the nation
By Jeremiah B. Workman, Kenzie J. Turner, Joseph P. Colgan, Amy K. Gilmer, and Kathleen F. Warrell (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Browser based Subsurface Viewer using ArcGIS Javascript API and JS charting libraries
By Paco Van Sistine (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

GeMS Conversion of State Maps: Lower 48, Alaska, Hawai'i, and Puerto Rico
By Carma San Juan and John Horton (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

24k GeMS challenges: the perils of completing a compilation pre-standard
By William Andrews (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Washington’s Approach to Converting State Geologic Maps to GeMS
By Katherine Alexander (Washington Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Converting a State Geologic Map to GeMS: The Montana Experience
By Catherine McDonald, Susan Vuke, Paul Thale, and Yiwen Li (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Email ]

The USGS-AASG National Geologic Map Database
By Dave Soller, representing the NGMDB project (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Website; Email ]

GEUS' geological mapping in remote arctic terrains using photogeology – Karrat Project 1:100,000 scale maps
By Nigel Baker, P. Guarnieri, D. Rosa, and E.V. Sørensen (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS))     [ Email ]

Transitioning from ESRI ArcMap to ArcPro: Tips and challenges in cartography for geologic maps
By Emily Morris (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Using old and new topographic information to improve the fidelity and value of legacy geologic maps: A progress report
By William Haneberg (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

WA100: A Washington geotourism website
By Susan Schnur (Washington Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Catching up with 1815, can we do it; a map coding and display challenge
By Frederic Wilson (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

The structural data problem at high latitudes, in seamless geological databases
By Nigel Baker, M. Wiese, W. Weng, and Katja Tandrup (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS))     [ Email ]

Documentation of Alaska’s geologic-GIS data management and delivery system
By Jennifer Athey, Mike Hendricks, and Patricia Ekberg (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Mapping the geology of the world in the 2020s
By Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Map Blast
    [ Storymap; List of Maps; Email ]

Status of the GeMS standard
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

The GeMS-compliance checking tools
By Evan Thoms and Ralph Haugerud (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Building an automated GeMS-style submission from an enterprise geodatabase
By Christian Halsted (Maine Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Geomapmaker: An ESRI ArcGIS Pro toolbar for creating GeMS-compliant geological maps
By Andrew Zaffos and Douglas Meredith (Arizona State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Delivering GeMS-structured maps to end-users via Microsoft Excel
By Jordan T. Hastings (University of California-Santa Barbara) and Carlos Gutierrez (California Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

HTML version of the GeMS document and the 2019 GeMS questionnaire
By Megan James (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Editing a GeMS-structured map directly in Microsoft Excel
By Jordan T. Hastings (University of California-Santa Barbara)     [ Slides; Email ]

Symbolizing a GeMS geodatabase
By Mike Hendricks, Patricia Ekberg, Jennifer Athey, and Amy Macpherson (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Using Python to automate data entry and curation in a GeMS database with the SIGMa extension
By Kathleen F. Warrell and Kenzie J. Turner (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

GeMS implementation at the Illinois State Geological Survey
By Emily Bunse (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Formal metadata in GeMS
By Ralph Haugerud and Evan Thoms (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — GeMS implementation issues
Session coordinated by Dave Soller, Ralph Haugerud, and Evan Thoms (U.S. Geological Survey) [ Email ]

The NCGMP U.S. GeoFramework Initiative: History, implementation, and looking to 2030
By Jenna Shelton (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Crowdsourcing the National geologic synthesis
By Randall Schumann and Donald Sweetkind (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

The NGMDB's role in the U.S. GeoFramework Initiative
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Discussion Session — The U.S. GeoFramework Initiative
Session coordinated by Gale Blackmer (Pennsylvania Geological Survey) [ Email ]

Digital geology to enable analytics in British Columbia
By Yao Cui (British Columbia Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Needs and capabilities survey and discussion
As part of the U.S. GeoFramework Initiative discussion topic, an interactive session using Mentimeter was held, to conduct real-time polling of staff-level opinions on agency capabilities (e.g., staffing levels and skill sets, and available data sets) to participate in the NCGMP U.S. GeoFramework Initiative. Polling questions pertained to data types and formats, data management, map scale users, availability, and formats, stratigraphic correlations, GeMS, GIS, 3D modeling, copyright, and other topics. Most questions were aimed at State Geological Surveys, and several questions were asked of USGS staff. In parallel with similar Mentimeter polling of State Geologists and USGS managers during the U.S. GeoFramework Initiative Strategic Implementation Workshop a month prior, polling results reflected the high degree of variability across State Geological Surveys regarding their data availability, types, formats, and processes, their enterprise systems, and technical ability to contribute to the U.S. GeoFramework Initiative.
Survey and discussion moderated by Jessica Czajkowski (Washington Geological Survey) and Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Polling results; Email ]

Enterprise GIS for the NCGMP community: Developing a geospatial infrastructure in support of Fedmap geologic mapping workflows
By Amber Wittner (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Competitive and non-competitive federal mapping grants: Items reviewers are looking for in a research proposal
By Joe East (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Automated classification of surficial features using ESRI ArcGIS Pro's deep learning capabilities
By William Odom, Dan Doctor, Caitlin Burke, Cheyenne Cox (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

New GeMs compliant(ish) geology of Washington State
By Katherine Alexander (Washington Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

A database approach to reviewing a geologic map database: Lessons from the Intermountain West (IMW) Project
By J.B. Workman, D.P. VanSistine, S.A. Johnstone, and K.J. Turner (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Why correct the Wellogic database? It’s Michigan’s only well database, and has 30-80% errors
By Matthew Bell, John Yellich, Evangelia Murgia, and Sophie Calhoun (Michigan Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Digital review of GeMS- based products
By Mike Hendricks, Jennifer Athey, and Amy Macpherson (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Updates on using Survey123 to log borehole cuttings and produce geologic maps
By Kyle Gawinski, Megan James, and Robby Morrow (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

ESRI ArcGIS field maps for geologic mapping, our experience so far
By Lainey Le Blanc (Geological Survey of Alabama)     [ Slides; Email ]

Compilation 3D geologic model for the Zumbro River watershed - A pilot project
By J.R. Steenberg, A.J. Retzler, J.M. McDonald, J.M, and J.D. Hamilton (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

3D mapping in Illinois
By Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

ILSTRAT: The ISGS digital stratigraphic publication
By Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Reviving the USGS publication series "Stratigraphic Notes"
By Randy Orndorff, Nancy Stamm, and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

A conceptual framework for geologic map synthesis
By Ralph Haugerud (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Statewide geologic map compilations - New strategies to meet new objectives
By Matt Heller (Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy)     [ Slides; Email ]

Minnesota Geological Survey Information Systems
By Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Stratigraphic Notes -- Reviving an outlet for short papers on changes in stratigraphic nomenclature
By Randy Orndorff, Nancy Stamm, and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

National Park Service's type section project
By Vince Santucci (National Park Service)     [ Email ]

Introduction to the GeMS compliance-checking workflow
By Ralph Haugerud, Evan Thoms, Dave Soller, Nancy Stamm, Randy Orndorff, and Rob Wardwell (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — Newly-developed GeMS-compliance workflow for creating, publishing, and submitting to the NGMDB Trusted Digital Repository
The NGMDB will be receiving GeMS-compliant geologic map files from STATEMAP recipients, and from NGGDPP, EarthMRI, FEDMAP, and other entities, and will store them in the NGMDB Trusted Digital Repository. In breakout groups, the discussion focused on long-term management of GeMS files and on the GeMS compliance-checking tools. Guidance and comments for the NGMDB was requested, and these questions were posed:
- Should GeMS files submitted by State GSs be served by the NGDMB, to the public? Or should NGMDB archive the files, as State backup, and then point users to the State for the authoritative copy?
- Does your agency "version" the published GIS files? If so, how are the updates documented, and are they assigned a new publication series number?
- How can those versioned files most efficiently be transmitted to the NGMDB repository (e.g., simply by email, or perhaps by some method of change-detection)?.
Session coordinated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) [ Email ]

Customizing the GeMS Toolbox for local requirements
By Mike Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys     [ Email ]

Utilizing ArcGIS Pro for mapping surficial geology in the Winchester, VA, area
By Cheyenne Cox (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Description of the nationwide borehole inventory for NGMDB's Phase Three
By Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Description of the nationwide engineering properties inventory for NGMDB's Phase Three
By Andrew Anderson (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Geologic Mapping in your U.S. National Parks: latest and greatest statistics, methods, and where to find it all
By Tim Connors, Stephanie O'Meara, Jason Kenworthy (National Park Service)     [ Email ]

USGS SIM Storymaps: Bringing users "into" the new map of Jezero crater, Mars
By Sarah Black (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Update on the National Cost-Benefit study of the value and use of geologic maps
By Dick Berg (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Submitting a proposal to the new USGS grants system
By Joe East (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Drilling to GeMS: Survey123 and subsurface data collection
By Kyle Gawinski, Megan James, and Tanner Arrington (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

The USGS-AASG National Geologic Map Database
By Dave Soller, representing the NGMDB project (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — What is meant by "map compilation" in the STATEMAP Phase Three context?
An opening presentation was given, to indicate the objectives of the USGS National Geologic Synthesis project, which was recently established under the NGMDB Phase Three initiative. Presenters were Randy Schumann, Ren Thompson, and Don Sweetkind (U.S. Geological Survey) [ Email ].
The presentation was followed by discussions in breakout groups, and concluded with reports from the groups and general discussion. At a minimum, these questions were discussed in the breakout groups:
- In the STATEMAP-funded compilations, what scales are you focusing on?
- Are you compiling published maps only, or is there new mapping? Does your Survey call these maps "compilations", or something else?
- If the term is confused by multiple meanings, what term should we use (e.g., Intermediate-Scale mapping)?
- Should the STATEMAP compilation task be more carefully defined, to either include, or exclude, new mapping, at a specified scale or range of scales depending on a State's size and geology?
Session coordinated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) [ Email ]

The USGS-AASG National Geologic Map Database
By Dave Soller, representing the NGMDB project (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

NGMDB selected new developments
By Chris Garrity, Rob Wardwell, and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Introducing the new NGMDB newsletter
By Ashley Cabibbo (Washington Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Results of the Fall, 2019 GeMS Questionnaire
By Tanner Arrington, Scott Howard, Mason Joiner, and Alec Stover (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

The GeMS Web and Github sites
By Evan Thoms (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Seamless geological mapping: proposed international collaboration
By Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Map Blast
    [ Storymap; Email ]

Status of the GeMS standard
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Validating a GeMS database
By Ralph Haugerud, Evan Thoms, Dave Soller, Nancy Stamm, Rob Wardwell, and Randy Orndorff (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Where to Start With GeMS
By Caroline Rose (Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Lessons From Converting Alaska Digital Geologic Maps to the USGS Geologic Map Schema (GeMS)
By Chris Wyatt, Mike Hendricks, Jennifer Athey, and Patricia Ekberg (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Washington’s first foray into GeMS
By Ashley Cabibbo (Washington Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program’s steps toward a national 3D geologic framework: progress and challenges
By Don Sweetkind (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Submarine Canyons of the US Outer Continental Shelf Atlas
By Paul O. Knorr (U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)     [ Slides; Email ]

DRI-HOP--Direct Relief Integration for Higher Optical Performance
By Ralph Haugerud (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Attribute rules and dictionary symbology in ArcGIS Pro help streamline geologic map compilation in GeMS
By Tracey J. Felger (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Pamphlet; Supplemental Files; Readme; Slides; Email ]

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open Data: Making it Easy to Share Geospatial Data in Nevada
By Rachel Micander (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Slides; Email ]

Geologic Information for All: Serving Geologic Data to a Broad User Base
By Susan Schnur (Washington Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Alaska-GeMS Multi-map Database Schema Changes from the Federal GeMS Standard
By Jennifer Athey, Mike Hendricks, Patricia Ekberg, and Chris Wyatt (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Modifications to Geologic Mapping Schema (GeMS) to support regional compilation: An example from the USGS Geologic Framework of the Intermountain West project
By Kenzie J. Turner, Jeremiah B. Workman, Amy K. Gilmer, Samuel A. Johnstone, D. Paco VanSistine, Joseph P. Colgan, Ren A. Thompson, and Donald Sweetkind (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

A Python-based Map Compilation Tool
By Ryan Crow (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Tools for working with planar orientations in ArcMap
By Ralph Haugerud (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Lidar data distribution at the Washington Geological Survey
By Abby Gleason (Washington Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Using Lidar in geologic mapping
By Rebecca Kavage Adams (Maryland Geological Survey)     [ Slides (16 MB); Email ]

Using Survey123 for ArcGIS for Coastal Plain Drill Logging
By Kyle Gawinski (South Carolina Geological Survey) and Tanner Arrington (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources)     [ Email ]

Producing tsunami simulations with ArcGIS Pro and Adobe Creative Suite
By Daniel Eungard (Washington Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

FY21 STATEMAP Update and GeMS Requirement
By Darcy McPhee (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Improving Quality Control of a GeMS Database with ESRI's Data Reviewer
By Mike Hendricks, Jennifer Athey, Patricia Ekberg, and Chris Wyatt (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Email ]

Transition to ArcGIS Pro and Cartography
By Kristen Hocutt and Stephen Zahniser (Esri)     [ Email ]

Using the ESRI Collector app for geologic mapping: defeats, compromises, and victories
By Zach Anderson (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

A new field data acquisition tool
By Gabriel Huot-Vezina, Etienne Girard, Steve Williams, and Kaz Shimamura (Geological Survey of Canada)     [ Slides; Email ]

Progress on a GeMS-based enterprise database model and GeMS implementation in Alaska
By Jennifer Athey, Mike Hendricks, Trish Ekberg, and Chris Wyatt (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — Building digital repositories, and using them – For example, NGMDB's Phase Three
This session included technical discussions on building and managing repositories, including comments received in response to a recent DMT listserve inquiry on that subject. Discussion then transitioned to how the NGMDB’s repository ("Phase Three" of the project plan) can be used to support NCGMP's strategic vision for a 3D framework of the Nation.
Session coordinated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) and Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey) [ Thorleifson's slides; Email ]

Seamless Geology of Montana, implementation and maintenance
By Paul Thale (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Email ]

New developments in the National Geologic Map Database
By Rob Wardwell, Chris Garrity, and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — Encoding stack units in GeMS, with a focus on managing bedrock and surficial layers
This session included these presentations, followed by general discussion:
 —  An overview of bedrock and surficial data management and presentation in state surveys, by Jen Athey (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)   [ Email ]
 —  Supporting Multiple Planar Topologies in a GeMS Geodatabase, by Mike Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)   [ Slides; Email ]
 —  Managing bedrock and surficial GIS data - Current approach in Virginia, by Matt Heller (Virginia Geological Survey)   [ Slides; Email ]
 —  Proposed modification to the GeMS documentation on "How to represent surficial and bedrock layers in a GeMS database", by Ralph Haugerud (U.S. Geological Survey)   [ Email ]

GeMS in Good Ol' Excel? You betcha
By Jordan Hastings (University of California - Santa Barbara)     [ Email ]

Migrating previously-published maps to GeMS
By Caroline Rose and Alex Cassell (Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Are older geologic maps worth the effort? The challenges and benefits of preparing GIS of older maps as temporary fill-ins for statewide GIS databases
By Grant Willis (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

STATEMAP, EDMAP, and Who Mapped What? Compiling 50 Years of Geologic Mapping into an Effective GIS
By Lainey Le Blanc and William Thomas (Geological Survey of Alabama)     [ Slides (27 MB); Email ]

Geospatial frame data model to simplify digital geologic map compilation and integration
By Yao Cui (British Columbia Geological Survey)     [ Slides (15 MB); Email ]

Discussion Session — Enterprise GIS – Potential roles in support of geologic map compilation and production
This session included these presentations, followed by general discussion:
 —  Developing a Geospatial Infrastructure to Support Geologic Mapping with an On-site Installation of ESRI's ArcGIS Enterprise Technology, by Mike Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)   [ Slides; Email ]
 —  Developing a Geospatial Infrastructure to Support FEDMAP Geologic Mapping Workflows using ArcGIS Enterprise within USGS Cloud Hosted Services, by Amber Wittner and Tracey Felger (U.S. Geological Survey)   [ Email ]

An update on South Carolina's mapmaking workflow
By Tanner Arrington (South Çarolina Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

GeoSTRAT: Missouri's Online Data Serving Application
By Vicki Voigt, Jeffrey Crews and Trevor Ellis (Missouri Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Implementing GeMS for NCGMP-funded geologic maps
By Darcy McPhee (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Improving coordination between NCGMP-funded mapping projects and Geolex
By Nancy Stamm and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Presenting data using Story Maps
By Yiwen Li (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Slides; Email ]

Digital geological mapping: from the field to interoperable geospatial web services
By Yao Cui (British Columbia Geological Survey)     [ Slides (47 MB); Email ]

Derivative Map Products for Geologic Hazards: Progress and Pitfalls
By Petr Yakovlev (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Email ]

Examples of new and legacy NCGMP09/GeMS-compliant geodatabases from Kansas
By John Dunham (Kansas Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Firefly cartography in ArcGIS
By Lillian T. Wang (Delaware Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Discussion Session — Versioning a GIS publication, and helping users find it
Do you re-release the entire dataset, or just the revised area(s)? What documentation do you provide? How do you announce the new version? Responses to these and related questions posed in a recent DMT listserve inquiry were reviewed, followed by a presentation on the subject and general discussion.
Moderated by Dave Soller and Frederic Wilson (U.S. Geological Survey)   [ Email ]

Characterization and Classification of Discrete Clusters of Earthquakes from 2008 - 2015 in North-Central Arkansas, Natural or Induced: Illustrating their Influence on the National Seismic Hazard Maps
By S.M. Ausbrooks (Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis, and Arkansas Geological Survey) and S.P. Horton (Arkansas Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Digital geological mapping: from the field to interoperable geospatial web services
By Yao Cui and Larry Diakow (British Columbia Geological Survey)     [ Poster (53 MB); Email ]

Geospatial Frame Data Model to simplify digital geological map compilation and integration
By Yao Cui (British Columbia Geological Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

Exploring the geology of Arizona National Parks with Geologic Resources Inventory Products
By Ronald D. Karpilo, Jr., Stephanie A. O'Meara, Trista L. Thornberry-Ehrlich, James R.H. Winter, Georgia A. Hybels, and James R. Chappell (Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences)     [ Poster (18 MB); Email ]

A new tool to produce the map legend in ArcGIS
By Gabriel Huot-Vezina, and Dave Everett (Geological Survey of Canada)     [ Email ]

The Bloomington End Moraine
By Illinois State Geological Survey     [ Email ]

The Map
By Deette Lund and Emily Bunse (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Mines of the Illinois Portion of the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District- Draft
By F. Brett Denny, W. John Nelson, Ross C. Lillie, Timothy A. Kropp, Jeremy R. Breeden, Jennifer Carrell, and Curtis C. Abert (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

The Carolina Terrane in South Carolina: A Compilation of Over 50 Years of Exploration and 1:24K-Scale Geologic Mapping
By Robert H. Morrow, IV, Tanner Arrington, and Phillip C. Boan (South Carolina Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Updating the USGS National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) and simplifying data input using a stratigraphic ArcMap Add-In
By Joseph A. East and Andy J. Park (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Analysis of Lake Bonneville Shoreline Elevations in Northwest Utah Using 5--Meter Digital Elevation Model Data and ArcGIS
By T.J. Felger and D.M. Miller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

GeMS (NCGMP09 v.2) – A standard format for geologic map publications
By National Geologic Map Database project     [ Email ]

The National Geologic Map Database – Accomplishments, and improving communication
By National Geologic Map Database project     [ Email ]

Status of geologic mapping in the U.S.
By National Geologic Map Database project     [ Email ]

Toward "Phase Three" of the NGMDB – Steps 3 and 4 (geologic content)
By National Geologic Map Database project     [ Email ]

Preliminary geologic map of the Gore quadrangle, VA: Combining LiDAR data, ArcMap, and iGIS
By Mercer Parker and Dan Doctor (U.S. Geological Survey) and Ron Parker (formerly U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Compilation of a geologic map of the Greater Antilles and Virgin Islands
By Frederic H. Wilson, Greta Orris, and Floyd Gray (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

Maintenance of Alaska databases project
By Frederic H. Wilson, and George Case (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Poster (19 MB); Email ]

Using Strabospot to collect data for geologic field mapping in Virginia
By William R. Swanger and Matthew J. Heller (Virginia Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Successes in leveraging nontraditional funding or support for geologic mapping
By Dennis Feeney (Idaho Geological Survey)     [ Slides (18 MB); Email ]

Overview of Kentucky collaboratively funded LiDAR program and KyTopo product
By Kent Anness (Kentucky Division of Geographic Information)     [ Email ]

The Maine Geological Survey’s Statewide Geodatabase Architecture and Initial Progress Towards GeMS Compliance
By Christian Halsted (Maine Geological Survey)     [ Slides (12 MB); Email ]

Status of GeMS-compliant enterprise database model and Alaska GeMS maps
By Jennifer Athey, Mike Hendricks, and Trish Gallagher (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Discussion Session — Status and implementation of the GeMS (formerly NCGMP09) database design
This Session included: (1) an update on the status of the GeMS Website, GeMS specification document, and software tools and Wiki; (2) a brief summary of the GeMS workshop held the previous day; and (3) open discussion and informal presentations from the audience. This was the first, and more general, of two Discussion Sessions about GeMS. Session coordinated by Ralph Haugerud and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey).
[ Email ]

Scripted Conversion of Legacy GIS Data to USGS Formats
By Laura Bookman (Arizona Geological Survey)     [ Slides (43 MB); Email ]

South Carolina’s GeMS Migration Project
By Tanner Arrington (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources)     [ Slides; Email ]

Status of the AASG/USGS National Geologic Map Database
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Creating a Professional Publication Series for Story Maps and Other Web Applications
By Lillian Wang and William Schenck (Delaware Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

NSGIC / 3DEP coordination
By Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

An Update on USGS National Geospatial Program Activities
By Craig A. Neidig (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Topographic Maps and LiDAR in Field Mapping and Research at the Geological Survey of Alabama
By Sandy Ebersole and Brian Cook (Geological Survey of Alabama)     [ Slides (16 MB); Email ]

Visualizing fold-thrust belt structure, stratigraphy, and surficial evolution using the unusual combination of Google Earth, ArcGIS, and Photoshop
By Philip S. Prince (Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources)     [ Slides (51 MB Powerpoint); Email ]

3D geological modeling and management system for Singapore
By Jian Chu and Xiaohua Pan (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), and Kiefer Chiam and Defu Wu (Building and Construction Authority, Singapore)     [ Slides; Email ]

Discussion Session — What does it mean to be “GeMS-compliant”?
In order for GeMS (or any standard) to become widely-used, it must be adhered to – the database schema, and the content’s structure must be consistent from one publication to another. Information management in each Geological Survey is, of course, somewhat unique owing to agency history, funding, and personnel. As a consequence, full compliance with the GeMS standard will be a challenge. This Session strived for open and honest discussion of the technical and scientific challenges to preparing a geologic map database according to the GeMS schema, and focused on options for what might be defined as an acceptable level of compliance with GeMS, for deliverables, publications, and enterprise databases. The DMT community’s technical expertise is crucial to a pragmatic definition of “GeMS-compliant.” Session moderated by Dave Soller and Ralph Haugerud (U.S. Geological Survey).
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Exploring Interoperability Solutions for Interplanetary Data
By Marc Hunter (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Automating the Import of Collector for ArcGIS Data into GeMS
By Rebecca Kavage Adams (Maryland Geological Survey) and Jeffrey Adams (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)     [ Slides (16 MB); Email ]

GIS Jambalaya: Updates on FGS Projects and Activities
By Seth Bassett, Rick Green, and Katherine White (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Potential methods for comprehensive assessment of the status of geologic mapping in the U.S.
By Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Slides (20 MB); Email ]

Presentation and discussion on Esri software and methods
By James Sill and Stephen Zahniser (Esri)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — Where's the authoritative copy of each part of each publication?
Have you ever searched online for a publication, only to find multiple copies of it at various websites, in various conditions of quality and completeness (e.g., this site offers only the plates, that site offers only the pamphlet...)? This has been our experience within the NGMDB project, and so we've held discussions with other USGS entities (e.g., the Library and the Publications Warehouse) regarding whether we could coordinate development of a "scan status" database that would track the location, quality, and provider of each Publication, and of each "part" of a publication (e.g., each plate, each "tipout", each chapter, and so forth). Does your agency have a Scan Status Database? Do you have suggestions on how one might be developed and maintained, within or amongst agencies? Session moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey).
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Status of DMT Data Stewardship Committee activities
By Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Interested in a National Park’s Geology? We have Something for Everyone from Geo-Tourists to Serious Scientists!
By Ronald D. Karpilo, Jr., Stephanie A. O'Meara, Trista L. Thornberry-Ehrlich, Dalton L. Meyer, James R. Chappell, and James R. H. Winter (Colorado State University and the National Park Service Geologic Resources Inventory)     [ Poster (25 MB); Email ]

Relative elevation model of the Ohio River in northern Kentucky
By Max Hammond (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Insight from the statistics of nothing: estimating limits of change detection using inferred no-change areas in DEM difference maps and application to landslide hazard studies
By Bill Haneberg (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Implementation of a team-based workflow and multiuser ArcSDE geodatabase for internally consistent 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping of Boone, Kenton, and Campbell Counties, northern Kentucky
By Matthew Massey, Doug Curl, and William Andrews (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Creating Geologically Based Radon Potential Maps for Kentucky
By Bethany Overfield, Ellen Hahn, Amanda Wiggins, William Andrews (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Ohio's Seamless, Surficial Geology Map and Database: Progress and Methods
By Douglas J. Aden and J.D. Stucker (Ohio Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Updating the USGS NCRDS database
By Joseph East, Andy Park, and Mark Reidy (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

New Geologic Mapping and Compilation in the Lower Colorado River Corridor: Seeking a Path to Meaningful Regional-Scale Portrayal of a Complex Fluvial System
By P. Kyle House and Ryan S. Crow (U.S. Geological Survey), Philip A. Pearthree and Brian F. Gootee (Arizona Geological Survey), Tracey Felger (U.S. Geological Survey), Ann Youberg (Arizona Geological Survey), Debra Block and L. Sue Beard (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Building the geologic content database (GeMS format)
By National Geologic Map Database project     [ Email ]

GeMS (NCGMP09 v.2) – Standard format for geologic map publications
By National Geologic Map Database project     [ Email ]

Quaternary sediment thickness and bedrock topography of the glaciated United States east of the Rocky Mountains
By Dave Soller and Chris Garrity (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Maps of properties of Quaternary sediments and aquifers in the glaciated conterminous United States
By Richard M. Yager, David R. Soller, Adel E. Haj, Leon J. Kauffman, and James E. Reddy (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

StraboSpot: A new geologic data collection system
By Emily Bunse (University of Kansas), Basil Tikoff (University of Wisconsin- Madison), Douglas Walker (University of Kansas), Julie Newman (Texas A&M University), and Jason Ash and Jessica Good (University of Kansas)     [ Email ]

Archiving Data at the Wyoming State Geological Survey
By Phyllis Ranz (Wyoming State Geological Survey)     [ Poster (55 MB); Email ]

An update on the Strategic Plan for the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
By John Brock (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Steps toward implementation of the NCGMP Strategic Plan
By Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Status and future of the AASG/USGS National Geologic Map Database
By Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

High Resolution Topography of the Poles; How to release 2m elevation for the Arctic and 8m for the Antarctic in 2 years
By Paul Morin (University of Minnesota Polar Geospatial Center)     [ Email ]

EGD and the NGA commercial imagery program
By Brian Bates (National Geospatial Agency)     [ Email ]

A 3D Geologic Map of Lake County, Illinois: The whole geologic story in digits
By Steven E. Brown (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Building an Enterprise version of GeMS (formerly NCGMP09 map schema)
By Jennifer E. Athey, Michael D. Hendricks, and Patricia E. Gallagher (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Training and Discussion Session — Implementing the GeMS (formerly NCGMP09) database design
This Session addressed the ongoing efforts in states, USGS, and other agencies to implement the GeMS (“Geologic Map Schema”, formerly named “NCGMP09”) standard database design. This was largely a training session, focusing on general procedures and specific suggestions for creating and populating a GeMS-compliant map database. The status of work to refine and publish the schema, and to propose it as a Federal standard, was described. Session coordinated by Ralph Haugerud and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey).
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Managing the Digital Geologic Publication Lifecycle with Digital Commons: A partnership between the Maine Geological Survey and the Maine State Library
By Chris Halsted (Maine Geological Survey) and Adam Fisher (Maine State Library)     [ Slides (12 MB); Email ]

DGS Has a Story to Tell
By Lillian Wang (Delaware Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Visit Wyoming's Geology!
By Suzanne Luhr (Wyoming State Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

An Implementation of GeMS in Excel
By Jordan T. Hastings (University of California, Santa Barbara)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — Geoscience Data — Stewarding our legacy. Tips, Stories, and Discussion
Data stewardship is the management and oversight of an organization's data assets, with the goal of providing users with high-quality data that are easily accessible and usable. Data stewardship includes the management and oversight of data preservation and archiving activities. In this session, the DMT Data Stewardship Committee discussed the results of its recently conducted Web survey of the data stewardship procedures used in State and Federal agencies. Responses to the survey will provide guidance to the Committee, for development of: (1) a brief document on the needs for, and benefits of, data stewardship; and (2) online technical guidance on stewardship methods. The remainder of this session focused on stewardship methods, and solicitation of additional input from the attendees.
Moderated by Jennifer Athey (Alaska DGGS), Seth Bassett and Rick Green (Florida Geological Survey), Sarah Nagorsen (USGS), Stephanie O’Meara (Colo. State Univ.), Sandy Schenck (Delaware Geological Survey), Dave Soller and Ric Wilson (USGS), and Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey [ Email ]

Training and Discussion Session on Esri GIS software
Instruction and demonstrations were provided on certain aspects of Esri's GIS software, for example workflow-related issues in ArcGIS Pro using geologic mapping by geologists from the City of Austin, Texas, as an example.
Conducted by Joseph Sheffield and Stephen Zahniser (Esri, Inc.). [ Webex recording; Email ]

Teaching a Computer Geology: Automated Lithostratigraphic Classification Using Machine Learning Algorithms
By Seth Willis Bassett (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Slides (13 MB); Email ]

From the Field to Publication: Integration of GIS Throughout the Mapping Process, USGS Denver
By Julie A. Herrick and Anya V. Hess (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Tools for Gridded Meteorological Data for Groundwater Recharge Modeling
By Tanner Arrington and Alex Butler (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources)     [ Email ]

Enhanced Online Public Access to Minnesota Minerals and Geology Data Using ArcGIS Online Web Maps
By Kevin Hanson (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)     [ Slides (25 MB); Email ]

Getting survey data to the public, researchers, and students with the Flyover Country mobile app
By Shane Loeffler, Amy Myrbo, Reed McEwan, Sijia Ai, and Alex Morrison (University of Minnesota)     [ Email ]

3DEP and Other Updates from the Hazards Community of Use
By Craig A. Neidig (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Open Source Software for Niche GIS Solutions
By Seth Willis Bassett (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Standardizing and Automating Digital Geologic-GIS Map Symbolization
By James R. Chappell, Stephanie A. O'Meara, James R.H. Winter and Ronald D. Karpilo, Jr. (Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences)     [ Poster (11 MB); Email ]

Dissemination of detailed geologic mapping to the public: a case study of Floyds Fork in the Fisherville 7.5-minute quadrangle
By Steve Martin and Doug Curl (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Quaternary stratigraphy of Minnesota: statewide cross-sections
By B.A. Lusardi, A.S. Gowan, G.N. Meyer, and L.H. Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Pilot Project to Support a Surficial Geology Map of Minnesota at 1:500,000
By B.A. Lusardi, and G.N. Meyer (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Refining Bedrock Topography and Drift Thickness Mapping in Ohio
By Nate Erber and Paul Spahr (Ohio Division of Geological Survey)     [ Poster (11 MB); Email ]

Leveraging Geologic Maps in a Multi-Scale Interactive Environment
By Shanan E. Peters and John J. Czaplewski (University of Wisconsin - Madison)     [ Email ]

From Pencil to Digital — Challenges of Bridging the Geologic Mapping Gap
By Stuart A. Giles (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Reversing Entropy: Preventing Introduced Errors in Multi-Step Digital Map Generation, USGS Denver
By Anya V. Hess and Julie A. Herrick (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

GIS-based identification of areas that have potential for lode gold deposits in Alaska
By Susan Karl, Keith Labay, Nora Shew, Bronwen Wang, Matt Granitto, Douglas Kreiner, and George Case (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Quaternary sediment thickness and bedrock topography of the glaciated United States east of the Rocky Mountains
By Dave Soller and Chris Garrity (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Status of the National Geologic Map Database
By the National Geologic Map Database project (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Geologic Mapping in Florida: The STATEMAP Story Map
By Katherine White, Levi Hannon, and Rick Green (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

A Potpourri of GIS Activities at the Delaware Geological Survey
By Lillian Wang and Sandy Schenck (Delaware Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Overview of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, focusing on STATEMAP
By Darcy McPhee (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Updates from the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program Office
By Mike Marketti (U.S. Geological Survey     [ Email ]

Overview and status of the NGMDB's mapView interface
By National Geologic Map Database project (David R. Soller, presenter, U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — Charting a path forward for geologic mapping, under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
This Summer, the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) will convene a strategic planning workshop, to debate and recommend a long-term plan for improving the vitality and visibility of this important cooperative Program. In this Discussion Session, ideas and suggestions from DMT attendees will be noted and conveyed to NCGMP management as input to this Summer’s meeting. Moderated by Dave Soller and Harvey Thorleifson (USGS and Minnesota Geological Survey).

Discussion Session — Progress on implementing the NCGMP09 schema
In 2014-15, the design and the various test-implementations of the NCGMP09 draft standard were carefully reviewed by State geological survey and USGS staff. A set of revisions then was specified, and is being incorporated into NCGMP09 version 2 prior to proposing it as the FGDC Standard for geologic map databases. This Session will provide a brief progress report following by a detailed technical demonstration with guidance on implementing NCGMP09 for new mapping and for legacy datasets. Moderated by Ralph Haugerud and Dave Soller (USGS).

The flexibility of the Topo TNM Style Template: A series of extended-use demonstrations
By Andrew Stauffer and Kristin Fishburn (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

California Landslide Inventory Database
By Nathaniel Roth, Chris Wills, Tim McCrink, and Bill Short (California Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Managing a Potentiometric Surface Mapping Program
By James Cichon (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Montana's 1:100,000-scale Seamless Geodatabase: Progress and Challenges using the NCGMP09 Format
By Catherine McDonald and Paul Thale (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Slides; Email ]

Integration of Quality Control Tools to Manage Geological Data for Map Production
By Etienne Girard, Pierre Brouillette, Gabriel Huot-Vézina and Annick Morin (Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada)     [ Email ]

Geotagged Field Photos in a Geologic Map Database?
By Kent Brown (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Introduction to the NGMDB's mapView and topoView interfaces
By Chris Garrity (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

21st Century Geologic Mapping Products
By Melony Barrett, Jennifer Carrell, Yu Feng Lin, Jennifer Obrad, and Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Discussion Session — Stewarding paper and digital data and reports -- preserving information, and serving it to the public
This Session expands upon similar discussions conducted at previous year’s DMT meetings. What types of data, physical collections, and information must we manage? Given our limited resources, what can we do to manage and protect the (unpublished and published) information assets upon which our agencies and the public rely? Which media and information types are most vulnerable to loss? What kinds for archival formats and standards are we using, or do we need? The outcome of this session will be a technical guidance document, likely focusing on data preservation of published and unpublished paper records and “born digital” information. Coordinated by Jennifer Athey (Alaska DGGS), Seth Bassett (Florida Geological Survey), Sandy Schenck (Delaware Geological Survey), Mark Yacucci (Illinois State Geological Survey), and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey).

Database Design and Tools to Manage Geological Data for Map Production
By Etienne Girard, Pierre Brouillette, Gabriel Huot-Vézina and Annick Morin (Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada)     [ Email ]

Managing data for Florida’s future geologic mapping needs
By Christopher Williams and Michelle Ladle (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Building the "National Archive" of geologic maps – a progress report on the National Geologic Map Database
By Dave Soller and Nancy Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Big Data Geohydrology and the Woodville Karst Plain
By Seth Willis Bassett and Scott Barrett Dyer (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Agency-wide implications for Alaska DGGS building a statewide geologic 1:100,000 compilation from an NCGMP09 multi-map database
By Jennifer Athey and Michael Hendricks (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [ Slides; Email ]

Celebrate the National Park Service Centennial with 10 Fun Geology Facts
By Stephanie O'Meara, Ron Karpilo, James Chappell, James Winter, and Georgia Hybels (Colorado State University and the National Park Service Geologic Resources Inventory)     [ Slides; Email ]

Borehole Data Wrangling for Stratigraphic Interpretation and 3-Dimensional Visualization
By Casey Albritton, Seth Bassett, Jim Cichon, and Scott Miller (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

The Florida Geological Survey: National Leader in Karst Hydrogeology
By Seth Willis Bassett, Katherine M. White, Frank Rupert, Tom Greenhalgh, and Scott Barrett Dyer (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Mapping Florida Sinkholes using LiDAR and Field Verification
By Scott Miller, Carroll Hageseth, Amanda Kubes, and Sara Smith (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

Standards development in the National Geologic Map Database project
By National Geologic Map Database project     [ Email ]

Stewarding paper and digital data and reports -- preserving information, and serving it to the public
By National Geologic Map Database project     [ Email ]

Floodplain visualization using lidar-derived relative elevation models
By Daniel E. Coe (Washington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources)     [ Poster; Email ]

Hydrogeologic Data Viewer: Map-Based Access to Wisconsin's Hydrogeologic Information
By Peter Schoephoester and Madeline Gotkowitz (Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

Secrets of STATEMAP: Florida's Experience in Standardizing GIS Workflows for Year-to-Year Efficiency in Geologic Mapping
By Seth W. Bassett, Richard C. Green, and Levi M. Hannon (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

High-value thematic maps and the importance of standardized geology
By Jen Athey and Diana Solie (Alaska DGGS and Baseline Geoconsulting, LLC)     [ Slides; Poster; Document; Email ]

Creating a Seamless Geologic Map and FGDC Database for Montana
By Susan M. Vuke, Paul Thale, and Colleen G. Elliott (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [ Email ]

Updates from the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program Office
By Mike Marketti (U.S. Geological Survey     [ Email ]

Overview of Global Mapper, Emphasizing Lidar Capabilities
By Mike Childs (Blue Marble Geographics)     [ Email ]

Building 3D PDFs to Visualize Geological Data
By Daniel W. Eungard and David A. Jeschke (Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources)     [ Slides (17 MB); Email ]

Data Migration from an Oregon geodatabase template to NCGMP09
By Lina Ma (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries)     [ Email ]

Esri Hot Topics
By Larry Batten and Ken Gorton (Esri)     [ Email ]

Translating legacy data into the NCGMP09 schema: Tales of two maps
By Ralph A. Haugerud and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — Progress on implementing the NCGMP09
This Session will focus on the efforts in states, USGS, and other agencies to evaluate, implement, and recommend improvements to this database design. Certain elements of NCGMP09 need to be revised prior to releasing version 2 and proposing it as the FGDC Standard. This session will begin with an overview of the multi-year process by which NCGMP09 has been revised, with focus on the series of weekly telecons among State and Federal collaborators and the NCGMP09 Working Group. Moderated by Dave Soller and Ralph Haugerud (USGS)

Using Arc GIS Online (AGOL) Tools to Create Web Mapping Apps for Your Desktop or Mobile Device
By Gordon Douglass (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Geologic Field Mapping in Delaware -- Paper Maps to Mobile Device
By Lillian Wang (Delaware Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Digital field work: Experiences with Collector for ArcGIS
By Ralph A. Haugerud (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Applications of ArcGIS Pro to Geologic Map Production: Initial Impressions
By Jennifer E. Carrell (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

The layered PDF: a tool for creating custom geologic maps that meet specific needs
By Matt Heller, Lorrie Coiner, and Marcie Occhi (Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy)     [ Slides (17 MB); Email ]

Discussion Session — Issues with digital-only publication, focusing on the PDF format
What are the ramifications when the decision is made to not publish maps and reports as paper products? Is PDF the best format for maps and/or scientific reports delivered to the general public? In what other formats do you commonly publish? Should these PDF files be capable of reproducing a professional quality paper print if desired? Are Web Map Services the wave of the future rather than PDF files for maps? These and other questions will be addressed in this session. Moderated by Sandy Schenck (Delaware Geological Survey)

GIS-Ready Templates and Data for US Topo Maps
By Kristin A. Fishburn and Andrew J. Stauffer (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) Overview
By David M. Vincent (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Landslide Mapping On The Wasatch Plateau: Comparison Of Different Methods Including High-Resolution Lidar
By Greg N. McDonald and Richard E. Giraud (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Accessing Minnesota's Geological Data using ArcGIS On-line
By Jacqueline D. Hamilton (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [ Slides (27 MB); Email ]

Using Multiple GIS Resources and Information Databases to Overcome Challenges of Geologic Mapping in Urban Areas: Geologic Remapping of the Warm Springs Fault, Utah
By Adam P. McKean (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Slides (31 MB); Email ]

git --help. Adding Git source control to your toolbox
By Robert Wardwell (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Reconciling Changes to the Geologic Time Scale, in the U.S. Geologic Names Lexicon
By Nancy Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — So much paper and so many digits -- deciding how to manage both, in the midst of the Digital Revolution
This Session is a continuation of last year's highly successful session. What are the advantages and disadvantages of managing, accessing, and using paper and digital information? Given our limited resources, what can we do to protect the (unpublished and published) paper and digital information assets upon which we all rely? The outcome of this session will be a technical guidance document, focusing on data preservation of unpublished paper records and "born digital" information. Moderated by Dave Soller (USGS)

Geologic Hazard Mapping & ArcScan: An Image Processing Approach
By Ben Erickson (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Slides; Email ]

Building the "National Archive" of geologic maps – a progress report on the National Geologic Map Database
By National Geologic Map Database project (David R. Soller, presenter, U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Insights gained from NOAA 2014 LiDAR data for Oahu
By David Harnsberger (AECOM)     [ Email ]

DGGS NCGMP09 Workflows
By Patricia Gallagher (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [ Poster (74 MB); Document; Email ]

Showcasing Geologic Resources Inventory Products for Utah National Parks
By Ron Karpilo, Stephanie O'Meara, Derek Witt, James Chappell and Georgia Hybels (Colorado State University)     [ Poster (38 MB); Email ]

A GIS-Based Method for Gathering Geological Field Data
By Seth W. Bassett, Richard C. Green, and Levi M. Hannon (Florida Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Using 3D Textures to create cross-section fences in ArcScene
By Jennifer E. Carrell (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Geologic mapping data standards and collection techniques at the Kentucky Geological Survey
By Douglas C. Curl, Bethany Overfield, Steven L. Martin, and William Andrews, Jr. (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

NCGMP09 – Draft standard format for geologic map publications
By National Geologic Map Database project     [ Email ]

QGIS and three.js for visualizing and sharing 3D information in a web browser
By Tanner Arrington (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources – Land, Water & Conservation Division)     [ Poster (13 MB); Email ]

An Analysis of Stereoscopic 3D Geological Mapping Methods using Cardinal and Esri Systems
By Genevieve C. Kidman, Robert C. Skankey, David J. Maxwell, and John S. MacLean (Southern Utah University)     [ Poster; Email ]

A Workflow and Geoprocessing Tools for Automating NCGMP09 Metadata
By Evan Thoms (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Poster; Email ]

Two NCGMP09-Compliant Database Publications from the Volcano and Alaska Science Centers, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
By Evan Thoms (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Posters (38 MB); Email ]

The New Alaska geologic map
By Frederic Wilson, Nora Shew, and Keith Labay (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Utah Geological Survey Hazard Mapping Initiative
By Jessica J Castleton and Ben A Erickson (Utah Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Applying the NCGMP09 Standard: Map Creation 101
By Suzanne Luhr and Phyllis Ranz (Wyoming State Geological Survey)     [ Poster (14 MB); Email ]

Discussion Session — Charting a path forward for geologic mapping
Society and science will greatly benefit from acceleration of geologic mapping, and its increasing extension to both seamless, queryable compilations of our mapping as well as development of a three-dimensional map of the Nation's geology. That framework should extend from onshore to offshore, and include multiple levels of resolution (local, statewide, and continental). Together, we now have the rationale and capabilities to launch this next phase of geologic mapping. Collaboration will be essential, and there are precedents for the collaborative process that can inform our plans and progress. In this Session, the process by which fulfillment of these needs can be addressed was outlined, and guidance on how to proceed was solicited.
The latter part of the Session addressed a draft AASG Resolution on the role of geologic mapping in society; that Resolution focused on the need to develop a 3D geologic map database for the Nation. In the week following the DMT meeting, the Resolution was considered by the AASG, and unanimously approved (see copy of Resolution). For further information, please contact the moderators, at the email below.
Discussion moderators were: Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota State Geologist) and Dave Soller (USGS). The moderators framed the discussion with presentations on the status of geologic mapping of the Nation (by Soller), the status of 3D mapping in the Nation (Thorleifson), methods by which the community has previously organized itself to fulfill similar objectives (Soller), and long-term goals as outlined in the draft Resolution (Thorleifson).     [Slide set 1 (26 MB); Slide set 2; Email]

Making Your Maps Mobile
By Tristan Lyttle (Avenza Systems Inc.)     [ Website; Email ]

US Topo 2014: Program Updates and Research
By Kristin Fishburn (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Slides; Document; The National Map Viewer data and services; Website; Email]

Extracting GIS data from US Topo PDFs using Adobe Illustrator with Avenza MAPublisher
By John Dunham (Kansas Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Managing a digital geologic map compilation
By Ralph Haugerud, Karen Wheeler, and many geologists (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Implementation of the NCGMP09 data model for geologic map compilation along the lower Colorado River
By Tracey J. Felger, L. Sue Beard, and Kyle House (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Discussion Session — Progress on implementing the NCGMP09 database design
This Session focused on the ongoing efforts in states, USGS, and other agencies to evaluate, implement, and recommend improvements to this database design. The Session format was:

• Historical introduction of NCGMP09 and predecessors
• Details of the recently developed Steering Committee plan for support of, and revisions to, NCGMP09. This plan includes forming a Technical Working Group, composed of volunteers willing to assist with the compilation and evaluation of suggested modifications
• Building a NCGMP09-compliant dataset (30-40 min. demo by Ralph Haugerud, USGS)
• Brief, informal progress reports and comments by attendees from the various agencies represented.

The progress report compiled from the previous year's Session (at the DMT'13 workshop) is available and was used as a basis for this Session. Numerous action items resulted from this Session— please contact the Moderator for current status of NCGMP09 development.
Moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

Metadata, Maps, and More: Delaware's Participation in the USGIN
z By John Callahan (Delaware Geological Survey)     [Slides (12 MB); Email]

Geologic data processing and delivery at the Alaska Geological and Geophysical Surveys
By Jennifer E. Athey and DGGS staff (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [Slides; Document; Email]

Change is good: Designing a map revision policy for the digital age
By Jennifer Carrell (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Slides (12 MB); Email]

Geologic Map Collections: A New Librarian's Perspective
By Susan Powell (Univ. of California - Berkeley Library)     [Slides; Email]

Transitioning to the FGDC Draft Geologic Map Database Standard: A Washington State Geologic Survey Pilot Project
By Meredith Payne (Washington State Department of Natural Resources)     [Slides; Email]

Discussion Session — Issues with digital-only publication, focusing on the PDF format
What are the ramifications when the decision is made to not publish maps and reports as paper products? Is PDF the best format for maps and/or scientific reports delivered to the general public? In what other formats do you commonly publish? Should these PDF files be capable of reproducing a professional quality paper print if desired?
Moderated by Sandy Schenck (Delaware Geological Survey)

ArcGIS: A Platform for Point Cloud Processing
By Larry Batten (ESRI)     [Slides; Email]

Geolex, The Ugly Duckling No More
By National Geologic Map Database project (Nancy Stamm, presenter, U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Website; Email ]

Compiling/Digitizing Techniques and Data Migration of USGS Shallow Coal Exploration Drill-Hole Data: Alabama.
By Jose Vigil (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Bringing it all together: Implementing disparate geologic mapping standards through community
By Janel Day (Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska; formerly Arizona Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Perception vs reality; using a simple 3D model to demystify a 2-D perception — a Marcellus well case study
By Thomas G. Whitfield (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Using LiDAR to Locate and Map Sinkholes near Bellevue, Ohio
By Douglas Aden (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Slides (22 MB); Email]

Discussion Session — So much paper and so many digits — deciding how to manage both, in the midst of the Digital Revolution
This Session reminds us of some of the unsettling issues that we face, but it's intended to put them in perspective and give us the opportunity to think strategically. For example, do we comprehend information more effectively when it's presented in paper, or in digital format? What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of managing, accessing, and using paper and digital information? In a typical agency, information management decisions must be based on triage — that is, what kinds of information are most vulnerable to loss? Given our limited resources, what can we do to protect the paper and digital information assets upon which we all rely?
After the meeting, a writing group was formed, to draft a technical document with recommendations. This work is expected to be completed in 2014.
Moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

Bedrock Geologic Map of New Jersey, 2014
By Richard F. Dalton, Donald H. Monteverde, Peter J. Sugarman, Richard A. Volkert (New Jersey Geological and Water Survey)     [ Email ]

Stardate: NCGMP09 — To boldly go where no standard has gone before
By Patricia E. Gallagher (Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys)     [Poster (28 MB); Document; Email]

Impacts of sea‐level rise on groundwater resources in the Delaware coastal plain: a numerical model perspective
By Thomas E. McKenna, Changming He, and Lillian T. Wang (Delaware Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

An Introduction to PaGEODE (Pennsylvania Geologic Data Exploration), Pennsylvania Geological Survey's New Web-Mapping Application
By Caron E. O'Neil and Thomas G. Whitfield (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [Poster; Document; Email]

Deriving Traverse Paths for Scientific Fieldwork with Multi-criteria valuation and Path Modeling in a Geographic Information System
By Ryan R. Reeves (University of Southern California), P. Kyle House (U.S. Geological Survey), and Jordan T. Hastings (University of Southern California)     [Poster; Document; Email]

Building the "National Archive" of geologic maps — a progress report on the National Geologic Map Database
By David R. Soller and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Website; Email ]

Stratigraphic, Hydrologic, and Climatic Influences on the Formation and Spatial Distribution of Carolina Bays in Central Delaware
By J.L Tomlinson and K.W. Ramsey (Delaware Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Compiling/Digitizing Techniques and Data Migration of USGS Shallow Coal Exploration Drill-Hole Data: Alabama
By Jose Vigil and Brett J. Valentine (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Tools and Techniques Used to Process Geologic Map Imagery for the National Geologic Map Database
By Rob Wardwell, Dave Soller, and Chris Garrity (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email ]

Showcasing Geologic Resources Inventory Digital Map Products: Grand Canyon National Park
By Derek R. Witt, James R. Chappell, Stephanie A. O'Meara, and Ronald D. Karpilo (Colorado State University/Cooperator to the National Park Service)     [Poster (40 MB); Email]

Building the "National Archive" of geologic maps — a progress report on the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB)
By National Geologic Map Database project (Dave Soller, U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Website; Email]

US Topo — Updates and Direction
By Kristin Fishburn (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Website; Email]

Development of the Kentucky Mobile Geologic Map Application
By Doug Curl (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [Slides (18 MB); Website; Email]

Mobile GIS for Geoscience Fieldwork- Current and Coming Options on the Esri Platform
By Willy Lynch, Jeff Shaner, and David Cardella (Esri)     [Slides; Email]

USGS The National Map on the Go
By Brian Fox (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Slides (19 MB); Website; Email]

Delaware Topographic Maps — Past, Present, and Future
By Lillian Wang (Delaware Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Preview of ArcGIS for Landscape
By Charlie Frye and Larry Batten (ESRI)     [Slides (20 MB); Poster; Website; Email]

Scanning and Digital Cleanup of Out-of-print Maps
By John Dunham (Kansas Geological Survey)     [Slides (14 MB); Email]

Discussion Session — Mobile apps for fieldwork and for presenting geoscience information to the public
Technology has always challenged scientists and cartographers to modify, or radically change, their methods of conducting and publishing scientific work. This was true in the 19th century, as new methods and instruments were developed to support the first generation of geoscientists. We face a similar challenge today, as the rapid pace of applications development for hand-held devices offers us a wide array of tools for fieldwork and for presenting geoscience information to the public. Which apps are you using? What are the pros and cons of apps you've tried? Which are stable and therefore more likely to become widely used? What kinds of apps would you like, but can't find? This Session focused on these questions, without attempting to evaluate each system or conclude which is suitable for various purposes. The sites shown during the Session, and short presentations given, were:

• Geopaparazzi — Email
• Ganfeld (Geological Survey of Canada)
• BGS-SIGMAmobile (British Geological Survey)
• Evaluate your smartphone as a geologic field tool — By Ralph Haugerud (USGS)
• GeoMobile (Kentucky GS)
• SoilWeb (NRCS)
• mySoil (British Geological Survey)
• Groundhog (British Geological Survey)
• Geology of Britain Mobile (British Geological Survey)
• Avenza PDF maps
• USGS topo maps

Discussion Session — Interactive Web maps
Many state surveys, and groups within USGS, are developing or maintaining interactive Websites for geologic maps and other geoscience information. In this Session, the following site were shown:

• USGS National Map of Surficial Mineralogy
• NGMDB mapView — Geologic maps of the Nation
• NGMDB topoView — USGS HIstorical Topographic Maps
• Index to maps of Central America (Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines) — Email
• USGS MRData — USGS compilation from existing state geological maps
• NRCS Web Soil Survey
• Alaska Geologic Data Index — Information about industry reports and maps, field notes, drill logs, and other unpublished geology-related data
• Quaternary Faults and Folds — Locations and relative activity of Alaska's faults and folds
• LiDAR Datasets of Alaska — Known public-domain LiDAR datasets of Alaska
• Data feeds (Alaska DGGS)

Semi-Automated Base Map Creation
By Matthew R. Johnson (Indiana Geological Survey)     [Slides; Document; Example maps — (a) Deliverable: Georgia quad , Huron quad , (b) Deliverable proof: New Bellsville quad , (c) Published map Nappanee West quad ; Email]

Automating Tasks for Map Production and Data Dissemination
By Vic Dohar (Natural Resources Canada)     [Slides (27 MB); Email]

Streamlining geologic map production and archiving with NCGMP Tools
By AZGS Mapping and GIS Team, presented by Janel Day (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

GMF Data Workflow from Field to Maps: A Normalized Project, BedrockGDB
By Etienne Girard, Pierre Brouillette, and Gabriel Huot-Vezina (Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada)
[Slides; Email]

An end-user's perspective on geologic data consumption
By Kurt Zeiler (Brown and Caldwell)     [Slides; Email]

CAE Sirovision-A safe and accurate way to do 3D rockface mapping
By Shane Behanish (CAE Mining)     [Slides (14 MB); Website; Email]

Creating FGDC-Compliant Cartographic Representations
By Patricia Gallagher (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [Slides; Document (22 MB); Poster (24 MB); Email]

Discussion Session — FGDC Standard for geologic map symbolization
This short session reviewed a plan to create an ESRI style implementation of the Standard, based on a style file created by the Geological Survey of Canada. As this plan progresses, notes will be posted here.

Update on the Alaska state geologic map compilation — towards completion but not closure
By Frederic Wilson, Chad Hults, and Keith Labay (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Slides (PDF), (Powerpoint, with Notes) (12 MB); Email]

Conversion Tools for Idaho Geologic Map Data: AutoCAD to NCGMP09 Geodatabase
By Loudon R. Stanford (Idaho Geological Survey) and Bill Richards (CADMappr)     [Slides; a href="/Info/dmt/docs/DMT13_Stanford2.pdf">Document; Email]

USMIN — a U.S. Geological Survey Project to Develop a National Mineral Resource Database
By Greg Fernette, Carma San Juan, Zackary King and others (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email]

Working with Compiled Map Databases
By Mark Zellman (Fugro William Lettis & Associates)     [Slides; Website; Email]

An end-user's perspective on geologic data consumption
By Kurt Zeiler (Brown and Caldwell)     [Slides; Email]

Discussion Session — Progress on implementing the NCGMP09 database design
This Session focused on work in State geological surveys, USGS, and other agencies to evaluate, implement, and recommend improvements to the NCGMP09 database design. A progress report is now available.

State-Wide Stereo Model Coverage for Utah
By Kent Brown (Utah Geological Survey)     [Slides (37 MB); Email]

Improving delivery of map images to the public — Challenges and lessons learned in the redesign of our 17-year-old system
By National Geologic Map Database project (Dave Soller, U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Website; Email]

Missoula Floods–Inundation Extent and Primary Flood Features in the Portland Metropolitan Area
By William J. Burns and Daniel E. Coe (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries)     [Poster; Website; Email]

Web-Based GIS Applications for Visualizing Geologic Data in Kentucky
By Doug Curl (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email]

Integrating GeoSciML with OneGeology
By AZGS Mapping and GIS Team, presented by Janel Day (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

FGDC/GSC Geologic Map Style File
By Dave Everett (Natural Resources Canada)     [ Email]

GSC Geologic Symbol Standard Style File
By Dave Everett (Natural Resources Canada)     [ Email]

topoView — A window into the USGS's Historical Topographic Map Collection
By Chris Garrity, Dave Soller, Rob Wardwell, Nancy Stamm, and Greg Allord (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Website; Email]

3D Sand Modeling for Characterizing Aquifer and Aggregate Resources
By Jacqueline D. Hamilton, R.S. Lively, Robert G. Tipping, and Alan R. Knaeble (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [Poster; Document; Email]

Building the U.S. Mineral Resource Database - One Mine Feature at a Time
By Zachary King, Susan Flack, Marci Scofield, Kathleen Tureck, Evan Roberts, Stephen Miles, Rajesh Rajchal, Ken Lambert, Greg Fernette, Carma San Juan, Paul Denning, and Greg Lee (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Poster (23 MB); Email]

Geology of the Hood River Valley
By Jason D. McClaughry, Thomas J. Wiley (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries), Richard M. Conrey (Washington State University), Cullen B. Jones (Portland State University), and Kenneth E. Lite, Jr. (Oregon Water Resources Department)     [Poster; Website; Email]

Publishing Concepts to Derive Multiple Digital Data Formats using ArcGIS
By Stephanie A. O'Meara, James R. Chappell, and Ronald D. Karpilo Jr. (Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences, Cooperators to the National Park Service Geologic Resources Inventory)     [Poster; Email]

Geologic Context of Highway Maintenance Costs for Rockfalls and Landslides in Kentucky
By Bethany Overfield, Daniel Carey, and William Andrews (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [ Email]

USGS National Map of Surficial Mineralogy: A New Interactive Web Resource for the Detection, Mapping, and Mineralogical Characterization of Hydrothermal Alteration and Mine Waste
By Barnaby W. Rockwell (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Poster (high res.) (284 MB); Poster (med. res.) (11 MB); Website; Email]

USGS Earthquake Hazards ArcGIS Server Overview
By Greg Smoczyk (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email]

Seismicity of the Earth 1900-2012: Philippine Sea Plate and Vicinity
By Greg Smoczyk and Gavin Hayes (U.S. Geological Survey), Michael Hamburger (Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University), Harley Benz (U.S. Geological Survey), Antonio Villasenor (Institute of Earth Sciences, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)), and Kevin P. Furlong (Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University)     [ Final publication (96 MB); Email]

Building the "National Archive" of geologic maps — a progress report on the National Geologic Map Database
By David R. Soller and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Website; Email]

Tools and Techniques Used to Process Geologic Map Imagery for the National Geologic Map Database
By Rob Wardwell, Dave Soller, and Chris Garrity (U.S. Geological Survey)     [ Email]

Generalized Geologic Map of Bear Creek Valley, Jackson County, Oregon
By Thomas J. Wiley, Jason D. McClaughry (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries) and Jad A. D'Allura (Southern Oregon University)     [Poster; Website; Email]

Building the "National Archive" of geologic maps — a progress report on the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB)
By National Geologic Map Database project (Dave Soller, U.S. Geological Survey)     [Website; Email]

Evolution of web mapping applications at Alaska's geological survey as of 2012
By Jennifer E. Athey, Christopher D. Ramey, and James R. Weakland (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys), Will H. Fisher (Geographic Information Network of Alaska), Kenneth A. Woods, and Susan S. Seitz (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [Slides; Email]

Planning a (digital) geologic mapping data migration pilot project Embarking on a journey toward standardization
By Meredith C. Payne (Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth Resources)    
[Email]

Progress report on NCGMP09
By Ralph A. Haugerud and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), Stephen M. Richard (Arizona Geological Survey), and Evan E. Thoms (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Online Geologic Maps: A Simple Application for Publishing NCGMP09 Databases
By Ryan Clark (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Email]

NCGMP through the Data Preservation Lens: Preparing for the future by digging into the past
By Janel Day (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

The AAPGF-OSU Geoscience GIS Consortium and Funding Opportunities
By Christina Hall (AAPG Datapages) and April Chipman (Oklahoma State University) [Email]

Discussion Session — Content and Data Structure for 3D geologic "maps"
This was a general-information session, which we hope will contribute to some convergence of thought on how data are managed. Topics discussed included: What types of content are common, in our 3D databases? Which are free text, which are standardized? How do we publish and archive 3D data? Moderated by Don Keefer (Illinois State Geological Survey), William M. Andrews Jr. (Kentucky Geological Survey), and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection
By Gregory Allord (U.S. Geological Survey) [Email]

National Enhanced Elevation Assessment and Program Proposal
By Larry Sugarbaker (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Slides (13.2 MB); Email]

Illinois Height Modernization Program: Data Stewardship for High Resolution Elevation Data
By Sheena Beaverson (Illinois State Geological Survey), Amy J. Eller (Illinois Department of Transportation), and Donald E. Luman, Deette M. Lund, and Michael E. Blumhoff (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Slides (18.5 MB); See also: Illinois Height Modernization Program (ILHMP), Illinois Height Modernization Program: Showcase of LiDAR Data Applications, and National Height Modernization Program.; Email]

Making the US Topo - A Process Discussion
By Bob Davis (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Discussion Session — "US Topo and its applications to geologic map cartography and GIS"
This session included short presentations by:

• Tracy Fuller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]
• Don Luman (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Email]
• Jane Johnshoy Domier (Illinois State Geological Survey) "US Topo: Basemap for geologic mapping"     [Slides (12 MB); See also: US Topo Website; Email]
• Kent Brown (Utah Geological Survey) "US Topo annotation and font replacement issues" [Slides; Email]
• Bob Davis (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Cartographic issues and concerns in 3-D geologic mapping
By Don Keefer, Jason Thomason, and Jennifer Carrell (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Email]

Managing Complex Schema Upgrades with FME and Arc
By Richard Nairn (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Slides; See also: Geoscan (bibliographic database for all scientific publications of the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada); Geogratis (GIS data); Toporama (pre-rendered backdrop images available as geotiffs). [ Email]

3D Geologic mapping — structural studies of geothermal systems in the Basin and Range
By Nicholas H. Hinz, Drew L. Siler, and James E. Faulds (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology)     [Slides (22.6 MB); Email]

Ganfeld supporting tools for Field Data Management
By Pierre Brouillette, Étienne Girard, Gabriel Huot-Vézina, Stephen Williams, and Patty Zhao (Geological Survey of Canada) [Slides; Email]

Geolex tricky bits
By National Geologic Map Database project (Nancy Stamm, presenter, U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

What's New from Esri & ArcGIS 10.1 for Authoring, Publishing, and Sharing Maps for the DMT Community
By Larry Batten and Willy Lynch (Esri)     [Slides; See also Clancy Energy ArcGIS Online presentation demo video (From the 2012 Esri PUG, specifically minutes 12 to 28). Video; Email]

GeoWebFace - Online, Geological and Oil & Gas maps and data for Michigan
By John M. Esch, and Steven, E. Wilson (Michigan Department of Environmental Quality), and Ron Thomas, Scott Reynolds, and Gary Taylor (Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget)     [Email]

From data collection to rolling out products: considerations and workflows when developing 3-D geologic maps
By Don Keefer, Jason Thomason, and Steve Brown (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Email]

The Geologic Time Scale — Illinois' Geologic History
By Curt Abert (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Email]

History and status of 2D and 3D geologic mapping at the Kentucky Geological Survey
By William M. Andrews Jr. (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [Email]

Moving toward a new geologic map database standard, NCGMP: the good, the bad and the ugly
By Janel Day (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Accessing the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB) Map Catalog via ArcGIS Image Server
By Christopher P. Garrity and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) [Email]

Migrating Abandoned Underground Mine Applications to ArcGIS Add-ins
By Robert H. Hanover and James McDonald (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Better geologic maps with lidar
By Ralph A. Haugerud, R.W. Tabor, and R.E. Wells (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Studies in the Mahomet Valley
By A.M.A. Ismail and A.J. Stumph (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Email]

LiDAR Landscapes of Illinois
By Jane E. Johnshoy Domier and Donald E. Luman (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Email]

Presentation/Discussions in the ISGS Earth Systems Visualization Laboratory: Tricks, tools, and techniques for 3-D geologic mapping
By Don Keefer and Jason Thomason (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Migrating Ohio's Geology GIS datasets to the new NCGMP09 Standard – Progress Report
By James McDonald and Joseph G. Wells (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Vector, Raster, and 3D: ‘Maps' for the Middle Illinois River Valley
By E.D. McKay, III, Richard Berg, and Barbara Stiff (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Email]

Managing Complex Schema Upgrades with FME and Arc
By Richard Nairn (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Email]

Communicating a Digital Geologic Map in the Digital World
By Stephanie O'Meara, Jim Chappell, Ron Karpilo and Georgia Hybels (Colorado State University and National Park Service Geologic Resources Division)     [Poster; Email]

Tablet-based Groundtruthing: Windows (TM) in the field
By Larry Robinson, Andrew Strassman, and Tim Fox (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Terrestrial Lidar and Bathymetric Data Integration and Potential Application for the Upper Mississippi River
By Jason J. Rohweder, James T. Rogala, Joseph W. Jakusz, Jenny L. Hanson,Larry R. Robinson, and JC Nelson (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Database for USGS Map I-1970 – Map Showing the Thickness and Character of Quaternary Sediments in the Glaciated United States East of the Rocky Mountains
By David R. Soller, Patricia H. Packard, and Christopher P. Garrity (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

The National Geologic Map Database project
By David R. Soller and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey) [Email]

Building the "National Archive" of geologic maps — a progress report on the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB)
By National Geologic Map Database project (Dave Soller, U.S. Geological Survey)     [Website; Email]

Challenges in developing three-dimensional geological models at the Kentucky Geological Survey
By William M. Andrews, Jr. (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

The Washington State Geologic Interactive Map Portal — A Demonstration
By Anne Olson (Washington State Geological Survey)     [Email]

Geologic Map Production in NCGMP Databases
By Ryan Clark (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Utilizing the NCGMP09 data model in student mapping projects: Advancing the techniques of tomorrow's geologic mappers
By Andrew L. Wunderlich (University of Tennessee — Knoxville)     [Slides; Email]

The National Map and the Geologic Community of Use
By Kent Brown (Utah State Geological Survey), Michael Cooley and Dave Greenlee (U.S. Geological Survey), James Barrett (Enterprise Planning Solutions LLC), and Gregory Allord (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Scanning and Georeferencing USGS Historical Topographic Quadrangles
By Gregory Allord (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Improving access to the NGMDB's archive of georeferenced geologic maps, via ESRI's Image Server
By Christopher P. Garrity, David R. Soller, Mark E. Reidy, Robert S. Wardwell, Justine E. Takacs, and S. Blake Wingfield (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Discussion Session — "Emerging standards for database design and data exchange — what is appropriate for your agency, your data, and the users of your data?"
We all collect, manage, or distribute geologic map data. Our work may be facilitated or hindered by geologic map database and data exchange standards and guidelines, which have been under development for many years. This discussion is about the future of our data — how we create and manage it. Maybe your organization has a well-developed and fully functional data model schema, and a splendid work flow. Or maybe you're just developing a data and workflow standard in your organization. Either way, this discussion is about you and your agency's specific requirements and mission.
Moderated by Loudon Stanford (Idaho Geological Survey)     [Email]

Community Maps - Implications for the Geologic Community
By Larry Batten (ESRI, Inc.)     [Slides; Email]

Discussion Session — "The FGDC Geologic Map Symbolization Standard — What are the next steps?"
Collaboration between ESRI, FGDC, and the NGMDB has resulted in release and subsequent update of a subset of the FGDC symbols, created as Cartographic Representations for use in ArcGIS. Revisions to the Standard, and updates to the Arc implementation, are now being considered by the FGDC. In this session, comments and guidance were requested, specifically: (1) whether Arc styles or Cartographic Representations are preferred, or if both are needed now and in the near future, but for different purposes; (2) who can volunteer to help build, or evaluate, the current ESRI set and any new symbols created; and (3) the procedure and schedule for revising the Standard, mostly by adding new symbols. Advice from the DMT meeting and elsewhere will be considered in a FGDC plan to be developed this Summer or Fall.
Session moderated by Dave Soller (FGDC, USGS)     [Email]

Publishing Surficial Geologic Maps of Delaware
By Lillian T. Wang (Delaware Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

NPS GRI Development of Digital Geologic Data for Use in Google Earth; and Automation of Google Earth KML Creation and Display of Geologic Data in ArcGIS
By Stephanie O'Meara, Jim Chappell, and Heather Stanton (Colorado State University and the National Park Service)    
[Slides; Email]

LiDAR (High Resolution Digital Elevation Data) Acquisition in Virginia
By John Scrivani (Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN), Virginia Information Technology Agencies (VITA))
[Email]

Mapping with Lidar Based DEMs — a Geologist's New Tool
By Thomas G. Whitfield (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [Slides (28.7MB); Email]

Discussion Session — "Cartographic Design & Map Production"
Session moderated by Kent Brown (Utah Geological Survey)
An informal session on map design and preparation techniques, and publication (traditional and Web). This session offered a mix of short, informal presentations and general discussion on topics raised by the attendees. The session included these presentations by Kent Brown (Utah Geological Survey):     [Email]

• Raster Blending Techniques and Multi-Image Mashups for GIS     [Slides]
• Creating Slope-Enhanced Shaded Relief Base Maps     [Slides]

Confessions of an EDMAP faculty
By Christopher M. Bailey (College of William & Mary)     [Email]

A collaborative prototype multi-level digital geologic map of Virginia using Google Earth
By Owen P. Shufeldt and Steven J. Whitmeyer (James Madison University), and Christopher M. Bailey (College of William & Mary)     [Email]

Global Data Access for Mining (GDAm) Showcase — A Collaboration Tool Using your Geologic Map Data
By Willy Lynch (ESRI. Inc.)     [Slides; Email]

The Alaska state map; creation of draft units description through the map database
By Frederic H. Wilson and Chad P. Hults (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

The Nevada Digital Dirt Mapping Experiment: Post-Mortem and Prospects for a Better Approach to Collaborative Geologic Map Development
By Kyle House (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Tricks and Tips for Creating a Layered Geo-Enabled Adobe PDF Map
By John Bocan (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Final Results from 2010 Digital Field Mapping Technology Survey
By Jennifer E. Athey (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [Poster; Email]

What a Relief! New views on Virginia's physiography
By Christopher M. Bailey and Molly Cox (College of William & Mary)     [Email]

Tools and Techniques for 3D Visualization of Boreholes and Cross Sections in ArcScene
By Jennifer Carrell (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Poster (13.9MB); Email]

Inventory Mapping and Characterization of Landslides Using LiDAR: Kenton and Campbell Counties, Kentucky
By Matt Crawford (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Replacing the USGS topographic quadrangle - basemap alternatives for geologic maps
By Jane Johnshoy Domier and Donald E. Luman (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Poster (24.1MB); Email]

Virginia's Contributions to the National Geothermal Data System
By Chelsea M. Feeney (Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources)     [Poster (17.2MB); Email]

Improving access to the National Geologic Map Database's archive of georeferenced geologic maps, via ESRI Image Server
By Christopher P. Garrity, David R. Soller, Mark E. Reidy, Robert S. Wardwell, Justine E. Takacs, and S. Blake Wingfield (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Using High-Resolution Digital Terrain Models to Improve Bedrock and Surficial Geologic Mapping in Virginia
By Amy K. Gilmer and Matthew Heller (Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources)     [Poster; Email]

Things You Used to Hate About Map Layout in Arc Have Changed: Attractive and Complete Maps Are Possible in ArcGIS!
By Sarah E. Gooding, Paula J. Hunt, and Philip A. Dinterman (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey)
[Poster (45.2MB); Appendix; Email]

Using the Magellan MobileMapper 6 and ArcPad 10 in the Field
By Paula J. Hunt and Philip A. Dinterman (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Science Language for an Integrated GSC Data Model for Surficial Maps
By Daniel Kerr (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Poster; Email]

The Placita 7 1/2" Quadrangle, Pitkin County, Colorado — A 3D Geology Map Example Using ESRI ArcGIS10
By Willy Lynch (ESRI)     [Poster; Email]

Geology and History of a 19th and early 20th Century Industrial Complex: The Nuttall Mine and Nuttallburg, WV
By Gayle H. McColloch, Jr., and Jane S. McColloch (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey)    
[Poster (60.2MB); Email]

West Virginia Mine Pool Atlas - A Work in Progress
By Jane S. McColloch, Richard D. Binns, Jr., Bascombe M. Blake, Jr., and Gayle H. McColloch, Jr. (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey)     [Poster; Email]

GIS Data Access and Distribution using a Map Application Tool
By James McDonald (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Mapping Abandoned Mine Using Imagery and Lidar from the Ohio Statewide Imagery Program
By James McDonald (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

AASG Geothermal Data: State Data in the National Geothermal Data System
By Steve Richard, Ryan Clark, and Lee Allison (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Email]

Laying the Foundation for a Dynamic Geologic Map of Virginia
By Hannah Shepherd and Amy K. Gilmer (Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources) and Daniel Kestner (Virginia Division of Mined Land Reclamation)     [Poster; Email]

The National Geologic Map Database project
By David R. Soller and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Acquisition and Processing Workflow for Geologic Map Images in the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB) Map Catalog
By Rob Wardwell, David R. Soller, and Christopher P. Garrity (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Introduction
By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

The National Geologic Map Database Project — 2010 Report of Progress
By David R. Soller and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

I came, I digitized, I posted: An existential look back over twenty years of digital mapping in Idaho
By Loudon R. Stanford (Idaho Geological Survey)     [Email]

Opengeoscience: meeting the UK's geospatial data requirements in geoscience
By P. Bell, R. Hughes, K. Westhead, and J. Giles (British Geological Survey)     [Email]

From data collection to publishing maps on the Web: the Nova Scotia experience
By Brian E. Fisher, Jeff C. Poole, Jeff S. McKinnon, and Angie L. Ehler (Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Mineral Resource Branch)     [Email]

Geological Map Flow - How the Geological Survey of Canada is streamlining map compilation and delivery
By Andrew Moore (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Email]

Automation in ArcGIS 10: Understanding changes in methods of customization and options for migration of legacy code
By Andrew L. Wunderlich (University of Tennessee - Knoxville)     [Slides; Email]

Update on ESRI Cartographic Representations for the FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization
By Charlie Frye and Janel Day (ESRI)     [Email]

A plan and plea for increasing communication about Digital Geologic Field Mapping
By Jennifer E. Athey (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [Slides; Email]

The Nevada Digital Dirt Mapping Project: An experiment in supervised crowd-sourcing for rapid geologic map development with ArcSDE
By P. Kyle House and Heather Green (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology), and Abbey Grimmer (Department of Geography, University of Nevada)     [Slides; Email]

Derivative maps from geologic maps: hazard mitigation and resource planning
By Chris Wills (California Geological Survey)     [Email]

Discussion Session — "Recommended citations for unpublished GIS files"
Moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey).
Increasingly, unpublished GIS files and related information are being derived from pre-existing publications. Soon thereafter, or perhaps many years in the future, these files are used in new publications. How can we try to ensure that not only the unpublished GIS file, but also its source(s) of information, are informatively cited in new publications? It's critical to our science that years from now, the original and authoritative source of all cited information can be found. This brief session will introduce the challenge and offer some suggestions. If warranted, further discussion will be held during the Wednesday session.    
[Email]

Discussion Session — "Acquiring high-quality digital base maps"
Moderated by Randy Orndorff, Allen Crider, and Dave Soller (USGS).
Geologic mapping projects depend on high quality digital base maps. With the move away from paper topographic maps and mylar hard copies, significantly more effort is now needed to acquire a usable base map. There are many sources for digital base maps, many methods of creating them, and uneven quality. Easy access to standardized, high-quality digital base map layers (perhaps including, but not limited to, LIDAR) is a critical requirement of geologic mapping projects. This session will address required elements and technical requirements of products to be developed by The National Map and other sources, and will attempt to formalize guidance to management.

We have a Dream
By Holger Kessler, Andy Hughes, Jeremy Giles, and Denis Peach (British Geological Survey)     [Email]

Building a surficial geology data model for mapping projects
By Christine Deblonde (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Slides; Email]

National Park Service Geologic Resources Inventory: Data Model Concepts and Implementation, and a Programmatic Approach to Digital Map Production
By Stephanie O'Meara, James Chappell, Heather Stanton, and Ron Karpilo (Colorado State University and the National Park Service)     [Slides (10.4MB); Email]

NCGMP09 - Draft standard format for digital publication of geologic maps
By National Geologic Map Database Project and Pacific Northwest Geologic Mapping Project (U.S. Geological Survey)    
[Website; Email]

What's coming in ESRI ArcGIS 10 Desktop for better, faster, more efficient geologic maps, map production, and map serving
By Willy Lynch (ESRI)     [Video (43.6MB); Email]

Mapping regulatory floodplains with Lidar and USGS StreamStats
By Jed Roberts and John English (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries)     [Slides; Email]

Digital Mapping of Potential Mineral Hazards in California: Naturally Occurring Asbestos, Radon, and Highway Corridor Mapping
By John P. Clinkenbeard, Ronald K. Churchill, and Chris T. Higgins (California Geological Survey)     [Email]

Image data management and use with ESRI ArcGIS
By Peter Becker (ESRI)     [Email]

Application of geologic maps and resources to support regulatory review of environmental sites
By Rick Fears and John Karachewski (California Department of Toxic Substances Control)     [Email]

Producing geologic maps and GIS products supporting the Geological Map Flow Project
By Vic Dohar (Natural Resources Canada)     [Email]

A Window to the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB) Map Catalog via ArcGIS Image Server
By Chrisopher P. Garrity, David R. Soller, and Mark E. Reidy (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Discussion Session - "Cartographic Design & Map Production"
An informal time to show maps and to discuss map design and preparation techniques, in a GSA-style "Map Blast". Please bring your maps (finished or in preparation), your questions, and your expertise! We'll have a roomful of experts in cartography and geologic mapping - what would you like to know, to make your job easier and more efficient, and to produce a better product?

Seamless Bedrock Geology of Finland - A new Map Service
By Niina Ahtonen, Hannu Idman, Jyrki Kokkonen, Jukka Kousa, Jouni Luukas, Mikko Nironen, and Jouni Vuollo (Geological Survey of Finland)     [Website; Email]

An Interactive session on the National Digital Catalog of Geologic and Geophysical Data: questions, answers, and feedback
By R. Sky Bristol and Richard E. Brown (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Radon in California
By Ron Churchill (California Geological Survey)     [Email]

The National Geothermal Datasystem: Geothermal data in the U.S. Geoscience Information Network
By Ryan Clark, Steve Richard, and Wolfgang Grunberg (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Poster (15.6MB); Email]

Naturally occurring asbestos in California
By John Clinkenbeard (California Geological Survey)     [Email]

Assessing early stages of a Landslide Inventory
By Matthew M. Crawford and William M. Andrews (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [Email]

Integrating Style Files and Carto Representation into the Geological Map Flow Process (The GSC's implementation of the FGDC geologic symbology)
By Dave Everett and Vic Dohar (Natural Resources Canada)     [Poster; Email]

Creating shaded relief for geologic mapping using multiple light sources
By Jane Freed and Collette Gantenbein (Idaho Geological Survey)     [Email]

Update on ESRI Cartographic Representations for the FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization
By Charlie Frye and Janel Day (ESRI)     [Email]

Assessing Erosion Potential and Coccidioides immitis Probability Using Existing Geologic and Soils Data
By Will Harris and Peter Roffers (California Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Development of digital-map products of potential mineral and mining-chemical hazards along selected highway corridors in northern California
By Chris T. Higgins, Ronald K. Churchill, Cameron I. Downey, and Milton C. Fonseca (California Geological Survey)
[Email]

Using digital geologic maps to assess alluvial fan flood hazards
By Jeremy T. Lancaster, Thomas E. Spittler, and William R. Short (California Geological Survey)     [Poster]

Coal Basin, Pitkin County, Colorado - An example of NGMDB data capture, conversion, and 3D editing in ArcGIS10
By Willy Lynch (ESRI)     [Poster; Email]

GIS-based digital photogrammetry for geologic and hazard mapping
By Timothy P. McCrink and Florante G. Perez (California Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Evaluating Mine Subsidence Using a GIS Software Application
By James McDonald (Ohio Division of Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Cenozoic geology of the Sacramento Valley
By Jonathan Mulder (California Department of Water Resources)     [Poster (13.2MB); Email]

Building a National Archive - Standards development and the National Geologic Map Database
By The National Geologic Map Database Project     [Email]

A window to the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB) Map Catalog via ArcGIS Image Server - Wyoming pilot project
By Chrisopher P. Garrity, David R. Soller, and Mark E. Reidy (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

NCGMP09 - Draft standard format for digital publication of geologic maps
By National Geologic Map Database Project and Pacific Northwest Geologic Mapping Project (U.S. Geological Survey)    
[Website; Email]

California Geological Survey Zones of Required Investigation for earthquake-induced landslides - Livermore Valley, California
By Florante G. Perez, Wayne D. Haydon, and Mark O. Wiegers (California Geological Survey)     [Email]

The New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources geologic data model, a comparison with other existing models
By Adam S. Read, Geoff Rawling, Daniel J. Koning, Sean D. Connell, J. Michael Timmons, David McCraw, Glen Jones, Mark Mansell, and Shannon Williams (New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources)     [Website; Poster; Email]

California Geological Survey Zones of Required Investigation for Liquefaction — Livermore Valley, CA
By Anne Rosinski (California Geological Survey)     [Email]

A draft structure for Minnesota Geological Survey information systems
By Harvey Thorleifson, Rich Lively, Bob Tipping, and Tim Wahl (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [Poster (14.8MB); Email]

Utility of combined aerial photography and digital imagery for fault trace mapping in diverse terrain and vegetation regimes
By Jerry A. Treiman, Florante G. Perez, and William A. Bryant (California Geological Survey)     [Email]

Overview of West Virginia's Geology
By Scott McColloch (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey)     [Email]

Building a National Archive — Standards Development and the U.S. National Geologic Map Database
By David R. Soller and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

A Practitioner's Guide to Managing Geoscience Information
By Jeremy Giles (British Geological Survey)     [Slides (11.7MB); BGS Information Management Handbook 2007; Email]

Building an Enterprise Geotechnical Database to Support Geologic Mapping Activities
By Jerry Weisenfluh (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Semi-automated mapping of surficial geologic deposits from digital elevation models (DEMs) and hydrologic network data
By Peter G. Chirico (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

The ESRI Geologic Mapping Template
By Charlie Frye and Janel Day (ESRI)     [.ZIP (53.6MB); Email]

USGS Topographic Maps from The National Map
By Stafford Binder, Greg Allord, and Michael J. Cooley

A New Delaware DataMIL and Delaware DataMIL Topographic Maps that replace USGS Topo maps for Delaware
By William S. Schenck (Delaware Geological Survey)     [Email]

Lidar based DEM slope-shapes — seeing through the canopy
By Thomas G. Whitfield (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Discussion Session — "Acquiring high-quality digital base maps"
Moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey).
Geologic mapping projects now depend on digital base maps rather than the standard paper (or Mylar) base map of the past, and significantly more effort is now needed to acquire the base map.
There are many sources for digital base maps, many methods of creating them, and their quality is uneven. Easy access to standardized, high-quality digital base map layers (perhaps including, but not limited to, LIDAR) is desirable, and this session will address the technical issues and attempt to provide guidance to management.

SIGMAmobile, the British Geological Survey digital field mapping system in action
By Colm Jordan (British Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

A Desktop Analysis of Proposed Wind Farm Sites; Southeastern and Coastal California
By Mark Zellman, Chris Hitchcock, Ranon Dulberg, and David Slayter (William Lettis & Associates)     [Slides; Email]

Using Google tools to aid geologic mapping in a low-relief karst terrain, northern Virginia
By Daniel Doctor (U.S. Geological Survey) and Katarina Doctor (George Mason University)     [Email]

Credit where credit's due: developing authorship strategies at the Journal of Maps
By Mike J. Smith (Kingston University), and Colm Jordan and Jenny Walsby (British Geological Survey)     [Email]

Improving ArcGIS workflow through automation using VBA
By Andrew L. Wunderlich (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)     [Slides; ArcScripts; Email]

Mapping Exercises for Freshmen and Sophomore College Students
By Adam M. Davis (Vincennes University)     [Slides; Email]

Web Map Services and Catalog Services in the US Geoscience Information Network
By Stephen M. Richard (Arizona Geological Survey / U.S. Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Why doesn't your model pass information to mine?
By Jeremy Giles and Holger Kessler (British Geological Survey)     [Slides; Email]

Discussion Session — "NCGMP09 — a proposed standard format for publication of geologic maps"
Moderated by National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB) project and USGS Pacific Northwest project.
This database design addresses the critical need to produce simple yet useful GIS products for individual geologic maps. The design was released at this meeting, with request for evaluation and refinement. This session was one outcome of the DMT'08 Discussion Session "Can we develop national standards and guidelines for geologic map databases?" [Website]

Discussion Session — "Cartographic Design & Map Production"
Moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey).
An informal time to show maps and to discuss map design and preparation techniques. This session included a GSA-style "Map Blast" (an informal display of posters) and a group discussion.

Shepherding geologic data from the outcrop to publication (and beyond?)
By Jennifer E. Athey and others (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys)     [Poster; Email]

Approaches to Implementing OGC Web Map Services
By Ryan Clark (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

Creation of Digital Geologic Data for Pecos National Historical Park
By Andrea Croskrey and Georgia Hybels (National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division)     [Poster (12.4MB); Email]

Converting Existing Geologic Maps from Paper to Vector Format
By Richard B. Davis, Mark Steltenpohl, and Luke Marzen (Auburn University)     [Email]

BeeGIS — a new open source and multiplatform field GIS
By Mauro De Donatis and Andrea Antonello (University of Urbino), Luca Lanteri (ARPA Piemonte), and Sara Susini (University of Urbino)     [Email]

Demonstration of the Alluring Experience of Interactive Pen-On-Screen Mapping
By Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

An Atlas of Unconventional Petroleum Resources in the Continental United States
By Evan Fedorko, Eric Hopkins, Frank Lafone, Denyse Wyskup, Kurt Donaldson, and Xiannian Chen (West Virginia University)     [Poster; Email]

Database of the Geologic Map of North America
By Christopher P. Garrity and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Website]

Overcoming Cartographic and Technical Challenges in Developing an Interactive Mapping System for the Appalachian Basin Tight Gas Reserviors Project
By Sarah Gooding, Susan Pool, John Bocan (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey)     [Poster (13.4MB); Email]

Ohio Underground Mine Map Georeferencing Project
By Paul D. Hoeffler and Christopher P. Gordon (Ohio Division of Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

A Geologic Resources Inventory of Our National Parks
By Ron Karpilo, Stephanie O'Meara, Trista Thornberry-Ehrlich, Heather Stanton, and James Chappell (Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences)     [Poster; Email]

Minnesota Geological Survey information systems
By Richard Lively and Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey)     [Poster; Email]

New GIS tools for mapping Ohio Lake Erie Coastal Erosion Areas
By James McDonald and Paul Harbulak (Ohio Division of Geological Survey), and Scudder D. Mackey (Habitat Solutions NA)     [Poster (14.3MB); Email]

Landscape Visualization through Lidar for Natural Stream Design
By Janette McNeer (Canaan Valley Institute)     [Email]

Legacy Maps to GIS Vector Data — Enabling Printing and Other Digital Applications
By David Mecklenburg (Techna-Graphics, Inc.)     [Email]

Development of an ArcGIS map template to support standard geologic map production in Kentucky
By Mike Murphy (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [Email]

NCGMP09 — a proposed standard format for digital publication of geologic maps
By National Geologic Map Database Project and Pacific Northwest Geologic Mapping Project (U.S. Geological Survey)    
[Website]

The OGC Catalog Service for the Web — what is it and how can we use it?
By Stephen M. Richard (Arizona Geological Survey)     [Email]

Feature Extraction from High-Resolution Lidar — The Next Generation of Base Maps
By Jed Roberts, Sarah Robinson, Mathew Tilman, John English, Ian Madin, Rudie Watzig, and Bill Burns (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries)     [Poster (10.8MB); Email]

The Cookie Cutter: a method for obtaining a quantitative 3D description of glacial bedforms
By M.J. Smith (Kingston University), J. Rose (University of London), and M.B. Gousie (Wheaton College)     [Poster; Email]

NGMDB-Lite — Database design for the National Geologic Data Portal
By Stephen M. Richard (Arizona Geological Survey / U.S. Geological Survey), David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), and David C. Percy (Portland State University and U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Map Database for Surficial Materials in the Conterminous United States
By David R. Soller, Marth C. Reheis, Christopher P. Garrity, and Darren R. Van Sistine     [Email]

The National Geologic Map Database
By David R. Soller and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Surficial Material and Bedrock Geologic Mapping at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey
By Edith Starbuck (Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey)
[Poster (16.4MB); Email]

Introduction
By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Email]

Braving the Rocky Waters — Standards Development and the U.S. National Geologic Map Database
By David R. Soller and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)

Digital Geologic Mapping at CGS — Basic Data for Analysis of Geologic Resources and Hazards
By George J. Saucedo, Chris J. Wills, and Carlos I. Gutierrez (California Geological Survey)

The Transition from Traditional to Digital Mapping: Maintaining Data Quality while Increasing Geologic Mapping Efficiency in Alaska
By Jennifer E. Athey, Lawrence K. Freeman, and Kenneth A. Woods (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys) [Slides]

The State of the State Data: An End-User's Perspective
By Mark Zellman, David Slayter, Ranon Dulberg, Marco Ticci, Kevin Whaley, Jeff Hemphill, and Jason Finley (William Lettis and Associates, Inc.)

Rescuing Legacy Digital Data: Maps stored in Adobe Illustrator format
By Andrew L. Wunderlich and Robert D. Hatcher Jr. (Tectonics and Structural Geology Research Group, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)     [Slides]

ESRI Cartographic Representations for the FGDC Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization --
A Preliminary Report
By Peter M. ]chuk and Charlie Frye (ESRI)     [Slides]

Copper Archiving and Stone Printing
By Will Stettner and Robert Kelley (U.S. Geological Survey)

Discussion Session — "Cartographic Design & Map Production"
Moderated by David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey).
An informal, 2-hour session that included discussion of draft cartographic resources page     [Website]

The National Survey and Analysis Alaska database: Extensions to produce the International Polar Year Circum-Polar Bedrock Geologic Map
By Frederic H. Wilson, Chad P. Hults, Keith A. Labay, and Nora Shew (U.S. Geological Survey)

Geologic Mapping and LiDAR
By Ralph Haugerud (U.S. Geological Survey)

Vocabularies for geoscience information interchange
By Stephen M. Richard (Arizona Geological Survey / U.S. Geological Survey) and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

Tracking New and Ongoing Geologic Mapping in the U.S. — The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program's Mapping in Progress Database
By Lydia Quintana, Nancy R. Stamm, Randy Orndorff (U.S. Geological Survey)

Kentucky Field Data Entry Tools Developed in ArcIMS
By Gerald A. Weisenfluh and Douglas C. Curl (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [Slides]

ESRI presentation and demo "Enterprise Management and Dissemination of Geographic Information"
By Steve Mulberry (ESRI)

Discussion Session — "Preservation of Geologic Data
Moderated by Sheena K. Beaverson (Illinois State Geological Survey)
This session provided an opportunity for open discussion about issues related to management of geologic data collections. What are the characteristics of geologic data? How do we address inherent technological issues? Can we develop informed advice for agency policy makers? What needs to be done to ensure data are accessible? How do we secure support for curation of geologic data collections? The session began with a presentation "Preservation of Digital Data" by Sheena K. Beaverson (Illinois State Geological Survey)

Discussion Session — "Can we develop national standards and guidelines for geologic map databases?"
Moderated by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)
Throughout the past decade and more, geological surveys across the nation (and the globe) have collaborated on geologic map database design, science terminology, and data interchange standards. Progress has been significant, and was in part facilitated by the twelve annual DMT meetings. Should we now evaluate and perhaps refine these standards, and recommend guidelines to our geological surveys?

The National Geologic Map Databases of Afghanistan and Liberia
By Ronald R. Wahl (U.S. Geological Survey)

Defining a Three Dimensional Geologic Map for the Appalachian Plateau
By Gayle H. McColloch, Jr. and Jane S. McColloch (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey)     [Slides]

Global Mapper: The Swiss Army Knife for GIS!
By Kent D. Brown and J. Buck Ehler (Utah Geological Survey)

Online Manuscript Review Process: Using Adobe Acrobat Review and Comment Features
By Richard T. Hill (Indiana Geological Survey)

Discussion Session — "Cartographic Design & Map Production (continued)"
A continuation of Monday's session, supplemented by display and discussion of NCGMP STATEMAP deliverables (provided by Randy Orndorff, U.S. Geological Survey)

Bringing Geological Mapping into the Digital Era — A Finnish Case
By Niina Ahtonen, Hannu Idman, Esa Kauniskangas, Jarmo Kohonen, Jyrki Kokkonen, Jouni Luukas, Jukka-Pekka Palmu, and Jouni Vuollo (Geological Survey of Finland)     [Poster]

Creating a Virtual Geologic Map and Field Trip of the St. George 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Washington County, Utah: An Adventure in Google Earth
By Kent D. Brown, Lance B. Weaver, and Robert F. Biek (Utah Geological Survey)     [Poster (21.2MB) ]

Digital Mapping Process of Seismic Design Category Information for Residential Construction in Washington
By Recep Cakir, Timothy J. Walsh, Karen D. Meyers, Anne C. Heinitz, Elizabeth E. Thompson, Isabelle Y. Sarikhan, Charles G. Caruthers, Jaretta M. Roloff, and David K. Norman (Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources)     [Poster]

ArcMap tools for geologic map and database construction at the Arizona Geological Survey
By Ryan Clark (Arizona Geological Survey)

Digital Map Production and Publication at the Geological Survey of Alabama
By Philip Dinterman (Geological Survey of Alabama)     [Poster]

GIS database for the DNAG Geologic Map of North America
By Christopher P. Garrity and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

ESRI Cartographic Representations for Geologic Mapping
By Peter Kasianchuk and Charlie Frye (ESRI)

Creating Geologic Maps for the Appalachian Plateau in a GIS Environment
By Jane S. McColloch and Gayle H. McColloch, Jr. (West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey)     [Poster]

Project Management GIS Applications and Tools for Coastal-Erosion Mapping in Ohio
By James McDonald (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Poster]

Evolution of the NPS GRE Geology-GIS Data Model (1998 to 2008)
By Stephanie A O'Meara, Heather I. Stanton, James R. Chappell and Ronald D. Karpilo (Colorado State University)     [Poster]

A simplified database design, for publication of single geologic maps ("NGMDB-lite")
By Steve Richard (Arizona Geological Survey / U.S. Geological Survey), David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), and Jon Craigue (U.S. Geological Survey)

Sharing Technical Information with Non-Technical Users — An Example from the Monterey Bay Area Quaternary Fault Atlas
By Lewis I. Rosenberg (Tierra Geoscience)     [Poster]

Washington Geological Survey GIS statewide Landslide Database — from Design to Implementation
By Isabelle Y. Sarikhan and Kelsay M.D. Stanton (Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources)
[Poster (10.7MB) ]

The National Geologic Map Database
By David R. Soller and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)

Improving the Legibility of Base Maps for Geologic Mapping at the Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey
By Edith Starbuck and Karen Loveland (Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey)

A structural analysis of the Waha escarpment, utilizing LiDAR data to obtain slope and orientation of basalt bedding planes
By Travis Steel (University of Idaho)

Migrating the surficial mapping process from paper to digital format
By Kelli L. Vogt, Joseph G. Wells, Erik R. Venteris, Douglas L. Shrake, Glenn E. Larsen, Richard R. Pavey, and Michael P. Angle (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Poster (11.6MB) ]

Investigation of Geographic Rules for Improving Site-Conditions Mapping
By Chris Wills and Carlos Gutierrez (California Geological Survey)

The National Survey and Analysis Alaska database: Extensions to produce the International Polar Year Circum-Polar Bedrock Geologic Map
By Frederic H. Wilson, Chad P. Hults, Keith A. Labay, and Nora Shew (U.S. Geological Survey)

OneGeology - noble aspiration or pragmatic solution (... or both?)
By Ian Jackson (Director of Information, British Geological Survey), John Broome (Head, ESS Data Management Policy & Strategy, Natural Resources Canada), and Harvey Thorleifson (Director, Minnesota Geological Survey)

The U.S. National Geologic Map Database
By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey), and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)

USDA-NRCS National Soil Information System
By Jim R. Fortner (USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service)

Importance of Historical Elevation Data
By Gayle H. McColloch, Jr. and Jane S. McColloch (West Virginia Geological Survey)

Discussion Session - "The National Map: Products and Services"
By William Carswell and Stafford Binder (U.S. Geological Survey)

Geologic Map Production During the 70s at the U.S. Geological Survey
By Will Stettner, Linda Masonic, and Paul Mathieux (U.S. Geological Survey)

Open Access Journal Publication: methods of implementation and copyright issues using the Journal of Maps as a case study
By Mike J. Smith (Kingston University)     [Slides]

New Developments in Data Management Policy & Strategy in the Earth Sciences Sector/Geological Survey of Canada
By John Broome (Head, ESS Data Management Policy & Strategy, Natural Resources Canada)

BGS information: The highs (and lows) of 2006/07
By Ian Jackson (Director of Information, British Geological Survey)

The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program and Insight Into the Future of Geologic Map Production
By Randall C. Orndorff (U.S. Geological Survey)

Discussion Session - Can we develop National guidelines or standards for database format and content?
A discussion of commonly-used practices, and whether guidelines can, and should be developed. Led by Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

Geologic Field Mapping Using a Ruggedized Tablet Computer
By Kent D. Brown, Douglas A. Sprinkel, Basia Matyjasik, and J. Buck Ehler (Utah Geological Survey)
[ZIP file of presentation (57.4MB)]

South Carolina Virtual Reference Station Network - Centimeter Positional Accuracy in Real Time for South Carolina
By Lew Lapine and Matt Wellslager (South Carolina Geodetic Survey)     [Slides]

Workflow and distribution of USGS manuscripts and illustrations
By Greg Allord (U.S. Geological Survey)

Introduction to the NGMDB "Phase 3" Prototype Data Portal
By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), David Percy (Portland State University), Steve Richard (Arizona Geological Survey), and Jon Craigue (University of Arizona/U.S. Geological Survey)

3D Volumetric Visualization with EVS and MVS
By Reed Copsey (C Tech Development Corporation)

The challenge of efficiently building closed volumetric 3D geological models that are scientifically rigorous: an Australian perspective
By Richard Lane and Lesley Wyborn (Geoscience Australia)

Classrooms, Museums and Mapping in Antarctica; What new techniques mean to you
By Paul J. Morin (University of Minnesota

Proposed Arc Geology Version 1
By Gary L. Raines, Jordan T. Hastings, and Lorre A. Moyer (U.S. Geological Survey)

Progress Report on Development of GeoSciML
By Steve Richard (Arizona Geological Survey) and the IUGS CGI Data Model Collaboration Working Group

Exchanging observations and measurements: a generic model and encoding
By Simon J.D. Cox (CSIRO Exploration & Mining, Australia)     [Slides]

Discussion Session - ESRI products and Geodatabase implementation
Loudon R. Stanford (Idaho Geological Survey) and Steve Mulberry (ESRI Atlanta) provided a presentation on "Idaho Geologic Map Data In a Statewide Geodatabase: Design, Data Management Tools, and Online Distribution". Steve Mulberry (ESRI), provided an overview of ESRI products, and addressed questions posed by the attendees.

Discussion Session - Digital Cartography
Discussion of technical issues related to cartography, methods for communicating/sharing this knowledge (e.g., Cartographic Resources website), and an update on implementation of the FGDC Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization.

Alaska Mapper, a Web-based tool to access land ownership and other state-wide geospatial data
By Kenneth R. Papp (AK Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys) and Peter Parker (AK Department of Natural Resources)     [Poster]

The IUGS CGI Concept Definitions Working Group
By Steve Richard (Arizona Geological Survey) and the IUGS CGI Data Model Collaboration Working Group

Geology of Mount Magazine State Park and Vicinity, Logan County, Arkansas
By Scott M. Ausbrooks, Charles G. Stone, and Boyd R. Haley; digital compilation by Jerry W. Clark (Arkansas Geological Commission)

Geologic Report of Little River County, Arkansas
By William D. Hanson and Benjamin F. Clardy; digital compilation by Tiffaney Celis (Arkansas Geological Commission)

Geology of the Crater of Diamonds State Park and Vicinity, Pike County, Arkansas
By William D. Hanson, J. Michael Howard, and Benjamin F. Clardy; digital compilation by Nathan H. Taylor (Arkansas Geological Commission)

Virtual Geologic Field Trip to Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
By James R. Chappell, Ronald D. Karpilo, Jason Isherwood, Heather I. Stanton, Philip Reiker and Stephanie A. O'Meara (Colorado State University)

GeoSciML Testbed 2 Demonstration
By Boyan Brodaric (Geological Survey of Canada), Bruce Johnson (U.S. Geological Survey, and Francois Robida (BRGM)

Mapping Halifax Harbour - the making of a GSC Bulletin
By Gordon B.J. Fader, Robert O. Miller and Phil O'Regan (Geological Survey of Canada)

Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan 1:200,000, and its application
By Toshie Igawa, Koji Wakita, and Shinji Takarada (Geological Survey of Japan)

Integrated Geological Map Database and Geological Information Index
By Koji Wakita, Shinji Takarada, and Yasuaki Murata (Geological Survey of Japan)

On-line FIncs System for the Management and Delivery of Fluid Inclusion Data
By Terrence P. Mernagh, Dale Percival, Evgeniy N. Bastrakov, and Lesley A.I. Wyborn (Geoscience Australia)

The Australian Landslides Data Model
By Monica Osuchowski (Geoscience Australia), Rob Atkinson (Social Change Online), Simon Cox (CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining), and Nick Ardlie and Stuart Girvan Australia)

The Australian Mineral Occurrence Data Exchange Model
By Adele Seymon and Bruce Simons (GeoScience Victoria), Oliver Raymond (Geoscience Australia), Gary Andrews (Northern Territory Geological Survey), Terry Denaro (Geological Survey of Queensland), Greg Jenkins (Primary Industries and Resources SA, Government of South Australia), Peter Lewis (Geological Survey of New South Wales), James Llorca (GeoScience Victoria), Marcus McClenaghan (Mineral Resources Tasmania), Alistair Ritchie (GeoScience Victoria), Jafar Taheri (Mineral Resources Tasmania), Ian Withnall (Geological Survey of Queensland), Andrew Wygralak (Northern Territory Geological Survey), and Lesley Wyborn (Geoscience Australia)

Idaho Geologic Map Data in a Statewide Geodatabase
By Loudon Stanford (Idaho Geological Survey) and Steve Mulberry (ESRI)

Developing a Web Site To Provide Geologic Data and Map Products for Allen County, Indiana
By Robin F. Rupp, Jennifer Olejnik, Nancy R. Hasenmueller, Marni D. Karaffa, A. Chris Walls, Prem Radhakrishnan, and Nathan K. Eaton (Indiana Geological Survey)     [Poster (20.8MB) ]

A map of glacial striae observations for Ireland compiled from historic records
By M. J. Smith (Kingston University), J. Knight (University of Exeter), and K. Field (Kingston University)

GIS tools for 3-D Surficial Mapping in Ohio
By James McDonald, Richard R. Pavey, Erik R. Venteris, and Joseph G. Wells (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Poster]

Relative Earthquake Induced Hazard Maps and Identified Landslide Hazard Map for Six Counties in the Mid-Willamette Valley, Including Yamhill, Marion, Polk, Benton, Linn, and Lane Counties, Oregon
By William Burns, R. Jon Hofmeister, Rudie Watzig, and Yumei Wang (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries)

Landslide Mapping Using LiDAR Data Technology
By Mark A. Sanchez (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries)     [Poster (16.2MB) ]

Mappping Potential Geologic Hazards for Proposed Highway Construction Projects in Pennsylvania: Route 15 in Lycoming County
By Stuart Reese (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [Poster]

Old mapping and new LiDAR.....a reality check
By Tom Whitfield (Pennsylvania Geological Survey)     [Poster (25.3MB) ]

USDA-NRCS National Soil Information System
By Jim R. Fortner (USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service)

Combining mixed sources, unknown projections, and varying resolutions with state line faults to create coherent source and assessment unit outlines for the 2007 USGS Illinois Basin Oil and Gas Assessment
By Joseph A. East (U.S. Geological Survey)

Progress Report on Database Development for the Geologic Map of North America
By Christopher P. Garrity and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

The National Geologic Map Database
By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), Harvey Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey), and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)

The FGDC Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization
By David R. Soller and Taryn Lindquist (U.S. Geological Survey)

Divisions of Geologic Time - Major Chronostratigraphic and Geochronologic Units
By the Geologic Names Committee of the U.S. Geological Survey

Congaree River Floodplain Inundation Model: Developing A Decision Support Tool for Congaree National Park, South Carolina
By Kimberly M. Meitzen (University of South Carolina)

Creating an Integrated Geologic Data System in Virginia
By Elizabeth Campbell (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources)

Compilation and Production of the 1:500,000-scale Geologic Map of Washington State, and Some Aspects of 1:24,000-scale Map Production at the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources
By J. Eric Schuster, Charles G. Caruthers, Anne C. Heinitz, and Karen D. Meyers (Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources)     [Poster; Geologic Map]

A 10-year retrospective on the Digital Mapping Techniques workshops
By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), Thomas M. Berg (Ohio State Geologist), and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Website]

The new Geology Ontario web portal - an "out-of-the-box" solution for discovering and delivering Ontario's geoscience data
By Zoran Madon (Ontario Geological Survey)     [Slides (12MB); Website]

Building a water well database for GIS analysis
By A. Wayne Jones and Kelly A. Barrett (Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water)     [Slides]

Identifying sensitive aquifers in Ohio
By Chris Kenah, Michael Slattery, Linda Slattery, and Michael Eggert (Ohio EPA)     [Slides; Website]

Discussion Session - "Topographic maps and framework data in the future"
This session focused on plans for creating and updating topographic and other framework map data, through local, state, and national partnerships. The session began with these presentations:

• Enhanching USGS topo quads, GIS for the Gulf
  By Stafford Binder (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Topo maps Slides (10.4MB); Gulf GIS Slides]
• Building NSDI through local, state, and national partnerships
  By Stu Davis (National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)
• The National Map
  By Charles Hickman (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Slides; Website]

GeoSciML, a GML application for geoscience information interchange
By the CGI Data Model and Testbed working group

Open source web-mapping, the Oregon experience
By David Percy (Portland State University)

High Resolution DEM's from digital photogrammetry, stereo-autocorrelation, and morphological filtering as an alternative to LIDAR for mapping applications
By Peter G. Chirico (U.S. Geological Survey)

Integration of high-resolution satellite imagery for coastal mapping and monitoring
By Ron Li, Xutong Niu, Sagar Deshpande, Feng Zhou, and Kaichang Di (The Ohio State University)     [Website]

GIS in use at an industrial minerals company
By Steve Murdoch (Oglebay Norton Company / O-N Minerals)

Discussion Session on LIDAR
This session focused on LIDAR technology, image processing techniques, and its application to geologic mapping. The session began with these presentations:

• LIDAR basics
  By Jim Giglierano (Iowa Geological Survey)     [Slides (78.8MB); PDF]
• Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (LIDAR) and geology: The B4 project
  By Michael Bevis, David Raleigh, Shan Shan, Dana Caccamise, Eric Kendrick, and Wendy Shindle (The Ohio State University), Ken Hudnut (U.S. Geological Survey), and Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska and Charles Toth (The Ohio State University)
• LIDAR and various levels of accuracy
  By Mark Brooks (Optimal Geomatics)     [Website]

The National Park Service Geologic Resources Evaluation; Subtitle: "Using GIS to get GIS"
By Timothy B. Connors (National Park Service)

The concept and development of the National Geological Map Database in the Czech Republic
By Robert Tomas (Czech Geological Survey)     [Website]

Geological Map Database - A practitioner's guide to delivering the information
By Jeremy Giles (British Geological Survey)     [PDF; Homepage; GeoIndex; Discovery Metadata]

The Publishing Process Integration system for the Geological Survey of Canada publication products
By Linda Guay (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Slides; Poster 1 (21MB); Poster 2]

Building Geodatabase coded-value domains from National Geologic Map Database vocabularies
By Steve Richard (Arizona Geological Survey), and Jon Craigue and Dave Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)

Visualizing earthquake hazard information in Google Earth
By J. Luke Blair, Marco Ticci, James Lienkaemper, and Heather Lackey (U.S. Geological Survey)

Preserving North Carolina legacy geologic and topographic maps
By Jeffrey C. Reid (North Carolina Geological Survey), Jeff Essic (North Carolina State University Libraries), Steve Morris (North Carolina State University Libraries), and Smitha Ramakrishnan (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)     [Slides; Poster 1 (16.4MB); Poster 2 (12.9MB); Website]

Saturation and value modulation: A new method for integrating colour and grey-scale imagery
By David Viljoen and Jeff Harris (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Slides (10.8MB) ]

Geographic Imager software for Adobe Photoshop
By David Andrec and Doug Smith (Avenza Systems, Inc.)

Acquiring unpublished geologic evidence to augment Web dissemination of Kentucky's geologic maps
By Jerry Weisenfluh (Kentucky Geological Survey)     [Slides]

The challenges and benefits of distributing digital data: Lessons learned
By Kenneth Papp, Susan Seitz, and Larry Freeman (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys), and Carrie Browne (formerly with ADG & GS)     [Slides]

The Alabama Metadata Portal: A new solution for serving large amounts of data
By Philip Patterson (Geological Survey of Alabama)     [Website]

IT Security - How it affects digital mapping
By Harry McGregor (University of Arizona and the U.S. Geological Survey)

From Geek to Illiterate Manager: following the road wherever it leads, enjoying the scenery and ignoring the address ranges
By Jay Parrish (Director, Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey)

3D geological modeling: Solving a classification problem with the Support Vector Machine
By Alex Smirnoff, Eric Boisvert, and Serge J. Paradis (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Slides]

Qualitative and quantitative 3D modeling of surficial materials at multiple scales
By Erik Venteris (Ohio Geological Survey)

Discussion Session - "A vision for web-accessible 3D geological mapping"
Led by Harvey Thorleifson (Director, Minnesota Geological Survey)
This session offered for discussion this vision and how it might be implemented:
"People require geological mapping to fulfill their objectives related to health, heritage, safety, and economic development, and they expect public information to be web-accessible and readily usable. Could the geoscience community cooperate in order to make available an international database that provides known and predicted subsurface conditions, based on consistent global coverage, zoomable down to the most detailed coverage available, with links to the source map? To address societal issues, the database should include bathymetry, soils, onshore and offshore surficial and bedrock geology, and 3D geology depicting extent, thickness, and properties of geologic units, so that web-accessible drillhole forecasts can be issued for any point."

Geologic map of the Ouachita Mountain region in Arkansas
By Boyd R. Haley and Charles G. Stone (Arkansas Geological Commission)

Template for a geologic map at 1:24,000 scale
By William D. Hanson and Jerry W. Clark (Arkansas Geological Commission)     [Poster 1 (42.7MB); Poster 2 (36.3MB) ]

A Geodatabase schema for geologic map production
By Vic Dohar (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Poster]

The Publishing Process Integration system for the Geological Survey of Canada publication products
By Linda Guay (Geological Survey of Canada)

The art of mapping with a catalogue of geo-knowledge: Sable Island Bank and the Gully, Scotian Shelf, offshore eastern Canada
By Edward L. King and Gary M. Grant (Geological Survey of Canada)     [Poster 1; Poster 2]

Saturation and value modulation: A new method for integrating colour and grey-scale imagery
By David Viljoen and Jeff Harris (Geological Survey of Canada)     [ZIP file (11.3MB) ]

Digital map production at the Czech Geological Survey, Czech Republic
By Zuzana Krejci (Czech Geological Survey)

Compression of digital orthophotography collections
By Deette Lund (Illinois State Geological Survey)     [Poster]

Recent LGS StateMap geologic maps; Recent LGS geologic lithographs; The impact of Hurricane Katrina
By R. Hampton Peele, Richard P. McCulloh, Paul Heinrich, John Snead, Lisa Pond, Robert Paulsell, DeWitt Braud, Ahmet Binselam, Ivor van Heerden, and Rob Cunningham (Louisiana Geological Survey and Louisiana State University)

Surficial and 3-D geological mapping in support of land and water management in Manitoba, Canada
By Greg Keller and Gaywood Matile (Manitoba Geological Survey)

Converting Adobe Illustrator maps to ArcMap format
By Jennifer Mauldin (Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology)

Using GIS to create and analyze potentiometric-surface maps
By Paul N. Spahr, A. Wayne Jones, Kelly A. Barrett, Michael P. Angle, and James M. Raab (Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water)     [Poster]

Detailed, three-dimensional, surficial-geology mapping of the Milan, Ohio 1:24,000 Quadrangle
By Rick Pavey (Ohio Geological Survey)

Updates to the Known and Probable Karst Map of Ohio
By Donovan Powers (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Poster (35.3MB) ]

New map of the surficial geology of the Lorain and Put-In-Bay 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangles, Ohio
By E.M. Swinford, R.R. Pavey, G.E. Larsen, and K.E. Vorbau (Ohio Geological Survey)     [Poster 1 (11.9MB); Poster 2 (38.7MB) ]

Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (LIDAR) and Geology: The B4 project
By Michael Bevis, David Raleigh, Shan Shan, Dana Caccamise, Eric Kendrick, and Wendy Shindle (The Ohio State University), Ken Hudnut (U.S. Geological Survey), and Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska and Charles Toth (The Ohio State University)

The National Park Service Geologic Resources Evaluation; Subtitle: "Using GIS to get GIS"
By Timothy B. Connors (National Park Service)

GIS and GPS utility in the geologic mapping of complex geologic terrane on the Mascot, Tennessee 7.5' Quadrangle
By Barry W. Miller and Robert C. Price (Tennessee Division of Geology)     [ZIP file (85.1MB) ]

Spatial adjustment and digital capture of unprojected geologic data for the USGS 2004 oil and gas assessment of the Michigan Basin
By Joseph A. East (U.S. Geological Survey)

Prototype GIS database for the DNAG Geologic Map of North America
By Christopher Garrity and David Soller (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Poster (28.5MB) ]

Publications Warehouse: A database of verified, Web-enabled citations, USGS publications, and their metadata (http://pubs.usgs.gov)
By Carolyn McCullough and Greg Allord (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Website]

The National Geologic Map Database
By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), Thomas M. Berg (Ohio State Geologist), and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Poster 1 (32.5MB); Poster 2 (25.8MB); Poster 3 (11.4MB); Website]

USGS National Surveys and Analysis projects: Preliminary compilation of integrated geological datasets for the United States
By Doug Stoeser, Ric Wilson, Steve Ludington, Connie Dicken, and Suzanne Nicholson (U.S. Geological Survey)

Banding birds with MapServer
By Rob Wardwell and Kevin Laurent (U.S. Geological Survey)     [Poster]

Large-format printing at geological agencies — fewer trials and tribulations, more successes
By Sheena Beaverson (Illinois State Geological Survey), DMT'05.     [Slides]

NADM-H2O and H2O-GML — Enabling decision support by extending NADM for groundwater information interoperability
By Eric Boisvert (Geological Survey of Canada), Jean Brodeur (Geomatics Canada) and Boyan Brodaric (Geological Survey of Canada), DMT'05.     [Slides]

GeoPub: Free GEOscientific PUBlication Download and Marketing Website
By N. Brown, K. Lamer, B. Chagnon, and A. Moore (Geological Survey of Canada), DMT'05.     [Poster (10.4MB) ]

Dynamic digital maps, the DDM — Template and cookbook
By Christopher D. Condit (University of Massachusetts), DMT'05.     [Slides (19.5MB) ]

Using XML for legends and map surround
By Vic Dohar (Natural Resources Canada), DMT'05.     [Slides]

Geologic quadrangle mapping at the Illinois State Geological Survey
By Jane Domier (Illinois State Geological Survey), DMT'05.     [Slides (18MB) ]

Improving geologic data through aerial photography in the ACE Basin
By Erin E. Hudson and Jennifer L. Krauser (South Carolina Geological Survey), DMT'05.     [Poster (38MB) ]

Status of Digital Boundary / Digital Land Status Program
By Doug Vandegraft (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service), DMT'05.     [Slides (68MB) ]

The KGS online geologic map and information system
By Jerry Weisenfluh (Kentucky Geological Survey), DMT'05.     [Slides]

Geologic Web Services: Planning and design
By Sheena Beaverson (Illinois State Geological Survey), DMT'04.     [Slides]

Plotting trials, tribulations, and successes
By Sheena Beaverson (Illinois State Geological Survey), DMT'04.     [Slides]

Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS
By Vic Dohar (Natural Resources Canada), DMT'04.     [Slides]

Addressing agency database needs: A recent experience from Illinois
By Rob Krumm (Illinois State Geological Survey), DMT'04.     [Slides]

Converting geologic maps from Coverages to Geodatabases
By Karen Wheeler, Philip Dinterman, Russell Evarts, and Ray Wells (U.S. Geological Survey), DMT'04.     [Poster (15MB) ]

Surface Terrain of Indiana — A Digital Elevation Model
By Robin Rupp (Indiana Geological Survey), DMT'04.     [Poster 1; Poster 2; Poster 3]

Retiring of the USGS map separates and the emergence of the USGS raster feature separates
By Jane Domier (Illinois State Geological Survey), DMT'03.