Intended Use

SLTT science language is intended for use by persons and agencies that submit digital geologic-map data into public-domain databases managed by various State/Provincial and Federal agencies. We are not setting standards for use by academia or by the private sector, unless these entities contribute geologic-map products to public databases.

Intended users include:

• geologists who collect original data in the field while making a geologic map;

• geologists who compile geologic-map data from legacy sources and must interpret and translate these data for representation in the compilation;

• information-users who query public-domain geologic-map databases for information appropriate to their interests and applications.