Digital Mapping Techniques 2000
Schedule of Events

Kentucky Geological Survey * May 17 - 20, 2000 * Lexington, Kentucky

Wednesday, May 17 | Thursday, May 18 | Friday, May 19 | Saturday, May 20

Wednesday, May 17

4:00 pm: Registration opens in Student Center, near rooms 206 and 245

4:00 - 6:00 pm; Poster set up in Student Center rooms 206 and 245. Inquiries related to computer requirements should be presented at this time.
6:00 - 8:00 pm: Poster Session

Posters available for viewing and discussion with authors.

Opening Remarks (at 7 pm in Student Center)

David Soller (USGS; Chair of AASG/USGS Data Capture Working Group)
Thomas Berg (AASG Digital Mapping Committee Chair, Ohio State Geologist)
Jim Cobb and Warren Anderson (Kentucky Geological Survey)
8:00 pm: Registration closes for the evening.; Return to Top

Thursday, May 18

8:00 - 8:30 am: Registration and Refreshments
8:30 - 8:40 am: Welcoming Remarks by David R. Soller and Thomas M. Berg
8:40 - 9:00 am: Geology in the Terrestrial Database of the U.S. Forest Service's Natural Resource Information System (NRIS-Terra)

Andrew H. Rorick, USDA Forest Service
9:00 - 9:20 am: Geological Map Production for-the-not-so-Dummies

Dave Everett and Vic Dohar, Geological Survey of Canada
9:20 - 9:40 am: The Central Publications Group Map-On-Demand (MOD) System

J. D. Hoffman, U.S. Geological Survey
9:40 - 10:00 am: Discussion of Hewlett Packard DesignJet Plotters and Media

John DiTomasso, Hewlett-Packard Company
10:00 - 10:20 am: Break-- all oral and poster authors briefly meet in auditorium
10:20 - 10:30 am: Informational Session about the National States Geographic Information Council

Susan C. Lambert, Incoming President, National States Geographic Information Council
10:30 - 11:00 am: The USGS's Revision Program for 7.5-minute Topographic Maps

Bruce Bauch, U.S. Geological Survey
11:00 - 11:20 am: Three-Dimensional Geologic Mapping of the Villa Grove Quadrangle, Douglas County, Illinois

Curt Abert, Illinois State Geological Survey
11:20 - 11:50 am: What Visualization Contributes to Digital Mapping

Paul Morin, University of Minnesota
11:50 - 1:30 pm: Lunch Break
1:30 - 1:50 pm: Progress Report on the National Geologic Map Database, with Emphasis on State GS Contributions to the Map Catalog

Dave Soller, U.S. Geological Survey; and Tom Berg, Ohio Geological Survey
1:50 - 2:00 pm: The National Geologic Map Database -- General Plan for Phase 3, the Online Map Database

Dave Soller, U.S. Geological Survey; Tom Berg, Ohio Geological Survey; and Ron Wahl, U.S. Geological Survey
2:00 - 2:20 pm: Geolex -- The National Geologic Map Database's Geologic Names Lexicon

Nancy Stamm, Bruce Wardlaw, and Dave Soller, U.S. Geological Survey
2:20 - 2:40 pm: Metadata Tips and Tricks

Peter Schweitzer, U.S. Geological Survey
2:40 - 3:10 pm: Break
3:10 - 3:30 pm: Illinois State Geological Survey Web-Based Resources: The Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse and the ISGS Internal GIS Resources Web

Sheena Beaverson and Robert Krumm, Illinois State Geological Survey
3:30 - 3:50 pm: The Digital Geologic Map of Utah -- A Method of Presentation

Kent Brown, Utah Geological Survey
3:50 - 5:00 pm: Special Session: Geologic Map Authorship and Citation Guidelines

For conventionally-produced paper maps and books, there are well-established conventions for authorship and citation. For digital products, however, the traditional conventions are not always applicable. This session provides attendees an opportunity to discuss various approaches to assigning proper credit to scientific and technical authors and contributors. As a basis for discussion, please refer to proposed guidelines presented at DMT'99 by Rick Berquist (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources), http://pubs.usgs.gov /openfile/of99-386/berquist.html. Also in this session, Steve Richard (Arizona Geological Survey) will discuss his views in a paper entitled "Proposal for Authorship and Citation Guidelines for Geologic Data Sets and Map Images in the Era of Digital Publication." If this discussion session is helpful, it is anticipated that a more lengthy and comprehensive session will be held at next year's DMT workshop.
6:00 - 8:00 pm: Reception at the Faculty Club.; Return to Top

Friday, May 19

8:00 - 8:30 am

Refreshments

8:30 - 8:40 am

Progress Report, North American Data Model Steering Committee

North American Data Model Steering Committee

8:40 - 9:00 am

Application of a Digital Geologic Map Data Model in ArcView GIS

Loudon Stanford and Vance MacKubbin, Idaho Geological Survey

9:00 - 9:20 am

The National Park Service Digital Geologic Map Model: Transformation From Paper to Digital, Featuring Legends, Cross Sections, Map Notes and Keyword Searchability

Steve Fryer, Tim Connors, Joe Gregson, Anne Poole and Bruce Heise, National Park Service

9:20 - 9:40 am

Geomatter II: A Progress Report

Eric Boisvert, Geological Survey of Canada; Vincent Desjardins, Recrusoft; Boyan Brodaric, Pennsylvania State University; Brian Berdusco, Ontario Geological Survey; Bruce Johnson, U.S. Geological Survey; and Kathleen Lauzire, Geological Survey of Canada

9:40 - 10:00 am

Prototype Implementation of NADMSC Draft Standard Data Model, Greater Yellowstone Area

Ronald Wahl and others, U.S. Geological Survey

10:00 - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 - 10:50 am

More than Meets the Eye: Geometry in the Geologic Map Database

Michele McRae, U.S. Geological Survey

10:50 - 11:10 am

Interesting Issues in the Production of Digital Geologic Maps at the Arizona Geological Survey

Steve Richard, Arizona Geological Survey

11:10 - 11:30 am

Using Visual Basic to Enhance ArcInfo GRID

Chip Hankley, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

11:30 - 11:50 am

Using Scientific Visualization in Education

Paul Morin, University of Minnesota

11:50 - 1:20 pm

Lunch Break

1:20 - 3:30 pm

Special Session: Field Data Capture of Geologic Information

This session provides an introduction to techniques, software, and hardware used for digital collection of geologic information in the field.

1:20 - 1:40 pm

Digital Geological Knowledge: From Field to Map to the Internet--The Key to the Future or an Ideal Dream?

Boyan Brodaric, Geological Survey of Canada and Pennsylvania State University

1:40 - 2:00 pm

New Developments in ESRI GIS Technology: ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcPad and ArcIMS

Mike Price, Environmental Systems Research Institute

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Digital Mapping Systems for Field Data Collection.

John Kramer, Condor Earth Technologies Inc.

3:00 - 3:30 pm

Break -- hands-on demonstration of field-data-collection equipment

3:30 - 3:50 pm

Development and Compilation of Comprehensive Geospatial Data, Coastal Alabama for Integration into the Minerals Management Service's Gulf-Wide Information System (G-WIS)

April Lafferty and Nick Tew, Alabama Geological Survey

3:50 - 4:10 pm

Guidelines for Geologic Map Publication -- Progress Report

Tom Berg, Ohio Geological Survey, and Dave Soller, U.S. Geological Survey

4:10 - 4:30 pm

GIS Data Development of the Geology of the Fort Polk Region of West-Central Louisiana

R. Hampton Peele and Richard P. McCulloh, Louisiana Geological Survey

4:30 - 4:50 pm

Development and Public Review of the Draft "Digital Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map Symbolization".

Dave Soller and Taryn Lindquist, U.S. Geological Survey

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Saturday, May 20

8:00 - 8:30 am

Refreshments

8:30 - 11:00 am

Discussion Session

An open discussion of issues raised during the workshop. A break will be taken during this session. Suggested issues are:

Map authorship and citation guidelines
Field data-capture techniques
3-D visualization tools
possible new charges to Data Capture Working Group, based on outcome of preceding discussions

11:00 - 11:30 am

Wrap-up Session

Discussion of the workshop's content, and suggestions for future workshops.

11:30 am

Workshop adjourned