CONTENTS I U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Digital Mapping Techniques ‘05— Workshop Proceedings Edited by David R. Soller April 24-27, 2005 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Convened by the Association of American State Geologists and the United States Geological Survey Hosted by the Louisiana Geological Survey U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 2005-1428 2005 II CONTENTS This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with the U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards. Any use of trade, product, or fi rm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government or State governments CONTENTS III CONTENTS Introduction David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) . 1 Oral Presentations The Kentucky Geological Survey’s Online Geologic Map and Information System By Gerald A. Weisenfl uh, Douglas C. Curl, and Matthew M. Crawford (Kentucky Geological Survey). 5 Non-Survey, Non-Digital Completed Geologic Maps in File Drawers and Theses: How Can They Be Transformed into Useful Available Digital Geo-spatial Data? By Robert D. Hatcher, Jr. (University of Tennessee, Knoxville). 11 The National Geologic Map Database Project: Overview and Progress By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey), Thomas M. Berg (Ohio State Geologist), and Nancy R. Stamm (U.S. Geological Survey). 23 Assessing the Status of Geologic Map Coverage of the United States—A New Application of the National Geologic Map Database By David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey). 41 Cartographic and GIS Activities in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service By Douglas L. Vandegraft (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 49 Map Production and Data Distribution the Idaho Way: An Update By Jane S. Freed and Loudon R. Stanford (Idaho Geological Survey). 55 Analysis of Errors Occurring in the Transfer of Geologic Point Data from Field Maps to Digital Data Sets By Elizabeth Campbell (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources), Ian Duncan (Texas Bureau of Economic Geology), and Harry Hibbitts (Virginia Division of Mineral Resources) . 61 Three-Dimensional Geological Mapping for Groundwater Applications: Recent Activities By H.A.J. Russell (Geological Survey of Canada), L.H. Thorleifson (Minnesota Geological Survey), and R.C. Berg (Illinois State Geological Survey). 67 Glacier Inventory and Temporal Database of Glacier Change in the U.S. West, Exclusive of Alaska By David Percy and Andrew Fountain (Portland State University) . 77 LASED Geodatabase: A Tool to Manage, Analyze, Distribute, and Archive Geologic Data from the Louisiana Coastal Zone By Shawn V. Dadisman and James G. Flocks (U.S. Geological Survey) and Karynna Calderon (Computer Sciences Corporation) . 81 A Conceptual Approach to the Development of Digital Geological Field Data Collection By Guy Buller (Geological Survey of Canada). 91 III IV CONTENTS MAP IT: a GIS/GPS software solution for digital mapping By Mauro De Donatis, Lorenzo Bruciatelli, and Sara Susini (Universita’ degli Studi di Urbino, Italy) . 97 Dynamic Digital Maps: A Means to Distribute Maps and Associated Media via Web and CD By Christopher D. Condit (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) . 103 Building 3D Geological Models Directly from the Data? A new approach applied to Broken Hill, Australia By Philip McInerney and Antonio Guillen (Intrepid Geophysics, Australia), Gabriel Courrioux and Philippe Calcagno (BRGM, France), and Terry Lees (Copper Strike Limited, Australia). 119 The Digital Geologic Map of Afghanistan By Ronald R. Wahl and Robert G. Bohannon (U.S. Geological Survey) . 131 NADM-H2O and H2O-GML: Enabling Decision Support by Extending NADM for Groundwater Information Interoperability By Eric Boisvert, Jean Brodeur, and Boyan Brodaric (Geological Survey of Canada, Canada Centre for Topographic Information, Geological Survey of Canada) . 135 NGMDB Geologic Map Feature Class Model By Stephen M. Richard (Arizona Geological Survey), Jon A. Craigue (U.S. Geological Survey), and David R. Soller (U.S. Geological Survey) . 143 Ensuring Data Quality using Topology and Attribute Validation in the Geodatabase By Heather I. Stanton, Stephanie O’Meara, and James R. Chappell (Colorado State University/National Park Service Cooperator), Anne R. Poole (United States Forest Service), Gregory Mack (National Park Service), and Georgia Hybels (University of Denver/National Park Service Cooperator) . 159 Overview of Procedural Approach for Migrating Geologic Map Data and Related Processes to a Geodatabase By James R. Chappell, Stephanie A. O’Meara, and Heather S. Stanton (Colorado State University/National Park Service Cooperator), Greg Mack (National Park Service), Anne R. Poole (United States Forest Service), and Georgia Hybels (University of Denver/National Park Service Cooperator) . 167 Pathways-Phoenix: A Web Application for Decision Support using OGC Standards By Boyan Brodaric, Joost Van Ulden, Ryan Grant, Otto Krauth, Murray Journeay, Sonia Talwar, and Shannon Denny (Geological Survey of Canada) . 171 Capturing and Vectorizing Black Lines from Greenline Mylars By Thomas G. Whitfi eld (Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey) . 177 Geologic Quadrangle Mapping at the Illinois State Geological Survey By Jane Domier (Illinois State Geological Survey) . 185 Using XML for Legends and Map Surround By Victor Dohar (Natural Resources Canada). 189 CONTENTS V MAPublisher 6.1—Presentation Exercise By David Andrec (Avenza Systems, Inc.) . 197 Poster Presentations A New Day Has Come! The New Marine Map Standards for Natural Resources Canada-Geoscience for Oceans Management (GOM) By Gary M. Grant, Phil O’Regan, Sheila Hynes, John Shaw, Brian J. Todd, and Phil Moir (Geological Survey of Canada) . 201 Geological Data and Collections in Peril: Case Example in Georgia By Mark D. Cocker (Georgia Geologic Survey) . 209 Creation of a New Statewide Bedrock Geologic Map for Missouri By Tom Hertel, Edith Starbuck, Patrick Mulvany, Mark Middendorf, Hal Baker, David Erickson, and Karen Loveland (Missouri Geological Survey and Resource Assessment Division) . 213 The National Park Service Geology-GIS Geodatabase Data Model: A Story of Migration By Stephanie A. O’Meara, Heather S. Stanton, and James R. Chappell (Colorado State University/National Park Service Cooperator), Greg Mack (National Park Service), Anne R. Poole (U.S. Forest Service), and Georgia Hybels (University of Denver/National Park Service Cooperator) . 217 The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources’ Preliminary Map Series: Expediting Dissemination of STATEMAP Geologic Map Data to the Public By David J. McCraw, J. Michael Timmons, and Adam S. Read (New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources) . 229 Potential Issues with the Use of LIDAR for Geologic Mapping in Louisiana By Richard P. McCulloh (Louisiana Geological Survey) . 235 Improving Geologic Data through Aerial Photography in the Ashepoo- Combahee-Edisto River Basin By Erin E. Hudson and Jennifer L. Krauser (South Carolina Geological Survey) . 241 Creating and Managing Digital Geologic Cross Sections within ArcGIS By Evan Thoms (U.S. Geological Survey) . 247 3D Modelling Techniques for Geological and Environmental Visualisation and Analysis By Mauro De Donatis, Giuliano Gallerini, and Sara Susini (Universita’ degli Studi di Urbino, Italy) . 253 New Geologic Mapping and Geologic Database for the Urbanized Puget Lowland, Western Washington State, USA By Derek B. Booth, Kathy Goetz Troost, Scott A. Shimel, Michael A. O’Neal, and Aaron P. Wisher (University of Washington) . 259 Appendix A. List of Workshop Attendees . 267 VI CONTENTS 1 Introduction By David R. Soller U.S. Geological Survey 926-A National Center Reston, VA 20192 Telephone: (703) 648-6907 Fax: (703) 648-6977 e-mail: [email protected] The Digital Mapping Techniques ‘05 (DMT’05) Geologic Map Database; and 7) progress toward building workshop was attended by more than 100 technical ex- and implementing a standard geologic map data model perts from 47 agencies, universities, and private compa- and standard science language for the U.S. and for North nies, including representatives from 25 state geological America. surveys (see Appendix A). This workshop was similar in nature to the previous eight meetings, held in Lawrence, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Kansas (Soller, 1997), in Champaign, Illinois (Soller, 1998), in Madison, Wisconsin (Soller, 1999), in Lexing- I thank the Louisiana Geological Survey (LAGS) and ton, Kentucky (Soller, 2000), in Tuscaloosa, Alabama their Director and State Geologist, Chacko John, for host- (Soller, 2001), in Salt Lake City, Utah (Soller, 2002), in ing this meeting and for arranging for corporate sponsor- Millersville, Pennsylvania (Soller, 2003), and in Portland, ship. In the tradition of past DMT meetings, the attendees Oregon (Soller, 2004). This year’s meeting was hosted were given a very informative, productive, and enjoyable by the Louisiana Geological Survey, from April 24-27, experience. I especially thank Robert Paulsell (LAGS), 2005, on the Louisiana State University campus in Baton who coordinated the events; Robert provided excellent Rouge, Louisiana. As in the previous meetings, the objec- support for the attendees, designing the website, arranged tive was to foster informal discussion and exchange of for corporate sponsorship, and, in the Louisiana tradition, technical information. It is with great pleasure I note that organized the social activities (for example, a crawfi sh the objective was successfully met, as attendees continued boil). Thanks also to Jeanne Johnson