T100 Geoscience Information: Keys to Discovery

Monday, 23 October 2006
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

A REVIEW OF STATEMAP-FUNDED STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAPS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE'S MAP CATALOG, 2000-2005

Paper number: T100-13
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM

Authors

Abstract

State geological surveys are primary producers of geologic maps, but those maps are costly and labor-intensive for the state surveys to produce. In order to support those efforts, in 1992 the Congress passed the National Geologic Mapping Act to provide matching funds to the state surveys, under the STATEMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program.

The National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB) was established in 1996. The Map Catalog component of the NGMDB provides a bibliographic listing or index that intends to include all the geoscience mapping of the Nation, from all producers. The state survey maps funded under the STATEMAP program are an important component of that database.

So, how well are the states doing? Not just in producing the maps, but also in submitting them for inclusion in the NGMDB? In order to assess that, a review was conducted of the STATEMAP products in the NGMDB from 44 state surveys, 2000 through 2005. The results will be presented.