Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004)

Session No. 19
Thursday, 25 March 2004: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

S4. GIS and IT Advancements in the Geosciences II

 

Joseph East, Garrity Chris and Edward J. McFaul, Conveners
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1:00 PM
BUILDING A GEOSPATIAL/TEMPORAL DATABASE FOR ASSESSING SEDIMENT EROSION IN THE SUSQUEHANNA WATERSHED: CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASTER, LANDSAT-7 ETM AND ALI IMAGERY
HUBBARD, Bernard E., Eastern Mineral Resources, U. S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 954, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, CLARK, Robert G., Eastern Region Geography, U. S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 521, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, GELLIS, Allen C., Water Resources Division, U. S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 966, 8987 Yellow Brick Road, Baltimore, MD 21237, PAVICH, Milan J., Earth Surface Processes, USGS, MS 926a, National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and MARS, John C., U.S. Geol Survey, National Center, MS 954, Reston, VA 20192, bhubbard@usgs.gov, bhubbard@usgs.gov
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1:20 PM
GEOSPATIAL METADATA IN THE GEOSCIENCES
SCHWEITZER, Peter N., Eastern Mineral Resources, U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 954 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, pschweitzer@usgs.gov, pschweitzer@usgs.gov
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1:40 PM
IT TECHNOLOGY FOR THE NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE
SOLLER, David R., US Geol Survey, 926A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001 and BERG, Thomas M., Ohio Div of Geol Survey, 4383 Fountain Square Dr, Columbus, OH 43224-1362, drsoller@usgs.gov, drsoller@usgs.gov
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2:00 PM
THE TETHYS DATABASE: A WEB-BASED GIS
SULTAN, M.1, FLOWER, Martin2, SANDVOL, Eric3, DANISHWAR, Shuhab4, BECKER, Richard1, SANDVOL, C.3, MILEWSKI, Adam1, SIDHARDHAN, G.5, MANOCHA, Nakul1 and BALLERSTEIN, Eileen1, (1)Geology Department, Univ at Buffalo, 876 NSC, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univesity of Illinois, Chicago, Science and Engineering South Building (MC 186), 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, (3)Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, (4)Geosciences, Univ of Houston, 312 S & R Bldg 1, Houston, TX 77204, (5)Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Univ at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, rhbecker@buffalo.edu, rhbecker@buffalo.edu
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2:20 PM
: MAPPING THE PUERTO RICO TRENCH; AN EXAMPLE OF DATA INTEGRATION INTO GIS WITH EXTRACTION TO NEW DISPLAYS, ANIMATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
POLLONI, Chris, DANFORTH, W.W., FOSTER, D.S. and TEN BRINK, U.S., Woods Hole Field Center, USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598, cpolloni@usgs.gov, cpolloni@usgs.gov
 
2:40 PM
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3:00 PM
PRECISE CONVERSION OF PAPER GEOLOGIC MAPS TO VALUE-ADDED DIGITAL PRODUCTS: THE MASSACHUSETTS METHOD FOR SURFICIAL GEOLOGY
MABEE, S.B., Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, STONE, Byron D., U.S. Geol Survey, 1080 Shennecossett Road, LISRC, Room 201, Groton, CT 06340-6097 and STONE, Janet R., U.S. Geol Survey, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Rd, Groton, CT 06340, bdstone@usgs.gov, bdstone@usgs.gov
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3:20 PM
THE NATIONAL MAP: OPEN STANDARDS FOUNDATION FOR THE NATION’S 21ST CENTURY TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
FEGEAS, Robin, 511 USGS National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, rfegeas@usgs.gov, rfegeas@usgs.gov
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3:40 PM
GEO-IT IN ACTION: A WEB-BASED COURSE IN THE SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF GEOHAZARDS USING ARCGIS
DAVIS, David, ESRI, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100 and HARBERT, William, Department of Geology and Planetary Science, Univ of Pittsburgh, 200 SRCC, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, harbert@pitt.edu, harbert@pitt.edu
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4:00 PM
GEOPHYSICAL MAPPING OF A ROCKY COASTAL EMBAYMENT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM USGS SEA FLOOR MAPPING EFFORT IN NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS
ANDREWS, Brian D.1, BUYNEVICH, Ilya2, BUTMAN, Bradford3 and DANFORTH, Bill2, (1)Coastal and Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02453, (2)Coastal & Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (3)Coastal and Marine Geology Progam, U.S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, bandrews@usgs.gov, bandrews@usgs.gov
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