ARC GEOLOGY FIELD SYSTEM

HASTINGS, Jordan T., US Geological Survey, Mackay School of Earth Sciences, MS 176, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557 and RAINES, Gary L., U.S. Geological Survey, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, jhastings@usgs.gov

Arc Geology version 2 (AG2) is a simple and flexible geodatabase design for digital geological maps, informed by GeoSciML; it is currently implemented on Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcGIS and companion products. A specific use of AG2 is to support field-mapping with ESRI ArcPad on a PDA device, such as the Hewlett-Packard iPAQ. In this application, AG2 can be easily integrated with software that facilitates field data collection, verbal and textual notetaking, and photography. Together with a wireless GPS, the complete field system costs ~$1,200. This presentation demonstrates the AG2 field system in a simulated mapping exercise, with results uploaded to a desktop ArcGIS system also running AG2.

Session No. 231

T122. Growing the Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences: New Tools, New Research, New Partnerships

Wednesday, 31 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 39, No. 6, p.618

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2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

ARC GEOLOGY FIELD SYSTEM