Mission
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The
American Geological
Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will
focus on making the USGS Global Geographic Information System (GIS)
database readily available to educators and the general public in the form
of a DVD based world atlas. The USGS Global GIS database contains a wealth
of USGS and other public domain data, including global coverages of
elevation, landcover, seismicity, and resources of minerals and energy
at a nominal scale of 1:1
million. The GIS, which will run on
the included Environmental
Systems Research Institute's (ESRI) ArcView
Data Publisher software, will be produced both by region on seven
CD-ROM’s and on a
single DVD.
USGS News
Release: "USGS and the
American Geological Institute Combine to Offer a World of Information"
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