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  1. Title: World Geologic Provinces, 2000

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    Summary: Geologic Provinces is a polygon theme representing U.S. Geological Survey defined geologic provinces of the World. Each province has a set of geologic characteristics distinguishing it from surrounding provinces. These characteristics may include the dominant lithologies, the age of the strata, and the structural style. Some provinces include multiple genetically-related basins. Offshore province boundaries are generally defined by the 2000 meter bathymetric contour, but where appropriate are defined by the 4000 meter bathymetric contour. In some cases province boundaries are delineated by political boundaries, as in the case of The United States and Canada, because United States petroleum resources were assessed separately by the U.S. Geological Survey. Provinces are classified as either Priority or Boutique. A priority province is one of 76 non-U.S. geologic provinces defined by the U.S. Geological Survey that together contain 95 percent of the world's non-U.S. known petroleum volume. All priority provinces were analyzed for undiscovered petroleum-resources. A boutique province is a geologic province, other than a priority province, as defined by the U.S. Geological Survey, considered for petroleum-resource assessment. Boutique provinces can be chosen for a variety of geologic, political, technical and geographic reasons. Resource-assessments are conducted by scientists of the U.S Geological Survey's World Petroleum Assessment 2000 by means of a combination of Petroleum System analysis based on available geologic information, and statistical analysis of production and exploration information. Total petroleum systems are defined in provinces considered for assessment analysis. Total petroleum systems are subdivided into Assessment Units. Assessment results from the analysis of assessment units and total petroleum systems are aggregated and allocated to geologic provinces. Summary results are presented as attributes of this coverage.

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  2. Title: Former Soviet Union Geology, 2001

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    Summary: This shapefile contains arcs, polygons and polygon labels that describe surface geology in the countries comprising the Former Soviet Union. (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.) This data set was originally published as U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-470E, Maps Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of the Former Soviet Union.

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  3. Title: World Geologic Provinces

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    Summary: This shapefile includes arcs and polygons that describe U.S. Geological Survey defined geologic provinces of the World. Each province has a set of geologic characteristics distinguishing it from surrounding provinces. These characteristics may include the dominant lithologies, the age of the strata, and the structural style. Some provinces include multiple genetically-related basins. Offshore province boundaries are generally defined by the 2000 meter bathymetric contour, but where appropriate are defined by the 4000 meter bathymetric contour. In some cases province boundaries are delineated by political boundaries, as in the case of The United States and Canada, because United States petroleum resources were assessed separately by the U.S. Geological Survey. Provinces are classified as either Priority or Boutique. A priority province is one of 76 non-U.S. geologic provinces defined by the U.S. Geological Survey that together contain 95 percent of the world's non-U.S. known petroleum volume. All priority provinces were analyzed for undiscovered petroleum-resources. A boutique province is a geologic province, other than a priority province, as defined by the U.S. Geological Survey, considered for petroleum-resource assessment. Boutique provinces can be chosen for a variety of geologic, political, technical and geographic reasons. Resource-assessments are conducted by scientists of the U.S Geological Survey's World Petroleum Assessment 2000 by means of a combination of Petroleum System analysis based on available geologic information, and statistical analysis of production and exploration information. Total petroleum systems are defined in provinces considered for assessment analysis. Total petroleum systems are subdivided into Assessment Units. Assessment results from the analysis of assessment units and total petroleum systems are aggregated and allocated to geologic provinces. Summary results are presented as attributes of this coverage.

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  4. Title: World (Petroleum Fields, 2003)

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    • 2003
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    Summary: This shapefile includes arcs and polygons that describeU.S. Geological Survey delineatedTotal Petroleum Systems of the World. Each petroleum systemis defined as a mappable entity encompassing geneticallyrelated petroleum that occurs in seeps, shows and accumulations(discovered or undiscovered) that have been generated by a pod,or by closely related pods, of mature source rock, together withthe essental mappable geologic elements (source, reservoir, sealand overburden rocks) that control fundamental processes ofgeneration, migration, entrapment and preservation of petroleum.Total petroleum systems are described by U.S. Geological Surveyscientists on the basis of exploration and production histories,and extensive literature searches. Total petroleum systems areidentified with a numeric code derived from the numeric codeof the World Geologic Provinces as defined by theU.S. Geological Survey World Energy Project. Most totalpetroleum systems are contained within a single geologicprovince, but there are numerous cases where systemsspan more than one province. Summary results of the assessmentare presented as attributes of this shapefile.

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  5. Title: Populated Points, Solano County, California, 2007

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    Summary: This point layer contains the locations and names of 'populated places' within the County of Solano. The source data for this layer is Teale Data Center's California specific extraction of the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) datafiles. These features are compiled mainly from USGS map products, such as the 7.5' 1:24,000 quads. Modifications were made to the source data to suit the intended purpose of the layer.

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  6. Title: Distribution of sinkholes and sinking-stream basins with locations of cave openings in Central Southern Indiana

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    Summary: This map data was compiled in 1997 from information available at the time, but was unpublished until until 2002; the map does not reflect any changes in data since 1997.' Includes location map and text. Scale 1:250,000. By Richard L. Powell, Samuel S. Frushour, and Denver Harper; drafted By Rea Williams Kersey.

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  7. Title: Map showing selected subsurface dye traces in south-central Indiana

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    Summary: Digital cartogrpahy by Kimberly H. Sowder.' Includes text, index map, location map, and 'Sources of subsurface dye trace information.' Scale 1:500,000. By Samuel S. Frushour, Denver Harper, and Christopher R. Dintaman.

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  8. Title: Vienna, Austria, 1873 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Situations-Plan von Wien und Umbegung. It was published by Ferdinand Klemm in 1873. Scale [ca. 1:16,600]. Covers Vienna, Austria. Map in German.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the MGI 3-Degree Gauss Kruger coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map.This map shows features such as roads, railroads and stations, street railways, drainage, built-up areas and selected buildings, point of interest, fortification, city districts, ground cover, gardens, parks, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes indexes.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  9. Title: The Making of Colorado

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    Summary: 1 map ; 68 x 51 cm Compiled as souvenir of American Library Association Conference in Denver in 1935. Includes Colorado's historical events and trails.

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  10. Title: Contours, 5 ft interval, Watershed area

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    Summary: Elevation Contours of the Napa River Watershed Area, 5 foot interval. The area covered by this data is referred to as the Watershed Area because it lies within the Napa River Watershed which is roughly the western half of the county. The DTM is based on LiDAR data acquired in May of 2003.

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  11. Title: Principal Aquifers, New York State, 1998

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    Summary: This data set contains the shallowest principal aquifers of New York State, portrayed as lines. The data set was developed as part of the effort to produce the maps published at 1:2,500,000 in the printed series "Ground Water Atlas of the United States". The published maps contain base and cultural features not included in these data. This data set was previously called Principal Aquifers of the 48 Contiguous United States. These data are intended for use in publications, at a scale of 1:2,500,000 or smaller. Due to the small scale, the primary intended use is for regional and national data display and analysis, rather than specific local data analysis.

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  12. Title: Color North America Shaded Relief: 1-Kilometer Resolution

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    Summary: The North America Shaded Relief data were derived from the GTOPO30 elevation data. GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model (DEM) with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds (approximately 1 kilometer). GTOPO30 was derived from several raster and vector sources of topographic information. It was developed between 1993 and 1996 through a collaborative effort led by staff at the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center (EDC). The following organizations participated by contributing funding or source data: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United Nations Environment Programme/Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografica e Informatica (INEGI) of Mexico, the Geographical Survey Institute (GSI) of Japan, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research of New Zealand, and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). This file is a replacement for the January 2003 map layer. This map layer was previously distributed as North America Shaded Relief. This layer is part of the 1997-2014 edition National Atlas of the United States. The Shaded Relief image was developed to portray the terrain of North America. It is intended for visual purposes only. The original GTOPO30 data must be used for conducting analysis and determining elevation values. National Atlas of the United States. (2003). Color North America Shaded Relief: 1-Kilometer Resolution. National Atlas of the United States. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/sy611mt4789. The associated world file is included as part of the GeoTIFF. The contents of the world file are: >1000.0000 >0.000000 >0.000000 >-1000.0000 >-6086129.0000 >4488261.0000 The following projection file can be used when using ESRI's ArcGIS to view the GeoTIFF (any line breaks should be removed): PROJCS["NAD_1983_Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area",GEOGCS ["GCS_Sphere_ARC_INFO",DATUM["D_Sphere_ARC_INFO",SPHEROID ["Sphere_ARC_INFO",6370997.0,0.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0], UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION ["Lambert_Azimuthal_Equal_Area"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0], PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian", -100.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",45.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]] This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  13. Title: Breeding Bird Survey Route, New York State, 1998

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    Summary: This data set portrays the current routes used for conducting Breeding Bird Surveys in New York State. This data set was collected using a different roads file from that available through the National Atlas of the United States. The digital data sets are used to create electronic and hard copy maps of the Breeding Bird Survey routes. The data can be used to conduct geographic analysis on national and large regional scales. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:100,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey or by USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in the use of these data.

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  14. Title: Alaska Geologic Formations, 1997

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    Summary: Alaska Geologic Formations is a polygon theme representing geologic formations throughout Alaska. This dataset consists of a polygon coverage and associated attribute data derived from the 1980 Geologic Map of Alaska compiled by H.M. Beikman and published by the US Geological Survey. The map is a regional summary of geologic formations and units that can be shown cartographically at 1:2,500,000. This digital dataset includes all (184) map units from the original map. 182 are geologic units; the others are polygons for large glaciers and lakes. This coverage is not intended to be a complete representation of the printed geologic map. It does NOT include the following features: faults, locations of volcanoes or volcanic vents, the map explanation, correlation charts or description of map units.

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  15. Title: New Jersey, Camden Triangle (1901)

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    Summary: United States. Geological Survey. U.S.G.S. Alternate title: Camden. On upper margin: Topographic Sheet. Relief shown by 20 feet contour interval. Surveyed in 1886 and 1894. Triangulation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Geol. Survey of New Jersey and City of Philadelphia. Verso: legend and explanatory notes, "Description of the topographic map of the United States". 1901

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  16. Title: National Rail Network 1:2,000,000

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    Summary: The Rail Network is a comprehensive database of the nation's railway system including all railway mainlines, railroad yards, and major sidings in the continental U.S. at the 1:2,000,000 scale. The data set covers the 48 contiguous States plus the District of Columbia.

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  17. Title: 106th Congressional District Boundaries

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    Summary: The 106th Congressional District Boundaries data set contains geographic information for the political entities of the Congressional districts of the United States and U.S. Territories.

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  18. Title: US Army Corps of Engineers Ports

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    Summary: The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Ports database is an extract from the National Waterway Network database consisting of 224 points coded as US Army Corps of Engineers ports.

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  19. Title: National Rail Network 1:100,000 Nodes

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    Summary: The Rail Network is a comprehensive database of the nation's railway system including all railway mainlines, railroad yards, and major sidings in the continental U.S. at the 1:100,000 scale. The data set covers the 48 contiguous States plus the District of Columbia.

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  20. Title: National Transportation Analysis Regions

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    Summary: National Transportation Analysis Regions (NTAR) divide the U.S. into 89 areas that delineate the functional geography transportation demand.

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