United States Geological Survey YearbookThe Survey, 1985 - Geology |
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... prepare the public to cope with such hazards now and in the future . In addition to natural events , public concerns and legislation related to earth science issues have played a large role in the direction of Geological Survey ...
... prepare the public to cope with such hazards now and in the future . In addition to natural events , public concerns and legislation related to earth science issues have played a large role in the direction of Geological Survey ...
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... prepared on the computer have become part of our routine mapping processes . Together , the various types of digital cartographic data that are being assembled constitute the National Digital Cartographic Data Base . We continue to ...
... prepared on the computer have become part of our routine mapping processes . Together , the various types of digital cartographic data that are being assembled constitute the National Digital Cartographic Data Base . We continue to ...
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... preparing digital 1 : 100,000 - scale map data for the entire conterminous United States that will provide essential support to the 1990 Decennial Census . An important new publication that deserves special mention is the National Water ...
... preparing digital 1 : 100,000 - scale map data for the entire conterminous United States that will provide essential support to the 1990 Decennial Census . An important new publication that deserves special mention is the National Water ...
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... prepared and presented in a form to address specific problems do not lend themselves to the consideration of alternatives , and it is time consuming to incorporate new data into out - of - date graphic materials . To help overcome these ...
... prepared and presented in a form to address specific problems do not lend themselves to the consideration of alternatives , and it is time consuming to incorporate new data into out - of - date graphic materials . To help overcome these ...
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... prepared for each color to be printed , was expanded to a feature - separation system . In the new system , such major compo- nents of the map as roads and hydrog- raphy are subdivided into classes , and separate master scribed drawings ...
... prepared for each color to be printed , was expanded to a feature - separation system . In the new system , such major compo- nents of the map as roads and hydrog- raphy are subdivided into classes , and separate master scribed drawings ...
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