Recent advances in computer graphics and the increased speed of computer workstations have made it possible to plot many types of maps simultaneously on a computer screen at a resolution approaching that of the printed map. This enables cartographers to produce new types of maps and revise existing maps more quickly. This also has created a need for archiving geological maps in a universal computer readable form. This document outlines the structure and procedures used to produce and archive geological maps by the Cartography section.
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The specifications in this document will serve several purposes:
In summary, the Cartography section's goal is to produce geological maps using the same naming convention and structure for covers and items. This has the following advantages:
Not all maps will fit into this structure immediately. Some special situations will occur along the way and will be dealt with when they happen. All efforts have been made to try and think of as many map differences as possible, but undoubtedly some have been missed. Most maps will fit this structure and it will be insisted that they are in this format at the end of production, otherwise work will have been created because they will have to be converted to match standards.
It may be a good idea to get into the habit of producing maps in this format from the beginning. It is not very different from the way things are being done now, just a few twists in some procedures. The biggest difference will be in the cover content, cover names, and item names.
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2 WORKSPACE 4 COVERS 5 LEGENDS 6 LANGUAGE 7 PROJECTION 8 METADATA 9 EXTERNAL TABLES 10 SYMBOLSETS 11 OTHER WORKSPACE FILES PDF folder Raster and Grid overlays Final Postscripts Plotting AML and Menu Author folder Separates folder 12 JOBFILE Readme file History file Email folder Filter report Abstract file 14 SURROUND Descriptive notes & References Credit notes Copiesof note Legend Figures and Insets Logos 16 WAREHOUSE Procedure Prepare Map for Data Warehouse routine Dataset ID Zip file 18 DIGITAL RELEASE 19 BAS COVER 21 BAP COVER 23 HYD COVER 27 GEO COVER 32 LIN COVER 35 GEP COVER 38 PNT COVER 42 LEGEND INFO FILE 45 LEVEL INFO FILE 47 EXTERNAL TABLE INFO FILE 48 SYMBOL INFO FILE 50 BOR COVER 52 NTL COVER 53 NTS COVER 53 MSC COVER 55 MSP COVER 56 TXT COVER 58 APPENDIX OF CHANGES
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