Digital Mapping Techniques '10-Workshop Proceedings, Sacramento, California, May 16-19, 2010

Abstract

The Digital Mapping Techniques '10 (DMT'10) workshop was attended by 110 technical experts from 40 agencies, universities, and private companies, including representatives from 19 State geological surveys (see Appendix A). This workshop, hosted by the California Geological Survey, May 16-19, 2010, in Sacramento, California, was similar in nature to the previous 13 meetings (see Appendix B). The meeting was coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geologic Map Database project. As in the previous meetings, the objective was to foster informal discussion and exchange of technical information. It is with great pleasure that I note that the objective was again successfully met, as attendees continued to share and exchange knowledge and information, and renew friendships and collegial work begun at past DMT workshops. At this meeting, oral and poster presentations and special discussion sessions emphasized (1) methods for creating and publishing map products ("publishing" includes Web-based release); (2) field data capture software and techniques, including the use of LiDAR; (3) digital cartographic techniques; (4) migration of digital maps into ArcGIS Geodatabase format; (5) analytical GIS techniques; and (6) continued development of the National Geologic Map Database. Acknowledgments My sincere appreciation is offered to the California Geological Survey (CGS), and especially to George Saucedo, who was the principal CGS organizer for this meeting. George was assisted by Margaret Hyland, Milind Patel, Chris Wills, and Karen Saucedo; together they provided the meeting attendees with a most enjoyable venue for learning and exchanging technical information. I also thank the California Geological Survey (CGS) and the Director and State Geologist, John Parrish, for hosting this meeting, and for encouraging his staff to participate; in the first seven papers of these Proceedings the mapping science and digital techniques of the CGS are highlighted. Last, but not least, I thank all attendees for their participation; their enthusiasm and expertise were the primary reasons for the meeting's success.