ASTM STP 1126 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Mapping – Practices and Standards
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Johnson, AI
This publication contains selected papers presented at the International Symposium on Mapping and Geographic Information Systems. The symposium was held June, 1990. The symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee D 18 on Soil and Rock and the U S Geological Survey, in cooperation with the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, AM/FM International, Association of American Geographers, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Canadian Geosciences Advisory Committee, and International Association of Hydrological Sciences
The topic headings used to organize the papers included in this publication are
- Standardization
- Applications – General Technology
- Applications – Soil and Geological Engineering
- Applications – Ground Water and Environment
Specific topics covered by the 26 papers in this collection include:
- digital geologic map standards
- spatial data guidelines
- hydrologic analysis
- data exchange
- spatial data transfer
- remote sensing
- image-integrated GIS
- utility infrastructure systems
- Northwest Land Information Systems Network
- county soils data
- soil loss prediction
- land-planning database
- Landsat-5 thematic mapper data
- remotely sensed data
- geologic exploration
- subsurface soil layers
- mapping wetlands
- peat resources
- digital cartography
- AutoCAD
- ground water vulnerability database development
- ground water remediation
- feasibility study
- ground water model
- using GIS for siting waste disposal facility
- data processing
- data display
- waste site characterization using GIS
- well casing surveys
- water-level contour map
This STP also contains a detailed summary of the panel discussion held during the symposium.