USGIN OneGeology US Map Services Workshop

USGIN OneGeology US Map Services Workshop - May 3-4, 2012

The goal of this workshop is deploy new GeoSciML portrayal map services as part of a USGIN-sponsored OneGeology-United States collection of services. We invite participants from the State Geological Surveys and US Geological Survey who have geologic map data sets they are ready to publish as web map and feature services. For more information you can view or download the attached document or click "Read more" to get all the details.

Welcome to the United States Geoscience Information Network Portal

This website provides a basic introduction to the United States Geoscience Information Network (USGIN) initiative. USGIN is:

  • a conceptual framework for sharing geoscience data
  • a distributed data-sharing network
  • a collection of open-source applications, standards, procedures, and protocols for sharing geoscience data
  • web-based, distributed, open-source, and interoperable

In other words, USGIN is a distributed data-sharing network that uses open-source software and existing World Wide Web infrastructure and browsers.  Anyone can access the data shared over USGIN, and any data that is shared according to USGIN specifications is automatically a part of the network.

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