Map service: Database of the Geologic Map of North America- Adapted from the Map by J.C. Reed, Jr. and others (2005)

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This map layer contains geologic unit boundaries for the area depicted in the Geologic Map of North America, published by the Geological Society of America in 2005 (Reed et. al, 2005). Digital data were compiled from source data at a scale of 1:5,000,000 and are not intended to be used at a larger (greater detail) scale.
Citation
Title Map service: Database of the Geologic Map of North America- Adapted from the Map by J.C. Reed, Jr. and others (2005)
publication  Date   2009-01-01
presentationForm  LIVE GIS DATA AND MAPS
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Address
, Denver, Colorado
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Garrity, C.P., Soller, D.R.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Garrity, C.P., Soller, D.R.
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/geology/northamerica_gmna/MapServer
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/envision/index.html?widgets=gmna,ovmap&xmin=-185&ymin=0&xmax=-5&ymax=90
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/services/one_geology_wms/USGS_Geologic_Map_of_North_America/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: 
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/gmna/ge_files/gmna_north.kmz
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
geology
thesaurus name >
Title None
Theme keywords (theme):
Additional
GeologicMaps
WorldGeologicMapsNonWEP
thesaurus name >
Title EnergyResourceActivities
Location keywords:
North America
United States
North America
thesaurus name >
Title None
purpose:
This map service powers server web applications.
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
file type: 
thumbnail file description:  
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also contains copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items for other than personal use must be secured from the copyright owner.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: None
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -180
eastBoundLongitude  -3.124
northBoundLatitude  90
southBoundLatitude  1.4
Temporal Extent
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Gregory L Gunther
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Address
P.O. Box 25046, MS 939, Denver, Colorado, 80225 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ggunther@usgs.gov
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Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-888-ASK-USGS
Voice 303-202-4700
Fax 303-202-4693
Address
Information ServicesBox 25286 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado, 80225 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ask@usgs.gov
electronic Mail Address datamgt@usgs.gov
contact Instructions
The dataset is available at the Energy Geoscience Center website - http://energy.usgs.gov/
Standard ordering process
fees None
Ordering Instructions  Access Instructions: RESTful access to this map using the handle provided Use this URI to view the map service using an online interactive mapping application This maps getCapabilities file can be accessed using the URI provided. Please see the OGC WMS specification for use details. Ordering Instructions: These products can be accessed freely using any one of the Network_Resource_Name URIs above. Each of these URIs provide access to various formats of these data. Custom Order Process: Send email to datamgt@usgs.gov
Format
Format name ArcGIS Server REST
Format version 
Format
Format name Interactive Mapping Application
Format version 
Format
Format name Web Mapping Service
Format version Open Geospatial Consortium Web mapping Service (version varies)
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name ArcGIS Server REST
URL: http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/geology/northamerica_gmna/MapServer
link function 
Description ESRI ArcGIS Server REST API Handle
Linkage for online resource
name Interactive Mapping Application
URL: http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/pubs/servlet/MapViewerBroker?project=gmna
link function 
Description Online application available to view map service
Linkage for online resource
name Web Mapping Service
URL: http://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/services/one_geology_wms/USGS_Geologic_Map_of_North_America/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
link function 
Description 

Metadata data stamp:  2009-03-04
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Gregory L. Gunther
organisation Name  U.S. Geological Survey
position Name IT Specialist
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 303.236.5884
Address
P.O. Box 25046, MS 939, Denver, Colorado, 80225 Country USA
electronic Mail Address datamgt@usgs.gov
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  9a616625-8d95-4c7f-8846-1c694b3b3690

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)