Transferring maps and data from pre-digital era theses to Google Earth: A case study from the Vredefort Dome, South Africa

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 492, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-197

  Simpson, C ^a   De Paor, D G ^a   Beebe, M R ^a   Strand, J M ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMES; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOCATION; MARKUP LANGUAGES; PHOTOGRAPHY; STUDENTS;

COLLABORATIVE DESIGN; DIGITAL FORMAT; HERITAGE SITES; IMPACT STRUCTURES; PUBLIC OUTREACHES; STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION; STRUCTURAL DATA; STUDENT RESEARCH;

FACSIMILE;

DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA PROCESSING; EARTH SCIENCE; GPS; HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; INTERNET; STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION; TERRAIN; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA; VREDEFORT DOME;

EID: 84876812759     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2012.2492(13)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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