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USGS TAPESTRY OF TIME AND TERRAIN http://tapestry.usgs.gov The CCGS is donating to all of the 5th
and 6th grade schools in the Coastal Bend. Check it out—it is a spectacular map. You might want a framed one
for your own office. The one in my office has glass and a metal frame and it cost $400 and it does not look as
good as the ones we are giving to the schools. Call Owen 510-6224 if you want one for your office for $150.
Duncan, Mike, Chris, Dave, Bob, Randy, Seb, Kevin, Ken, Craig, Patrick, Robert.
Water Resources of Texas http://tx.usgs.gov
FREE TEXAS TOPO’S http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/digital.htm these are TIFF files from your state government
that can be downloaded and printed. You can add them to SMT by converting them first in Globalmapper. Other
digital data as well.
FREE NATIONAL TOPO’S http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm These are jpg’s of areas in the US that
you can copy and piece together (photoshop) at whatever scale you want. Beware of one glitch; some of the
detail topos go to metric. It is part of the Terraserver system, but hard to navigate to. This link takes you there
immediately.
http://www.geographynetwork.com/ Go here and try their top 5 map services. My favorite is ‘USGS Elevation
Date.’ Zoom in on your favorite places and see great shaded relief images. One of my favorites is the Great Sand
Dunes National Park in south central Colorado. Nice Dunes.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Astronomy picture of the day – awesome. I click this page
everyday.
http://www.spacimaging.com/gallery/ioweek/iow.htm Amazing satellite images. Check out the gallery.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globegal.html More great maps to share with kids and students.
www.ermapper.com They have a great free downloadable viewer for TIFF and other graphic files called ER
Viewer.
www.drillinginfo.com This is an incredible (subscription) well and completion data service for independents.
Can be demo’ed for free.
http://terraserver.com/ Go here to download free aerial photo images that can be plotted under your digital land
and well data. Images down to 1 meter resolution, searchable by Lat Long coordinate. Useful for resolving well
location questions.
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/ This is a live cam of Mt. St. Helens refreshed every 5 minutes. At
the bottom are old videos of past eruptions in this cycle. It is worth a watch especially now.
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