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November 2, 2007

Geologic Map of the United States

Google Earth KML File:

 

Google Earth BBS Discussion:

 


Description:

This Super Overlay contains the 1:2,500,000 scale Geologic Map for the United States produced by the USGS (King, Beikman and Edmonston) dated 1974. It does not include AK or HI. This is based on a 77 meg JPG produced by the USGS. The Google Earth version retains the quality and resolution of the original.

Click on this link for a text version of the legend Click on this link for a GIF version of the legend
Original Data From:

United States Geologic Survey
Original KML Content Created By:

Google Earth Library

 


Screenshots:

2 Comment(s)

  1. Noel | Nov 16, 2007 | Reply

    Beautiful! In the version I downloaded, I can see blurry stripes, maybe where stitching has been made. I can’t see this on the example image above. Any idea what might be happening?

  2. topomatt | Dec 2, 2007 | Reply

    Not sure, may be video card issue (drivers, not enough memory?). Try swtiching to OpenGL or DirectX mode.

    Matt

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