Date:
Tuesday, December 5, 2006.
7:30 PM.<BR/>
Location: GeoCorner Room 320-105<BR/><BR/>
<p>The pre-lecture dinner (5:30 pm in Hartley Conference Room, Mitchell Building) requires reservation no later than 12/01/06, and is $30 regular, $5 for students; however no-shows owe full price.</p>
<p>PENINSULA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS:</p>
<p>J. Luke Blair, James Lienkaemper, Scott Haefner, Marco Ticci, USGS</p>
<p>Earthquake Hazards Team, Menlo Park, Calif.</p>
<p>Exploring Your Earthquake Hazards Using Google Earth</p>
<p>Abstract</p>
<p>This presentation summarizes USGS' efforts to provide important earthquake</p>
<p>hazard information to the public through Google Earth software.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/earth/">http://www.google.com/earth/</a> Virtual globe programs such as Google Earth</p>
<p>can be used as an easily accessible platform to communicate relevant</p>
<p>geospatial data to the public. This popular software program is an</p>
<p>interactive map of the Earth that can display user-generated geospatial</p>
<p>datasets stored in Keyhole Markup Language (KML) format. KML files can be</p>
<p>generated manually or exported from popular geographic information system</p>
<p>(GIS) programs such as ArcGIS.</p>
<p>Currently, USGS provides script-generated, global earthquake epicenter</p>
<p>locations, along with Shakemaps (shaking intensity maps) in KML format in</p>
<p>real-time (Scott Haefner). Additionally, USGS released two "Virtual Tour"</p>
<p>web sites presenting geologic information of the Hayward Fault (Jim</p>
<p>Lienkaemper) and the great 1906 Earthquake (Luke Blair & Marco Ticci) in</p>
<p>Google Earth. Methods are now being generated to convert geologic hazard</p>
<p>maps in the San Francisco Bay Area into KML format. Although USGS,</p>
<p>California Geological Survey (CGS), and other groups have collected a</p>
<p>wealth of geologic information in the Bay Area, little has been done to</p>
<p>organize and provide this data in an accessible manner. By converting</p>
<p>geologic maps into KML format, data can be downloaded and viewed as</p>
<p>overlays on aerial imagery and 3D terrain provided in Google Earth. Our</p>
<p>goal in this effort and as a public scientific organization is to find</p>
<p>modern and effective ways of providing important geologic hazard</p>
<p>information to the public.</p>
<BR/>
Tuesday, December 5, 2006.
7:30 PM.<BR/>
Location: GeoCorner Room 320-105<BR/><BR/>
<p>The pre-lecture dinner (5:30 pm in Hartley Conference Room, Mitchell Building) requires reservation no later than 12/01/06, and is $30 regular, $5 for students; however no-shows owe full price.</p>
<p>PENINSULA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS:</p>
<p>J. Luke Blair, James Lienkaemper, Scott Haefner, Marco Ticci, USGS</p>
<p>Earthquake Hazards Team, Menlo Park, Calif.</p>
<p>Exploring Your Earthquake Hazards Using Google Earth</p>
<p>Abstract</p>
<p>This presentation summarizes USGS' efforts to provide important earthquake</p>
<p>hazard information to the public through Google Earth software.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.google.com/earth/">http://www.google.com/earth/</a> Virtual globe programs such as Google Earth</p>
<p>can be used as an easily accessible platform to communicate relevant</p>
<p>geospatial data to the public. This popular software program is an</p>
<p>interactive map of the Earth that can display user-generated geospatial</p>
<p>datasets stored in Keyhole Markup Language (KML) format. KML files can be</p>
<p>generated manually or exported from popular geographic information system</p>
<p>(GIS) programs such as ArcGIS.</p>
<p>Currently, USGS provides script-generated, global earthquake epicenter</p>
<p>locations, along with Shakemaps (shaking intensity maps) in KML format in</p>
<p>real-time (Scott Haefner). Additionally, USGS released two "Virtual Tour"</p>
<p>web sites presenting geologic information of the Hayward Fault (Jim</p>
<p>Lienkaemper) and the great 1906 Earthquake (Luke Blair & Marco Ticci) in</p>
<p>Google Earth. Methods are now being generated to convert geologic hazard</p>
<p>maps in the San Francisco Bay Area into KML format. Although USGS,</p>
<p>California Geological Survey (CGS), and other groups have collected a</p>
<p>wealth of geologic information in the Bay Area, little has been done to</p>
<p>organize and provide this data in an accessible manner. By converting</p>
<p>geologic maps into KML format, data can be downloaded and viewed as</p>
<p>overlays on aerial imagery and 3D terrain provided in Google Earth. Our</p>
<p>goal in this effort and as a public scientific organization is to find</p>
<p>modern and effective ways of providing important geologic hazard</p>
<p>information to the public.</p>
<BR/>