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Geologic Mapping: Future Needs
TABLE 9 Number and Percentage of Responses Indicating Printing Styles Favored for Different Geoscience Map Types
Style
Geologic
Geophysical
Groundwater
Total
Full Color
651 (52)
137 (19)
87 (25)
875
One Color
226 (18)
154 (21)
103 (29)
483
Black & White
381 (30)
431 (60)
160 (46)
972
TOTAL
1258
722
350
2330
NOTE: Percentage shown (in parentheses) is percentage of each style for the map type indicated.
TABLE 10 Number and Percentage (in parentheses) of Responses Indicating Bases Considered “Extremely Important” for Three Geoscience Map Types
Base Map
Geologic
Geophysical
Groundwater
Total
Topographic
827 (35)
459 (35)
278 (30)
1564
Land net
379 (16)
268 (21)
114 (12)
761
Culture
216 (9)
154 (12)
109 (12)
479
Drainage
422 (18)
188 (14)
255 (28)
865
Orthophoto
125 (5)
52 (4)
38 (4)
215
Orthophoto quad
140 (6)
63 (5)
44 (5)
247
Composite
248 (10)
112 (9)
74 (8)
434
TABLE 11 Relative Importance of Different Scales for Three Types of Geoscience Maps with Percentages of Scale Category for Each Map Type
Scale
Geologic
Geophysical
Groundwater
Total
Large
766 (40)
481 (41)
221 (57)
1468 (43)
Medium
533 (28)
312 (27)
43 (11)
888 (26)
Small
290 (15)
185 (16)
123 (32)
598 (17)
Regional
306 (16)
192 (16)
0 (0)
498 (14)
TOTAL
1895
1170
387
3452
NOTE: Large is less than 1:24:000; medium is 1:24,000 to 1:62,500; small is 1:100,000 to 1:250,000; regional is greater than 1:250,000.
