Google Earth and Virtual Visualizations in Geoscience Education and Research

Transferring maps and data from pre-digital era theses to Google Earth: A case study from the Vredefort Dome, South Africa
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Published:October 01, 2012
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C. Simpson, D.G. De Paor, M.R. Beebe, J.M. Strand, 2012. "Transferring maps and data from pre-digital era theses to Google Earth: A case study from the Vredefort Dome, South Africa", Google Earth and Virtual Visualizations in Geoscience Education and Research, Steven J. Whitmeyer, John E. Bailey, Declan G. De Paor, Tina Ornduff
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College geoscience departments keep archives of student research ranging from senior theses to master's and Ph.D. dissertations. In field geology, these archives often include maps, cross sections, stereographic projections, field notes and photographs, hand specimens, and thin sections. Subsequent publications may result from the thesis work, but much of this valuable legacy data is difficult to access and assess. Here we describe the conversion of a pre–digital-era thesis on the Vredefort Rim Synclinorium in South Africa from hard copy to digital format using Keyhole Markup Language (KML) to drape maps and inset photographs, and COLLADA (COLLAborative Design Activity) models to...