The 1960 Copernicus Prototype Chart LPC-58, the first true geological map of the Moon, was not formally published by the USGS, though a modified and updated version was published later in that decade.

Learn about Antarctica’s hidden submarine canyons and how they play an important role in global climate.

Across sectors, the value of a single geological map ranged from $11,000 to $18,000 per use. Even taking the most conservative estimate — what users said they’d be willing to pay if maps weren ...

OneGeology has been dubbed ‘the biggest mapping project ever’ and its basic premise is to create the first ever digital geological map of the world and make it universally available via a web portal..

The world's volcano count jumped tremendously thanks to the new map. The number of seamounts soared from around 5,000 to about 20,000, Sandwell said. Seamounts are small, conical volcanoes that ...

Low-level airplane flights begin as soon as late July over the Black Hills and Bear Lodge areas of Wyoming and South Dakota ...

First global geologic map of Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede details an icy world. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 02 / 140212144524.htm ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. ... “Near Earth Asteroids do not arrive on the same orbits as meteorites, because it takes longer for these to evolve to Earth.” said Jenniskens.

The USGS has made it easy to study the Moon's surface by releasing the first comprehensive geologic map of the lunar ... celestial body with the kind of thoroughness normally reserved for Earth.

Completion of this map celebrates the 200th anniversary of world’s first geologic map by William Smith of England in 1815.” This map detail, of the Anchorage area, shows the city spread out on a plain ...