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This geographic information service presently provides some 67 maps of varying complexity from multiple locations around the world. The data sets associated with these maps include demographics, environmental information, energy and mineral resource data, some cultural features, agriculture, meteorology and natural hazards, to name a few.

This site has four main sections. The "What's New" section deals with current database and information projects. A second section, "About the Library" addresses the library's topical coverage, the conditions of public access, and the identity of administrative, reference, circulation, and loan personnel at each library location. The third section "Databases" features a link to the indexed catalog of holdings in the USGS library. The fourth section "Special Collections" includes a number of important links to searchable indexes.

Fundamentals of  Remote Sensing is an exemplary tutorial. The tutorial is arranged in a methodic format that is particularly effective: each section builds on the concepts introduced in the previous sections. The best highlights of this tutorial are the endnotes, which absolutely merit exploring.

The main goal of this site is to enable interagency data management and sharing. The result is that government high-quality data is available to everyone. "Ask Dr. Global Change" helps user's access data to answer specific global change questions.

This Web site, aptly characterized as "a deformed road cut along the information superhighway," provides a comprehensive array of hypertext links to resources in structural geology and in the deeper area of tectonics, including plate tectonics.