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Large green rectangular sign reading "Best Student Geologic Map Competition"
BSGMC Sign GSA 2025
BSGMC Sign GSA 2025
BSGMC Sign GSA 2025

This is an image of the sign that was placed at the 2025 GSA annual meeting to designate the USGS NCGMP-hosted BSGMC. 

This is an image of the sign that was placed at the 2025 GSA annual meeting to designate the USGS NCGMP-hosted BSGMC. 

Photograph of six people on a stage with a blue background and high banner reading "Innovation Stage."
BSGMC 2025 Winners Stage
BSGMC 2025 Winners Stage
BSGMC 2025 Winners Stage

This is an image of the top three winners from the competition holding their awards along with award presenters. 

This is an image of the top three winners from the competition holding their awards along with award presenters. 

Photograph of a geologic map poster.
Franklin Lake Second Place BSGMC 2025.jpg
Franklin Lake Second Place BSGMC 2025.jpg
Franklin Lake Second Place BSGMC 2025.jpg

This picture illustrates a BSGMC participant student poster presented at GSA. 

Terry Lee from the University of Nevada, Reno, 1:24,000-Scale Geologic Map of the Western Half of the Franklin Lake NW 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeast Nevada.

This picture illustrates a BSGMC participant student poster presented at GSA. 

Terry Lee from the University of Nevada, Reno, 1:24,000-Scale Geologic Map of the Western Half of the Franklin Lake NW 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeast Nevada.

Photograph of a geologic map poster.
Survey Peak First Place BSGMC 2025
Survey Peak First Place BSGMC 2025
Survey Peak First Place BSGMC 2025

This picture illustrates a BSGMC participant student poster presented at GSA. 

Terri Zach, University of Kentucky, Geology of the Survey Peak 7.5' Quadrangle, Wyoming: Using Detailed Mapping to Reconstruct the Paleo-Topography of the Northern Teton Range and Implications for the Paleo-Teton Collapse Hypothesis.

This picture illustrates a BSGMC participant student poster presented at GSA. 

Terri Zach, University of Kentucky, Geology of the Survey Peak 7.5' Quadrangle, Wyoming: Using Detailed Mapping to Reconstruct the Paleo-Topography of the Northern Teton Range and Implications for the Paleo-Teton Collapse Hypothesis.

Photograph of a geologic map poster.
Salt Structures Third Place BSGMC 2025
Salt Structures Third Place BSGMC 2025
Salt Structures Third Place BSGMC 2025

This picture illustrates a BSGMC participant student poster presented at GSA. 

David Canova, University of Barcelona, Salt structures in the Eastern External Betics fold and thrust belt, SE Iberia—Geologic maps, cross sections, and palinspastic reconstructions. 

This picture illustrates a BSGMC participant student poster presented at GSA. 

David Canova, University of Barcelona, Salt structures in the Eastern External Betics fold and thrust belt, SE Iberia—Geologic maps, cross sections, and palinspastic reconstructions. 

A smartphone screenshot of the new USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map web tool showing its mobile friendly
The USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map on a smartphone
The USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map on a smartphone

Videos

Getting Started With GeMS, Part A
Getting Started With GeMS, Part A
Getting Started With GeMS, Part A

Getting Started With GeMS, Part A - An introduction to the GeMS schema, the GeMS Tools ArcGIS toolbox, and how to prepare ArcMap for digitizing.

Getting Started With GeMS, Part A - An introduction to the GeMS schema, the GeMS Tools ArcGIS toolbox, and how to prepare ArcMap for digitizing.

Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B1
Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B1
Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B1

Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B1 - How to create an empty GeMS geodatabase in ArcMap, digitize contacts from a scanned geologic map, and create map unit polygons.

Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B1 - How to create an empty GeMS geodatabase in ArcMap, digitize contacts from a scanned geologic map, and create map unit polygons.

Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B2
Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B2
Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B2

Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B2 - Digitize orientation points and check topology.

Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B3
Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B3
Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B3

Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B3 - How to complete nonspatial tables, validate a GeMS database, and symbolize features.

Digitize an Analog Map With GeMS, Part B3 - How to complete nonspatial tables, validate a GeMS database, and symbolize features.

Translate a Digital Map With GeMS, Part C1
Translate a Digital Map With GeMS, Part C1
Translate a Digital Map With GeMS, Part C1

Translate a Digital Map With GeMS, Part C1 - How to load map unit polygons, lines, and cross section data from another schema to GeMS.

Translate a Digital Map With GeMS, Part C1 - How to load map unit polygons, lines, and cross section data from another schema to GeMS.

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