Usgs Unveils New National Geologic Map
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The USGS has released a new national geologic map, but users are experiencing technical issues and poking fun at the map's naming conventions.
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4 months ago
"Gulf of America" in an embarrassed font
bediger4000
4 months ago
The actual interactive map doesn't seem to work with Firefox on Linux, but does work with Chromium on Linux. I'm glad we've settled on a single browser. Competition was wasteful of resources that could be spent elsewhere, generating revenue.
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