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I know that scanned images can be used to work on maps in computer programs. Do the digital data sets contain scanned images of the geologic quadrangle maps?

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I know that scanned images can be used to work on maps in computer programs. Do the digital data sets contain scanned images of the geologic quadrangle maps?

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Yes. The digital data sets contain a scanned image of the digital geologic information in a “jpg” file. The scanned image (jpg) is a raster format, which can be viewed on the computer screen or plotted on paper, but cannot be manipulated in the same way that the vector data can be.