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				<title><![CDATA[Dynamic Map of Mount Hood, Oregon]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_f3Bm16Pdc8_07_23_2010_1</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[<p>A user-selected shaded topographic map of Mount Hood in Oregon which is one of five potentially active volcanoes in that state. This image is simply a screen shot. Its source is listed below.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dynamic Map of Mount Hood, Oregon]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_f3Bm16Pdc8_07_23_2010_2</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[<p>A user-selected photographc of Mount Hood in Oregon which is one of five potentially active volcanoes in that state. This image is simply a screen shot. Its source is listed below.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Map Maker - Hydrologic Units]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_f3Bm16Pdc8_07_23_2010_3</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[<p>The National Atlas offered the Federal government's first on-line interactive Map Maker in 1997. A regional map of watersheds in the mid-Atlantic region is shown.</p>]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Map Maker - Precipitation]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_f3Bm16Pdc8_07_23_2010_4</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[<p>The National Atlas offered the Federal government's first on-line interactive Map Maker in 1997. A regional map of annual precipitation center on Oregon is shown.&nbsp;This image is simply a screen shot. Its source is listed below.</p>]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Printable Map - Department of the Interior Lands]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_f3Bm16Pdc8_07_23_2010_5</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[<p>The National Atlas offers hundreds of page-sized, printable maps you may download and print at home, at work, or in the classroom.&nbsp;This image is simply a screen shot. Its source is listed below.</p>]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Topographic Map Reader]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_f3Bm16Pdc8_07_23_2010_6</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[<p>The National Atlas includes a set of topographic maps and aerial photographs that were specially selected to illustrate America's varied physical features.&nbsp;This image is simply a screen shot. Its source is listed below.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[National Atlas Chapter Introduction]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_r74Ypc0OOj_07_23_2010_2</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[It's easy to search nationalatlas.gov or to browse through this Web site by product or by thematic paths arranged into chapters. This is part of the 
chapter introduction to Mapping.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Potentially Active Volcanoes in Oregon Dynamic Map]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_r74Ypc0OOj_07_23_2010_3</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[A page from the National Atlas that leads to additional multimedia pages about potentially active volcanoes in Oregon.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Printable Map of 2008 Presidential Election Results]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_r74Ypc0OOj_07_23_2010_0</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[The National Atlas offers hundreds of page-size, printable maps that can be downloaded at home, at the office, or in the classroom at no cost.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[General Reference Printable Map]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_r74Ypc0OOj_07_23_2010_1</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[The National Atlas offers hundreds of page-size, printable maps that can be downloaded at home, at the office, or in the classroom at no cost.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dynamic Map of Mount Hood, Oregon]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/07_23_2010_f3Bm16Pdc8_07_23_2010_0</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[<p>A user-selected shaded relief rendering of Mount Hood in Oregon which is one of five potentially active volcanoes in that state. This image is simply a screen shot. Its source is listed below.</p>]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Online Map Viewer for Land-Cover Classification Map ]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_10_2010_uaq1TGf66N_06_10_2010_0</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[The GAP (GAP Analysis Program) online map viewer shows land cover classifications at three levels.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[National Land-Cover Map]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_10_2010_uaq1TGf66N_06_10_2010_1</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[The GAP (GAP Analysis Program) national land cover map depicts 583 ecological systems and land class uses.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Measuring Forest Structure with LiDAR]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/12_08_2009_uaq0TgfSRM_12_08_2009_0</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[A LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) instrument measures the 3-D structure of a ponderosa pine forest stand in Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona, on July 13, 2009. The LiDAR observations support research on remote sensing of forest biomass and carbon sequestration by the USGS Southwest Geographic Science Team in collaboration with scientists at Northern Arizona University.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographers at Work]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_0</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[Two USGS topographers circa 1925, working with an alidade and plane table. The man on the left is believed to be Roland Whitman Burchard, who was the topographer for the USGS Grand Canyon Expedition of 1923.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographers ]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_1</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[USGS topographic field party, circa 1925, with a Wye level on a tripod and two stadia rods.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographers]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_2</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[USGS topographic field party in a horse-drawn wagon northwest of Sacramento, California, circa 1906. Note the U.S.G.S. on the seat.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographic Rod man]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_4</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[Rod man Koontz holding a stadia rod.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Triangulation Tower]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_5</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[USGS triangulation tower in West Texas.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographers at Work]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_6</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[Two topographers working with an alidade and plane table. The man on the right is believed to be Roland Whitman Burchard, who was the topographer for the USGS Grand Canyon Expedition of 1923. Author Lewis Freeman described Burchard as a man of "powerful physique, great endurance, and a cool, steady hand."]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographer at Work]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_7</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[A USGS topographer works with a plane table and alidade to create a 1:180,000 scale topographic map near Imlay, Nevada. The umbrella is to protect the instrument from temperature variations.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographer at Work]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_8</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[A topographer maps the north half of the Lovelock 1-degree quadrangle in the desert area near Jungo, Nevada. The umbrella protected the instrument from temperature variations.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographers at Work]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_9</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[A topographic field party crossing a snowdrift at the head of Grand Creek above their camp near Moose Lake while mapping the Mt. Constance quadrangle in the Olympic Mountains of Washington. ]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographic Field Party]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_10</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[A mounted topographic field party poses while working on the Dos Cabezas quadrangle in Arizona. 1940-1941. The quadrangle was surveyed by D.H. Rutledge, W.E. Burton, and G.K. Jensen, so it is likely that most or all of them are in this photo.]]></media:description>
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				<title><![CDATA[USGS Topographic Mapping Field Camp]]></title>
				<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_23_2009_wbr1UHg76O_11_23_2009_11</link>
				<media:description><![CDATA[Topographic mapping field camp under the direction of R.H. Chapman.]]></media:description>
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