Welcome to the internet site for the Professional Geologists of Indiana Inc

Professional Geologists of Indiana

is now located at our new Web address:

www.indiana.edu/~pgi/

PGI - GEO TOOLS PAGE

This page contains links leading to useful information about the geology and geology activities in the midwestern United States.

Professional Groups	Gem and Mineral Clubs	Employment
ASBOG Testing Links	Weather & Other Links	Free Software

Professional Groups NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOARDS OF GEOLOGY,ASBOG AAPG AIPG GSA GSA-North Central Section Indiana Geologists Meetings: 2nd Wednesday of each month Indianapolis, IN Indiana-Kentucky Geological Society Meetings: 3rd Thursdays, September - May Evansville, IN Indiana Water Resources Association Indiana Section of the American Water Works Association American Institute of Professional Geologists, AIPG Kentucky Section of AIPG Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists Florida Association of Professional Geologists Pennsylvania Council of Professional Geologist Association of Engineering Geologists Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) National Performance of Dams Program Gem and Mineral Clubs THE INDIANA KARST CONSERVANCY Midwest Chapter Friends of Mineralogy The Friends of Mineralogy (FM) is an organization devoted to the advancement of serious interest in minerals and related activities. It consists of mineral collectors, professional mineralogists and curators of public and private collections. Bedford - LAWRENCE COUNTY ROCK CLUB 2212 M St., Bldg. 3 Apt. E 47421 Meetings: 1st Saturday, Sept.-June Thornton Memorial Boys Club Evansville - EVANSVILLE LAPIDARY SOCIETY 1304 N. Willow Rod 47711 Meetings: 3rd Monday, 7:00 pm Feburary-May, September-November 1304 N. Willow Road Ft. Wayne - THREE RIVERS GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY 4430 Trier Rd. 46815 Meetings: 3rd Wednesday, 7:00 pm except July Shawnee Public Library Highland - CALUMET GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY PO Box 1672 46322 Meetings: 2nd Friday, 7:30 pm September-May Presbyterian Church, 8727 Delaware Indianapolis - 500 EARTH SCIENCES CLUB 3805 Shelbourne Ct., Carmel, IN 46032 Meetings: 2nd Sunday, 2:00 pm except May, Sept., Dec. Indiana State Museum Lafayette - WABASH VALLEY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY 2319 Sycamoe Lane 47906 Meetings: 3rd Thursday, 7:30 pm Sept.,June Doris Jones, e-mail Doris@tctc.com Donald L. Schuder, e-mail schuder@aol.com The Lawrence County Rock Club, Inc. is sponsoring the 35th Annual Gem, Mineral-Fossil Show & Swap and the June meeting of the Mid America Paleontology Society, Indiana Chapter. The events will be held at the Monroe County 4-H Fairgrounds, Bloomington, Indiana on June 23 - 25, 2000. Admission is free. For additional information contact: Margaret Kahrs, 9145 W. U.S. Hwy. 50 East, Seymour, Indiana 47274-9401, 812/522-6093 or Josephine Alberring, P.O. Box 605, Seymour, Indiana 47274, 812/522-1450. Merrillville - DUNELAND ROCK CLUB 6800 Harrison 46410 Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7:30 pm Sept.-June 1st Presbyterian Church of Merrillville Muncie - MUNCIE ROCK & GEM CLUB 4305 W. University Ave 47304 Meetings: 1st Thursday 7:30pm Sept.-June Hazelwood Ctr. New Carlisle - MICHIANA GEM & MINERAL SOCIETY 11923 McKinley, Mishawka, IN 46545 Meetings: 4th Sunday, 2:00 pm September - May Redeemer Lutheran Church 805 S. 29th St. S. Bend, IN Richmond - EASTERN INDIANA GEM & GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1555 Capri Lane 47374 Meetings: 1st Thursday, 7:00 pm Earlham College, Dennis Hall W. Employment Indiana State Job Bank: Search the Job Bank listings for the State Department of Personnel. Federal Jobs US Department of Labor, Job Bank Michigan Technological University, GEOJOBS page For potential internships we recommend the Indiana INTERNnet, a program of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Free Software Corpscon software converts geographic coordinates between systems. Examples would include Lat.- Longs into UTM's, NAVD29 to NAVD88 etc. It is highly recommended for these conversions. This is free software from the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Link to the USACE download site ASBOG Test, Study and Information Links Florida Short Course: ASBOG Exam review covering the Fundamentals and the Practice of Geology @ http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Sparta/7110/ The Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)Provides study guides for the ASBOG test. You can find information about the AEG ASBOG guides at http://www.regreview.com/ Weather Links Intellicast Weather for total 24 hour NEXRAD precipitation maps of Indiana Intellicast Weather for cities in Indiana Daily River Stage Forecasts for Indiana from the National Weather Service in Indianapolis NWS, Indiana, Current Conditions, Forecasts, Watches and Warnings for Indiana Counties NWS, Indiana Forecasts, Warnings, Statements, Indiana Climatology, etc. The Stormwater Manager's Resource Center site contains a lot of free pages of technical content. This information comes out of the Center for Watershed Protection in Ellicott City, Maryland.
Other Links Microsoft's Terraserver site contains aerial photography for much of the country. Recent USGS aerial photography used for the DOQ's in Indiana can be found on the site with up to 1m. pixel resolution. Images off terraserver can be used to create moderately detailed photo mosaics of areas of interest. Check out http://www.topozone.com/. This is a website that makes finding UTMs for a location EASY. All you need to do is type in a city near your site. Find your project location by viewing the map displayed. You can convert to 1:25,000 which is ~ the same is the 1:24,000 topos. Once you've located your site run your cursor over the area and wha-la your utms are displayed at the bottom left hand corner. GeoClio Webserver for the History of Geology and the Geosciences, Hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi Midwest GeoSciences Group
Patoka Southfork Watershed Steering Committee, PSFWSC
This site hosted by the Center for Earth and Environmental Science at IUPUI.
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