Program Name Interactive CD-ROM For
Historical Colorado Earthquakes
Administering Agency Colorado Geological Survey
Contact Person (Name/Title)
Vince
Matthews, Senior Science Advisor
Address
1313
Sherman Street, #715, Denver, CO 80203
Telephone Number
303-866-3028
Fax Number
303-866-2461
The product nominated for
this award is Bulletin 52, a CD-ROM publication of the Colorado Geological
Survey entitled “Colorado Earthquake Information, 1867-1996” by Robert
M. Kirkham and William P. Rogers. Bulletin
52 provides the informational foundation for a beginning effort to increase
public awareness of Colorado’s earthquake hazard, thereby generating
support for measures to protect the explosively increasing population and
property inventory along the Front Range urban corridor.
The CD format was selected and designed in order to provide the most
user-friendly way of presenting the information available on Colorado
earthquakes. Bulletin 52 is
designed to take advantage of the text searching, hypertext linking, and
graphical display capabilities that are now available on today’s personal
computers. Using the functionality provided by the Adobe Acrobat file
format, it is possible for the user to browse the publication on-screen and
jump to linked items in other parts of the text. This hypertext interface allows researchers to quickly move
between the text and associated items in various tables and figures,
accessing detailed event descriptions, eyewitness accounts, regional
isoseismal maps, bibliographic references, and a statewide map of all
historical Colorado earthquakes. The
CD is an invaluable tool that allows interested citizens, officials, and
scientists to quickly obtain data and supporting information about the many
earthquakes that have occurred in Colorado by facilitating efficient access
and display of that information regardless of whether it is in text, map,
table, or bibliographic format.
