Rockd

By UW Macrostrat

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Explore, find out about, and doc your geologic surroundings! Whether you are a skilled geoscientist or curious about the rocks around you and the stories they inform, Rockd lets you explore and be taught in regards to the geologic report, contribute your personal observations, and log your journey by way of the geologic document.

Features:

- Instant entry to geologic and geographic summaries of your present location by way of a Dashboard

- Interactive global access to more than 140 geologic maps, with more being added weekly

- See your previous location and discover paleogeographic maps from C.R. Scotese and GPlates

- Explore printed literature containing mentions of mapped geologic units (when available) via GeoDeepDive

- Elevation data for many points on Earth from SRTM, GMTED, NED and ETOPO1

- Add your own subject observations even offline; tag options from Macrostrat and the Paleobiology Database

- Record strike/dip or trend/plunge for geologic options, using your phone's compass

- Track your progress through the geologic document privately, or share it with others

- See the public activity of different users and share your personal and different public checkins using unique URLs

Rockd is produced by the Macrostrat lab within the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Support offered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Dept. of Geoscience.

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