print email comment close Geoscience Australia URL: http://www.ga.gov.au/ Description: Australia's "leading geoscience research and information agency, responsible for producing and providing spatial information to the Australian community." Online tools include a place name database, mapping systems, earthquake maps, sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset times, and a distance calculator. The agency researches minerals, geomagnetism, oil and gas production, marine and coastal activities, geodesy and GPS (Global Positioning System), satellite remote sensing; and more. From the Australian Government. Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia Library of Congress Subject Headings: Australia -- Maps Earth sciences -- Australia Earth sciences -- Maps LII Database Information: Record 3820 created by Dana Lubow on 03/04/2001 Last modification on 07/11/2006 Published: 03/04/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3820