- A nine-minute Automated Tour started from a button on the Home Page of the DDM-SVF shows how to use DDMs; the DDM of New England (DDM-NE) includes a similar seven minute scripted tour along with an interactive tour.
- The DDMs available on the page links below are standalone programs that run without other software. The programs, if run locally (from CD, DVD, HD or flash memory) access their data from directories within their home folder. The DDMs can also be used independently via web links, which require fast internet connections. In this case, they access their data [maps and images (in jpeg format), and movies (in QuickTime format)] from a file server in Chris Condit's lab at UMass-Amherst; any web server using http protocol will also work. To see any included movies, Windows and Mac based computers must have the latest QuickTime Player installed (free from Apple for both platforms, at www.apple.com). Computers with less than 512 MB of free RAM will run these programs very slowly at best.

• DDM-Making - Making a Dynamic Digital Map: (updated 2008-04-03) includes the DDM-Template Source Code, DDM File Directories, Learning Documents (Tutorials), and Revolution Videos

• DDM-UMass - DDM of UMass-Amherst: (updated 2008-04-03) Includes a 'Place Locator' with Color Aerial Photo, Topographic and Sketch base maps and over 300 images, a search list to find buildings, parkig lots, etc., and a text file describing the Department of Geosciences at UMass-Amherst.

• DDM-SVF - DDM of the Springerville Volcanic Field: (updated 2008-02-22) The Springerville is a late Pliocene to Holocene basaltic volcanic field located in east-central Arizona. The DDM has 9 thematic maps, over 200 images and movies (including NASA WorldWind rotational panos and obliques using the 15m resolution data) and a large downloadable geochemical and geophysical data base, and a nine-minute automated tour of how to use this DDM. ( Link to the original DDM-SVF published on CD by the Geological Society of America below.)

• DDM-NE - DDM of New England: (updated 2008-02-21) This program presents four thematic maps of Massachusetts, in five overlapping segments, including the State Geologic Map, 330 images, movies, six field trips, and a seven-minute automated tour of how to use this DDM.

• DDM-TSP) - DDM of the Tatara-San Pedro Volcanic Complex: (updated 2008-02-22) The Tatara-San Pedro Volcanic Complex is a less than one million year old Andean arc volcano in east-central Chile. The DDM displays four thematic maps, 263 images and sample locations plotted on those images for most of the paleomagnetic and geochemical sites.

• DDM-Patagonia) - DDM of the Patagonia: (updated 2008-02-22) This study by Laurie Brown and colleagues displays the location and data of over 130 paleomagnetic sites in southern Patagonia (Argentina) collected over the last few years. Eight map segments, made from NASA World Wind satellite images program are available as a starting point. Each site is plotted on a map segment, which is linked to a listing of paleomagnetic results, when available, along with any existing geochronologic data. Also connected are almost 300 geologic and site photographs, along with 11 QuickTime movies and 360 degree panos.

• DDM-RFrostTrail) - DDM of the Robert Frost Trail: (updated 2007-08-07) This study by Christine Harrington displays maps and images of a 12 mile segment of the 47 mile-long Robert Frost trail, beginning at "The Notch" and ending in Amherst Woods, to the north and east. The trail is shown in four map segments as either a topographic or an orthophoto map. Camera icons, placed on the map showing the direction they were taken, link to one of 114 images included in the interactive DDM.

• DDM-DRWKnotweed) - DDM of KnotWeed in the Deerfield River Watershed: (updated 2008-02-22) This study by Dianna Barszcz Karas presents the Japanese knotweed infestation of the Deerfield River watershed, in one large map, with many clickable smaller segments. Sites at 150 locations are plotted on the maps segments; each may be clicked to access data from that site. The maps may be displayed as one of three thematic map types including, topographic, orthophoto and land use. Linked to the maps and five articles are 47 images and figures.

• DDM- Wachusettres - DDM of Wachusett Reservoir: (updated 2007-12-07) This ddm shows six different fishing locations scattered across the reservoir on nine different map quadrants as three types of thematic maps, including a DCR gate map. Trail guides provide navigation from parking locations to points on the reservoir. The project includes extensive photo documentation of wildlife and scenery, and a brief historic summary of Wachusett Reservoir.

• DDM- HolyokeHike - DDM of Hiking the Holyoke Range: (updated 2007-12-07) A virtual hiking trip, Hiking the Holyoke Range provides the user with the opportunity to pre- or post-view a trip along this seven mile path in Western Massachusetts. The main trail straddles the spine of the only mountain range that crosses the Connecticut Valley from east to west. Included are numerous photos, videos, and two thematic map bases, one of topography, the other of orthophotos, and numerous hiking/biking trails.

• DDM-Mars - DDM of Mars: (15 August 2005 version updated on 2007-12-05 for Vista & Mac Universal binaries) Created by Selby Cull, Dynamic Digital Mars includes a wealth of maps, images, and articles and exercises that involve searching for mineral deposits and designing a mission to Mars. A captivating introduction to the geology of Mars.

• DDM-Souhegan) - DDM of the Souhegan River: (updated 2005-06-01) This study by Joe Rogers of the Northeastern Instream Habitat Program involved intensive habitat mapping at eleven sites over three flow levels, as well as fish sampling at those locations. Data on temperature, flow, bank and bed characteristics, macro-invertebrates, mussels, along with extensive photo documentation and other data are combined in the interactive DDM.

• DDM-Marl - DDM of Marlborough Quadrangle, MA: (updated 2005-10-13) The "DDM-Marl" contains three thematic maps (bedrock, surficial and surficial material, with simplified and detailed unit explanations), a cross section (for the bedrock map), two correlation charts (for the bedrock and surficial maps) and three articles, one describing each map type.

• DDM-Davis Mine - DDM of the Davis Mine: This DDM, a part of a master's thesis by Jessica Bloom, provides a visual tour of an acid mine drainage and its subsequent natural attenuation, and a guide to the location of each streamwater sampling site and to multi-level wells. The DDM contains 69 images and three QuickTime VR panoramic movies, each with a figure caption, and a topographic map of the area, divided into three detailed maps.

• DDM-Holtwood - DDM of Holtwood Pa: Includes two detailed airphoto map bases showing spectacular outcrops of brittle fractures which are present in southeastern Pennsylvania, just below the Holtwood Dam on the floor of the Susquehanna River, along with 32 linked photos of the outcrops, by Kendra Clark.

• DDM-Moon - DDM of Moon: A graphical atlas that provides access to over 550 maps in three thematic variations, and images and movies, including the ability to find most named lunar features. The program displays simultaneously up to nine images and one map mosaic at resolutions from 1/64 to 1/2 degree per pixel. A Macintosh classic version, built in SuperCard, also includes an automated tour of the program.

• DDM-SVF-SC Downloads of the Original Springerville Volcanic Field in Arizona published on CD by the Geological Society of America in 1995 (last updated on 7 March 2004, Mac Classic only, made with SuperCard).

• Petrologic Exercises For DDMs (Boundy and Condit, 2004) Bringing The Field Into The Classroom By Using Dynamic Digital Maps To Engage Undergraduate Students In Petrology Research.

Boundy, T.M and Condit, C.D., 2004, Bringing The Field Into The Classroom By Using Dynamic Digital Maps To Engage Undergraduate Students In Petrology Research, v. 52, no. 4, p. 313-319 (open September issue cover)

Condit, C.D., 2005, Dynamic Digital Maps: the DDM-Template and Cookbook, a Powerpoint presentation made at the USGS-Assoc. Am. State Geologist's April 2005 Digital Mapping Techniques Conference, Baton Rouge La, Selected Presentations, 19.5 MB.

Condit, C.D., 2005, Dynamic Digital Maps: A Means to Distribute Maps and Associated Media via Web and CD, in D.R. Soller, ed., Digital Mapping Techniques '05 -- Workshop Proceedings: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2005-1428, 16 pages. download pdf file (2.7 MB).