History of Ohio's Oil- and Gas-Well Location Maps and Their Conversion to Digital Form

Originally published in the 1997 Ohio Geological Society Technical Symposium, this paper gives a summary of the conversion of the township oil- and gas-well location maps to a geographic information system (GIS). Approximately 220,000 oil- and gas-well locations were digitally captured from over 1,300 township well-location maps. Currently, the authors are working on a more extensive final report of the project, which is scheduled to be published. In the meantime, this paper provides the details concerning the GIS conversion of the township oil- and gas-well location maps.
 
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NOTE: This paper has been revised and significalntly expanded in 2005 as an Information Circular number 61.  Click here to view and or download the IC-61.

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