Author reviews and edits the layout. This version appears generally as it will when published. You should question anything that does not look or read right. You may make minor changes and additions at this stage. Significant alterations will, however, delay production.
Cartographer modifies the revised layout into a prepublication proof.
The editor reviews this version and approves the proof. The proof is now ready for technical review. The author addresses all comments and suggestions of the reviewers. The author in turn makes the necessary corrections, approves the proof, and returns it to the Survey for revision. The cartographer makes the author approved modifications, and the editor does a final proof reading.