Electronic Version, Part 05, May, 1999. To be included in a future print version of the Information Bulletin.
1. News
1.1 AGS Fellowships for 1999-2000
1.2 GIS Librarian at Stanford University
1.3 WAML Website honored as Key Resource
1.4 Maps and GIS INFOMINE wins Mercator's World award
1.5 1999 Training Workshops at National Wetland Research Center
1.6 New map feature in Harper's Magazine
1.7 ESRI adds a GIS Library to its facility
1.8 Shipping Lists for National Mapping Program
2. New Maps, Books, Etc.
2.1 New Mapping of Western North America compiled by Ken Rockwell
2.2 Other new materials
2.2.1 NAPLIB Directory of Aerial Photographic Collections in the United Kingdom
2.2.2 New Russian road atlas available
2.2.3 CORPSCON
2.2.4 Cartographic Technical Instructions
2.3 Articles of Interest
2.3.1 AGIC Newsletter
2.3.2 Alaska Geographic
2.3.3 Colorado Libraries
2.3.4 Geo Info Systems
2.3.5 Geological Society of America Abstracts
2.3.6 GPS World
2.3.7 NASA's Space Science News
2.3.8 Portolan: Journal of the Washington Map Society
2.3.9 Remote Sensing of Environment
2.3.10 Seismological Research Letters
2.4 Internet resources
2.4.1 1895 United States Atlas
2.4.2 Current Geographical Publications
2.4.3 New index for Map History/History of Cartography site
2.4.4 European Map Curators Group
2.4.5 Web Mapping Testbed
2.4.6 Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
2.4.7 McMaster University's Map Collection's Web site change
3. Meetings and other educational opportunities
3.1 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, etc.
4. Contributors to this issue
5. The Western Association of Map Libraries
1.1 AGS Fellowships for 1999-2000
The American Geographical Society Collection, Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee welcomes applicants for Helen and John S. Best Research Fellowships. Stipends of $375 per week, for periods up to 4 weeks, will be awarded to support residencies for the purpose of conducting research which makes direct use of the Collection. The Fellowships will be tenable between December 1, 1999 and November 30, 2000.
The AGS Collection, the former research library and map collection of the American Geographical Society of New York, has strengths in geography, cartography and related historical topics. Applications are due by September 15, 1999. For further information, write, call or e-mail the AGS Collection, P.O. Box 399, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0399, Tel. (414) 229-6282, E-mail agsc@leardo.lib.uwm.edu. Web site: leardo.lib.uwm.edu
1.2 GIS Librarian at Stanford University
Stanford University has a position for a GIS Specialist April 1999. Job announcement will follow the newsletter.
1.3 WAML Website honored as Key Resource
Links2Go selected the WAML Website at gort.ucsd.edu/mw/waml/waml.html as a "key resource" in the Map Libraries topic, at www.links2go.com/topic/Map_Libraries
Kudos to Linda Zellmer who has added content and reworked the pages in the last several months. And thanks to Larry Cruse at UC San Diego where the page resides.
1.4 Mps and GIS INFOMINE wins Mercator's World Award
"Maps and GIS INFOMINE" at lib-www.ucr.edu/search/ ucr_mapssearch.html" won a Mercator's World Magazine Web Award in March/April 1999. See other award winners at the magazine's site www.mercatormag.com.
Congratulations to the facilitators of the Maps & GIS INFOMINE site: WAML's own Wendie Helms at UC Riverside, Larry Cruse at UC San Diego and Mary Larsgaard, UC Santa Barbara.
1.5 1999 Training Workshops at National Wetland Research Center
The U.S. Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior is presenting a series of topical workshops pertaining to mapping, vegetation, photo-interpretation, remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems. The workshops are part of an effort to exchange information and provide access to spatial technologies developed at the center for natural resource survey. The workshops are available to the general public educators, state and federal agencies. For more information, check their Web site at www.nwrc.usgs.gov/training
1.6 New map feature in Harper's Magazine
This month marks the 150th anniversary of Harper's Magazine. Of the three new features debuting this month, one is the Map (last page of the June issue). The editor describes it "...the Map will make visible some of the lines of connection between the politicial and economic spheres of reference." This month's is on piracy in the South China Sea!
1.7 ESRI adds a GIS Library to its Facility
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the Virtual Campus for our students, we are building a GIS Library containing technical papers, thousands of GIS bibliographic references, a GIS Dictionary, periodicals, and more. We welcome any suggestions for the Library. If you have one, please write us at webdean@esri.com
1.8 Shipping Lists for National Mapping Program
Shipping lists from the US Geological Survey's National Mapping Program are now available at the BDLD shipping list page www.du.edu/~ttyler/dslintro.htm
2.1 New Mapping of Western North America by Ken Rockwell
CALIFORNIABeeby, David J. Aggregate resources in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, 1999. Scale ca. 1:375,000. Sacramento, Calif.: Calif. Division of Mines and Geology, Miscellaneous map no.010, pub. 1999. OCLC #41251656
California Dept. of Parks and Recreation. California State Parks. Scale ca. 80,000. Santa Barbara : Magellan Geographix, 1999. OCLC #41281951
California Dept. of Transportation, Traffic Operations Branch. Truck networks on California state highways, January 1998. Scale ca. 1:1,584,000. Sacramento : CalTrans, 1998. OCLC #41224724
Gap analysis of mainland California an interactive atlas of terrestrial biodiversity and land management. 1 computer laser optical disc. Santa Barbara, Calif. : California Gap Analysis Project, 1998. OCLC #41160890
Harrison, Tom. Recreation map of the San Diego backcountry. Scale 1:125,000. San Rafael, CA : Tom Harrison Cartography, 1997. OCLC #41170432
ITMB Publishing Ltd. Northern California. Scale 1:600,000. Vancouver, B.C. : ITMB Publishing, 1999. OCLC #41166851
COLORADO
MAP America Corporation. Colorado state highway map. Scale 1:1,013,760. New Orleans, La. : The Corporation, 1998. OCLC #41171844
HAWAII
Bryan, E. H. Bryan's sectional maps: O`ahu. 1 atlas, scale 1:24,000. Waipahu, Hawaii : EMIC Graphics, 1998. OCLC #41240622
IDAHO
U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Middle Snake River recreation sites. Scale 1:250,000. Reston, Va. : U.S. Geological Survey, 1997. OCLC #41249066
OREGON
Johnson, Jenda A. Geologic map of the Frederick Butte Volcanic Center, Deschutes and Lake Counties, south-central Oregon. USGS Open-file report 98-208, pub. 1998. OCLC #41233107
Johnson, Jenda A. Geologic map of the Stemler Ridge quadrangle, Malheur County, eastern Oregon. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Open-file report 98-105, pub. 1998. OCLC #41236121
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
Berndtson & Berndtson. Insight map, USA Southwest FlexiMap. Scale 1:3,350,000. Maspeth, NY : Distribution by American Map Corp., 1998. OCLC #41078867
UTAH
Biek, Robert F. Interim geologic map of the Hurricane quadrangle, Washington County, Utah. Scale 1:24,000. Utah Geological Survey Open-file report 361, pub. 1998. OCLC #41283167
Bon, Roger L. Large mine permits and plants in Utah. Scale ca. 1:750,000. Salt Lake City : Utah Geological Survey, Public information series no. 61, pub. 1998. OCLC #41251216
Coogan, James C., and King, Jon K. Progress report geologic map of the Ogden 30- x 60-degree quadrangle, Utah and Wyoming : year 2 of 3. Scale 1:100,000. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Geological Survey, Open-file report no. 365, pub. 1999. OCLC #41127702
Digital geologic resources atlas of Utah. 1 computer laser optical disk. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Geological Survey, Bulletin no. 129DF and Open-File Report no. 364, pub. 1999. OCLC #41206851
Doelling, Hellmut H., and Willis, Grant C. Interim geologic map of the Escalante and parts of the Loa and Hites Crossing 30- x 60-degree quadrangles, Garfield and Kane counties, Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Geological Survey, Open-file report no. 368, pub. 1999. OCLC #41127704
Doelling, Hellmut H. Interim geologic map of the Kanab 30- x 60-degree quadrangle, Kane and Washington counties, Utah, and Coconino and Mohave County, Colorado. Scale 1:100,000. Salt Lake City, Utah :Utah Geological Survey, Open-file report no. 366, pub. 1999. OCLC #41127703
Doelling, Hellmut H., and Willis, Grant C. Interim geologic map of the southeastern part of the Panguitch 30- x 60-degree quadrangle, Garfield and Kane counties, Utah. Scale 1:100,000. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Geological Survey, Open-file report no. 367, pub. 1999. OCLC #41127705
Higgins, Janice M. Interim geologic map of the Washington Dome quadrangle, Washington County, Utah. Scale 1:24,000. Utah Geological Survey Open-file report 363, pub. 1998. OCLC #41282128
Hintze, Lehi F. Interim geologic map of the Big Jensen Pass quadrangle, Millard County, Utah. Scale : 1:24,000. Utah Geological Survey Open-file report 357, pub. 1997. OCLC #41283954
Hintze, Lehi F. Interim geologic map of the Burbank Pass quadrangle, Millard County, Utah. Scale 1:24,000. Utah Geological Survey Open-file report 356, pub. 1997. OCLC #41284092
Solomon, Barry J. Surficial geologic map of the west Cache Fault Zone and nearby faults, Box Elder and Cache Counties, Utah. Scale 1:50,000. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Geological Survey, Map 172, pub. 1998. OCLC #41113748
U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Utah wilderness inventory 1999. 1 atlas, scale not given. [Washington, D.C.?] : The Bureau, 1999. OCLC #41141531
WASHINGTON
Washington State Dept. of Ecology, GIS Technical Services. Priority salmon recovery regions and WRIA's. Scale 1:2,500,000. Olympia, Wash. : The Dept., 1998. OCLC #41171173
YUKON
Leinberger Cartographics. Northwest Territories & Yukon Territory. Scale 1:2,050,000. 1st ed. Vancouver, B.C. : ITMB Publishing, 1998. OCLC #41166848
2.2 Other New Materials
2.2.1 NAPLIB Directory of Aerial Photographic Collections in the United Kingdom - NAPLIB Directory of Aerial Photographic Collections in the United Kingdom. 2nd ed. ISBN 0-95304361-4. The new edition of the directory identifies many new collections of publicly accessible aerial photographs held in the UK and includes a greater diversity of topics tackled by aerial photography.
2.2.2 New Russian Road Atlas Available - Atlas avtomobil'nykh dorog: Ot Atlantiki do Tikhogo okeana.. Minsk: Trivium, 1999. 385pp. In Russian.
Available from:
Attn: Book Department
East View Publications
3020 Harbor Lane North
Minneapolis, MN 55447
Fax: (612) 559-2931
EVP Order #:L99500192.2.3 CORPSCON
A conversion program called CORPSCON is available from crunch.tec.army.mil/software/corpscon/corpscon.html. The software also does conversions from geographic, state plane universal transverse mercator (NAD 27, NAD 83, HARN) and it does conversions on vertical datums. CORPSCON is a DOS-based program.
2.2.4 Cartographic Technical Instructions
Cartographic Technical Instructions documents are available from USGS-Information Services, Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225 (FAX: 303-202-4693). Standards for the Preparation of Digital Geospatial Metadata and several other Technical Instructions documents are also available on-line at mapping.usgs.gov/standards
2.3 Articles of Interest
2.3.1 AGIC Newsletter - science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd28apr99_2.htm
- Landsat 7 starts viewing the the world - First images, with twice as much detail as previous Landsat satellites, show Florida's panhandle, South Dakota, and a startlingly clear image of a jet contrail and its shadow on the ground.
2.3.8 Portolan: Journal of the Washington Map Society, Spring 1999, Issue no. 44
2.3.9 Remote Sensing of Environment, May 1, 1999, Volume 68, no. 2
- Kadmon, Ronen and Ruthie Harari-Kremer. Studying Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics Using Digital Processing of Historical Aerial Photographs, p. 164.
2.3.10 Seismological Research Letters, May 1, 1999, Volume 70, no. 3
- Schweicker, R.A., M. M. Lahren and R. Karlin. Preliminary Fault Map of the Lake Tahoe Basin, California and Nevada, p. 306.
2.4 Internet Resources
2.4.1 1895 United States Atlas - An interesting Web atlas is the 1895 U.S. Atlas available at www.livgenmi.com/1895
2.4.2 Current Geographical Publications - The April 1999 issue of Current Geographical Publications is now available at leardo.lib.uwm.edu/cgp
2.4.3 New index for Map History/History of Cartography site
The 'Map History / History of Cartography' site now has its own index. This gives the site another alternative method for searching. There are two other methods: Directory (subject tree) and alphabetical Index. See www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/maps/
2.4.4 European Map Curators Group - The European Map Curators Group (Groupe des Cartothecaires de LIBER) has a new Web site available at < A HREF="http://www.konbib.nl/kb/skd/liber/intro.htm#pro1996">http://www.konbib.nl/kb/skd/liber/intro.htm#pro1996
2.4.5 Web Mapping Testbed
The OpenGIS Consortium, with sponsorship by the FGDC, NASA, NIMA, and Army TEC, is coordinating a roughly six-month "Web Mapping Testbed" activity to evaluate and extend existing commercial and public mapping capabilities on the Web. The objectives of the testbed, as interpreted are 1) to evaluate existing methods for delivering raw raster and vector data, 2) examine possible conventions for interfaces between clients and map servers, and map servers and data servers, 3) incorporate OGC specifications such as Simple Features, Coverages, and Catalog Services into the activities, and 4) provide the basis for future OGC specifications on interoperable web mapping technology.
More information on the testbed can be accessed from the OpenGIS website: www.opengis.org under the WWW Mapping banner.
2.4.6 Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
After weeks of work we are proud to announce the entire Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, is now available on the Art Source Web Site! The Official Records themselves were published by the War Records Office and subsequently by the Record and Pension Office over a span of several decades. The Atlas was published between 1891 and 1895 and is THE definitive source of Civil War information available. It consists of 175 plates, portraying a variety of information, from maps of individual battle sites to photographic views and uniforms and weaponry. There are also many broader-scale maps of regions, states, and the division of the country at various points during the war.
The atlas may be found by typing civil war in to our search engine at the top of any page. The atlas can also be searched by location, battle, and or plate number. Available at www.mapsandprints.com
2.4.7 McMaster University's Map Collection's Web site change - McMaster University Map Collection (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) home page address has changed to www.library.ca/library/maps/maphome.htm
3.1 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, Etc.
ASPRS: The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society, 1999 Annual Conference "From Image to Information." Portland, Oregon, 17 - 21 May 1999. For more information see www.asprs-portland99.com
12th Annual North East Map Organization Meeting (NEMO), Wellesley College, near Boston, Massachusetts, 3 - 4 June 1999.
1999 National GeoData Forum, Washington, DC, 7 - 9 June 1999. Help shape public policy and the future direction of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. For more information, see the National GeoData Forum web site at www.fgdc.gov/99Forum.
19th Annual ESRI User's Conference, San Diego, California, 26 - 30 July 1999. www.esri.com/news/releases/99_2qtr/arcimsv30.html
Maps and Nations: Discovering and Debating the Interaction Between Society and Cartography -- a summer seminar for graduate students at The Newberry Library, Chicago, June 21-August 13, 1999.
Graduate students from any field who will benefit from in-depth study of the political and ethical dimensions of the relationship between mapping and community definition are encouraged to apply for admission to the seminar.
Participation will be limited to 12 students. Complete applications for admission must be received by the Smith Center by April 16, 1999.
18th International Conference on the History of Cartography, Athens, Greece, 11 - 16 July 1999. The Society for Hellenic Cartography and the National Hellenic Research Foundation in collaboration with Imago Mundi, Ltd organise the conference. The Conference theme is "The Cartography of the Mediterranean World" and any other aspect of the history of cartography.
International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality, Hong Kong, 18 - 20 July 1999. For more information see, www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/ISSDQ/.
International Cartographic Association Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 14 - 21 August 1999. This is a joint meeting including the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA). For more information, please visit www.uottawa.ca/library/map/acmlaica.html. On behalf of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) and the Congress of Cartographic Information Specialists Associations (CCISA) we would like to invite you to attend the International Cartographic Association Conference which will be held in Ottawa, August 14-21, 1999.
The 65th Council and General Conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Bangkok, Thailand, 22 - 28 August 1999.
Consortium for Geographic Information Conference. "Driven By Data." Los Angeles, California, November 1999. See www.gita.org for more information.
7th ACM International Symposium on Geographic Information Systems, Kansas City, 5 - 6, 1999. See www.dcc.unicamp.br/~cmbm/acmgis99
1999 Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Fort Worth, Texas, 11 - 14 November 1999. The meeting will include several sessions on Historical GIS.
The 14th Annual Northwest ESRI User's Group Conference, Sunriver, Oregon, September 29 - October 1, 1999. Theme: GIS From the Ground Up.
Pecora 14 Land Satellite Information III: Demonstrating the value of satellite imagery Doubletree Hotel, Denver, Colorado, 6 - 10 December 1999. The imaging and geospatial society, ASPRS is the organizer. For more imformation, see www.asprs.org
Historical GIS Workshop: Mapping Europe's Boundaries and Borders, Florence, Italy, June 2000. For more information, see the site www.esf.org/hp/call99.htm
The Oxford Seminars in Cartography, Programme for 1998-99
***NOTE THE NEW VENUE***. All seminars commence at 5pm in the School of Geography, Mansfield Road, Oxford. Sponsored by Sanders of Oxford (Prints and Maps), Lovell Johns Ltd, and The Friends of The Oxford Seminars in Cartography. For further information, please contact: Nick Millea, Map Curator, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG, Telephone : 01865 277013 Fax : 01865 277139 nam@bodley.ox.ac.uk or check the site homepage www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/
- Thursday 6 May, 1999. Contention the Mother of Invention: early maps of England in the Public Record Office by Rose Mitchell (Public Record Office).
Lucinda M. Hall hallx030@tc.umn.edu
Ken Rockwell krockwel@library.utah.edu
Dale Steele dasteel@dlapr.lib.az.us
Jennifer Stone jnstone@u.washington.edu
Kathryn Womble kwomble@u.washington.edu
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Linda Zellmer
Arizona State University Libraries
Map Collection
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Greg Armento
University Library
California State University Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840
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garmento@csulb.eduTreasurer
Muriel Strickland
2465 Baja Cerro Circle
San Diego, CA 92019
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Sue Haffner
Henry Madden Library
California State University Fresno
Fresno, CA 93740-0034
(209) 278-2405
sue_haffner@csufresno.eduPast President
Robert Sathrum
University Library
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95521
(707) 826-4930
rls2@axe.humboldt.eduBusiness Manager
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WAML Book & Fiche Sales Manager
Brigham Young University
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Provo, UT 84603-1667
(801) 378-6179
Richard_Soares@byu.edu
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