Larry W. Laliberte, Editor
University of Oregon - Eugene
Electronic Version - August 2000.
1. News1.1 Cartographic User Advisory Council Minutes
From: Wendy Cawthorne wendy.cawthorne@geolsoc.org.uk to various lists, August 2000.
The Cartographic User Advisory Council met on May 4 - 5, 2000 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The meeting was hosted by NOAA.
Government Printing Office (GPO)
Robin Haun-Mohamed of the Government Printing Office (GPO) told the Council that GPO will distribute 28.2 million items in Fiscal Year 2000. GPO distributed 382,000 maps in FY 1999. GPO is entering its fifth year of transition from paper to electronic items. The amount of fiche, paper, and CD-ROMs is down. GPO is attempting to eliminate multiple-formatted products, but these are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. The DRGs are available on-line through Microsoft Terraserver. The topos are available on-line via TopoZone http://www.topozone.com
Robin reported that in March she had met with representatives of the Bureau of the Census. They discussed the responsibility for long-term access to Census electronic products. Currently, these products are using Acrobat or Hewlett Packard Graphics Language (HPGL).
The National Wetlands fiche and new web site were discussed. The revised and improved National Wetlands Maps that had been done for GPO a couple of years ago were formatted wrong by the vender, and thus not distributed. Council indicated that if they could be made available on the web, they would not need to be photographed again. Similar versions are available on the web at : http://wetlands.fws.gov/
Robin asked the Council a series of questions :
Government Printing Office (GPO) Map Cataloging
Vi Moorehouse from the GPO Cataloging Unit made a few comments to the Council. She said that there are over 200 map libraries, of which an estimated 40% are run by professional map people. GPO is concerned about the remaining 60%. Vi expressed a desire that the map library community would provide guidance to those who are uninitiated in map cataloging.
Vi told the Council that their map cataloging backlog is almost nil. At this point, USGS topos are being cataloged using two different dating methods. One is in the edition statement. If the edition statement is not available, the date is added at the end of the title. The Forest Service-USGS maps are being listed under I 19:81 instead of A13.28. She also indicated that USGS is very receptive to requests to place something online, such as Open File Reports.
Vi discussed a problem with encoding of GPO's new BIBCO records. BIBCO requires that the encoding level in the fixed fields be left blank (like LC). The result is that records are being displayed in OCLC as LC originated, instead of GPO. Thus, it is not possible to identify GPO/BIBCO records in the OCLC title index listings.
National Ocean Service (NOS)
The National Ocean Service (NOS) was represented by Fred Anderson, the Deputy Director of the Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography, and Howard Danley, the Deputy Chief the Navigational Services Division of the Office of Coast Survey.
Fred reported that Aeronautical Charting and Cartography (AC&C) will be moving to the Federal Aviation Administration on October 1, 2000. They will stay in their current facilities in Silver Spring, Maryland. AC&C prints and distributes NOAA and NIMA charts to the public. Aeronautical charts will remain in the Federal Depository Library Program. Libraries should contact AC&C's Distribution Office in Riverdale, Maryland for catalogs and other promotional information to give to patrons. The FAA has not made a decision about AC&C printing and distributing Nautical Charts. Fred noted that the printing of aeronautical and nautical charts fit together well. There is a 28-day cycle for aeronautical charts and the nautical charts fill in the printing gaps. The distribution computer system has been fine-tuned and AC&C can start shipping aeronautical and nautical charts directly to the depository libraries, rather than going through GPO. The libraries should be getting these products faster--before the effective date of the charts.
For future digital aeronautical charts, AC&C does not want to use copyright or user fees. They want to avoid a CRADA because that would create a monopoly and would be outside the Federal Depository Library Program.
Howard Danley reported that they don't know what will happen with printing and distribution of nautical charts when AC&C goes to the FAA. They have a Cooperative Research & development Agreement (CRADA) for print on demand for nautical charts. Nautical charts have a life of 1-2 years. Commercial ships have to keep their charts corrected by hand from updates that are published in Notices to Mariners. Until 1969, the charts in the warehouse were hand corrected until shipped. Nautical charting agencies in the rest of the world still hand-correct the charts before shipping. Print-on-demand will allow more up-to-date charts to be distributed. A print-on-demand trial of forty charts of the New York Harbor area will be undertaken by a company called Vomela in St. Paul, Minnesota. There is a continual update of the digital files and the base information can be changed in two to three weeks. The print-on-demand copies would have an added value and cost more. They could be produced in custom editions with special marginal information for commercial users or recreational users. They could be printed with or without Loran. NOS wants to test the viability of these higher cost charts.
Currently, raster digital nautical charts are produced under a CRADA with Maptech. The company has a web site : http://www.maptech.com which has views of the charts available online. The regular CD-ROMs cost about $200 each. They have a Professional Series CD for $500 each. These come with an e-mail update service. Updates are received by e-mail and the charts are updated when the CD is run. The updated charts can be saved to the hard disk or a floppy disk or only the updates are saved so that the updated charts are displayed on the screen when it is called up. NOS is working to have these Professional Series CD charts certified by the Coast Guard for the carriage requirements for use in navigation for ships of more than 1600 tons.
Vector nautical charts are being developed by NOS. By the end of the year, vector charts of the 40 largest United States ports should be available. Ships should be able to navigate using the vector charts with GPS. NOS has a demo of the area near Valdez Alaska. Had these charts been available, the Exxon Valdez would have received six audio warnings before it ran aground. The NOS home page has images of the nautical charts at 100 dpi. These should be small enough so they cannot be used for navigation, but provide customers with an idea of coverage.
For now, NOS will continue with both print-on-demand and lithographic copies in parallel. When the price of the print-on-demand copies comes down, maybe the lithographic copies would be dropped. The print-on-demand copies would be copyrighted and would not be in the Federal Depository Library Program.
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division (LC G&M)
John Hebert, the new Chief of the Geography and Map Division at the Library of Congress spoke to the Council before lunch. John worked in the Library's Hispanic Division before moving to Geography and Map. He announced several staffing changes. Betsy Mangan will be retiring in the Summer. Betsy has been with the Division for over 30 years. John hopes to hire an assistant chief and someone to take over the reins of the cataloging unit. Al Herman retired in the spring. The Division will be hiring a new Administrative Officer. Currently, the Division is in good shape as far as staffing-the push for materials in the American Memory Program has helped.
The Division continues to bring in a large number of materials through purchases, the State Department Program, and the copyright program. Recently, the Division received a gift including 6 of the known 18 maps by Lafayette's cartographer. The Division is starting to make arrangements to acquire maps from Cuba.
Last summer, LC implemented a new Integrated Library System (ILS)-Endeavor. It has been a trial at times. NIMA also installed Endeavor, so the two organizations are working out agreements to share data. While NIMA has never used the MARC format, they have cataloged each individual sheet of the various map series. Conversely, LC catalogs using MARC, but has not individually cataloged the sheets to its various series (numbering over 2,000,000 sheets). Once LC acquires the individual sheet information from NIMA, they will hire contract workers to bring the records up to LC standards.
The National Digital Library Program is entering its 5th year. The Library is reviewing the Program and deciding whether it should remain in the departments (like G & M) or consolidated into one system-wide office. The Division has completed scanning their collection of panoramic maps of the US, and continues to add these types of maps as they acquire them. They have also completely scanned two atlases including one by Ortelius. New categories include railroads maps, Civil War maps, Revolutionary War maps, and maps of the Spanish and Portuguese world from before 1600. The maps in the various categories are being derived from the cartobibliographies compiled at LC. The Civil War scanning project was begun in November 1999. The Revolutionary War maps will start soon. Spanish maps will start in the Fall. The Division entered a contract in 1998 with Sanborn to scan their maps. The project has been halted due to a dispute over copyright. LC is allowing Sanborn access to 250,000 maps that are in the public domain, but Sanborn wants to add a copyright statement to the scanned images. LC feels that anything made before 1923 is in the public domain. Also, the Division is currently exploring a cooperative project with the State of Virginia Library and West Point to scan maps of the cartographer of the Confederacy. Other proposed scanning projects include the U.S. county atlases from the 1800's, land ownership maps, and maps of Eastern Europe from the late 1800's. Printed copies of the scanned maps are available through a company in Seattle http://www.museumarchives.com John believes that a print out of a panoramic map will cost about $40.
Gary Fitzpatrick has received funding to hire two people in FY 2001 and two more in FY 2002 to do GIS in the Division for Congress. Essentially, they will create GIS maps on demand for Congressional members.
The Council inquired about the LC Summer Project. John was very interested in doing it. Despite concerns about the cost of housing, he indicated that LC would be unable to provide funding toward housing. However, he encouraged everyone to write letters to him requesting information and expressing interest in the Summer Program. He indicated the Philip Lee Philips Society might be able to help.
The Division has initiated weekly talks by staff members. The topics are chosen by the speakers and the talks are intended to build bridges of understanding within the Division, and to let others know what they are doing.
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
Jim Lusby addressed the Council for NIMA. He works in the National/Civil Agencies Customer Operation Branch. There are Customer Operations liaison officers and technicians stationed worldwide. NIMA products meet the needs of civil, national, and law enforcement customers. Their products helped support the USGS Environmental Crisis Support efforts such as Hurricane Mitch, and the Colombian earthquake. Working with the Secret Service, NIMA has supported security efforts during the Papal visit to St. Louis, the Energy Conference in Houston, and the World Bank Meeting in Washington.
The digital products that NIMA has available are on their web site : http://www.nima.mil/geospatial/products/DTED/dted.html
Through agreements with other countries, NIMA will soon be distributing available topographic maps at a scale of 1:50,000, 1:1000,000, 1:250,000, and Cities at various scales of the following countries :
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Once printed, depository libraries who have chosen to receive NIMA topographic maps will get a full set (or as many as are available) of each country.
In summary, Jim made three points :
Census Bureau
Robert Marx, Chief of the Census Bureau's Geography Division, and Tim Trainor, Chief of the Cartographic Operations Branch spoke to CUAC about developments at the Census Bureau. They gave the Council a TIGER bookmark that had lots of useful URLs for Geography Division web sites.
They began their talk with new developments for Census 2000. The term Block Numbering Areas (BNAs) will not be used any more; just Census Tracts and Census Block Groups, although not all of these have been developed with local authorities. Formerly, there was a required minimum population of 1000 in order to constitute a Census Designated Place (CDP), but now there will be no minimum population requirement. CDPs are closely settled and named, although unincorporated, communities. The Census works with local governments to decide which blocks make up a CDP. Block numbers will now be 4 digits with no suffix; this style of number will be available first with the P.L. 94-171 data release shortly before April 2001. Census blocks are the smallest area of land defined by line features on census maps. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) are approximately the same as USPS ZIP Code service areas and have been developed to address difficulties in mapping USPS ZIP Codes. ZIP Codes are assigned to routes or points, and technically aren't area features. ZCTAs will be done at the 3-digit level for large areas that don't have housing units (because ZIP Codes in these areas are as yet undefined by the US Postal Service).
In contrast to the predominately black and white paper products from 1990 and earlier, Census 2000 will have an emphasis on electronic map products, in color, with paper products available on demand. Electronic media will include the Internet, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM. Plotter formats will include Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) and Hewlett Packard Graphic Language (HPGL). Examples of CDs being produced are the Congressional District Atlas, Census Mapper, and PL 94-171 Redistricting Data from the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal. Digital format has advantages in the areas of more efficient storage, ease of selecting and choosing a map, and retaining the ability to print. Census's standard plotter is an HP DesignJet 1050C, which produces color or black and white output at 600 dots per inch and includes 80 megabytes of RAM and a 2 gigabyte hard disc. The Acrobat files will have thumbnails and geographic area names will be searchable.
Customers will still be able to order paper products from the Census Bureau. Cartographic products will be available a month before the PL 94-171 data and should cost the same as in 1990 ($5 a sheet for a printed map). Boundary files in Acrobat (PDF) will be downloadable to the public, but not the HPGL plotter format; the latter can be purchased on DVD.
Examples of paper products that will be available for purchase are large-format reference maps, such as Government Unit Block Maps, Census Tract Outline Maps, and State/County Outline Maps. After 2000, State/County Metro Areas, Urbanized Areas, and Congressional Districts maps will be available, as well as Public Use Microdata Sample Products (PUMS). Corner Point Files, based on map sheet coordinates, will be provided for large format maps only.
P.L. 94-171 paper products will be available by March 2001, HPGL files by April, and Acrobat files in May. The Governmental unit maps will be available on paper in May 2001, in HPGL in June, and in Acrobat in July. Other reference maps will follow later in 2001.
For those needing to manipulate electronic files, generalized boundary files will be available from the Census Bureau's Geography Division cartographic boundary file web site : http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ in some standard GIS formats: ArcView shape files, ArcInfo export format files, and ASCII. The TIGER/Linefile discs will continue to be available as they have been for those who need to translate street and boundary files into GIS formats. Files will come with FGDC compliant metadata.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Rea Mueller spoke to the Council concerning USGS issues. The Survey serves a variety of disciplines including geologic, cartographic (i.e., National Mapping Division), hydrologic, and biologic. They are moving into the web in all areas, including data, electronic publications, status graphics, GNIS, geography, and National Biological Infrastructure. Search and access tools include GLIS to identify and order materials, and Earth Explorer (from OHIOVIEW funding that contains Landsat and Corona).
Map lists will continue to be put online. These will show the version-date rather than the currentness-date. The version date is the latest date, and will be in the lower right-hand corner of the paper topographic map. New editions of the paper indexes will combine map indexes (the green books) and map lists (the information in the old brown books or white state map lists) onto one sheet. While, the printed map lists will only show the version date, the online map lists give both version and currentness dates. Map reference codes will be added to the index sheet. Maine is the prototype for this series, with North Carolina in the works. The Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) and the Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS) databases are available in electronic format on CD-ROM-DDS-52.
Terraserver offers maps on the web. The DRG's are available for all of the U.S. except Alaska. The DOQ's are still not complete for the entire U.S.
Rea told the Council about a new information program that may be accessed by calling 1-888-ASK-USGS. One of the option buttons on the toll-free number is Talk to the USGS Library Information Desk. The new web site http://ask.usgs.gov will have information on water, hazards, and biology.
The thematic map series are changing. The I, HA, and Circum-Pacific map series will continue to be produced, and be sent under a single depository number. Other series are complete and the final numbers are : C-146, OM-227, OC-148, GP-1016, MR-96, GQ-1804. A few maps in each series are still in progress, and will be sent when completed. The MF series may be saved but only in electronic form.
Progress continues on the online version of the National Atlas, which may be viewed at : http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ The project is progressing with the cooperation of eighteen federal agency partners. Some new maps include a shaded relief map, and an earthquake map. The National Atlas has an interactive browser and connects with the TerraServer which allows patrons to view aspects of a local area.
Several trends were noted in USGS map production and distribution. There will be more cooperative partnerships. USGS maps will likely continue not to fall under copyright. Future revision of the topographic maps will focus on top-selling quads and on maps produced in cooperation with other agencies.
U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Betsy Banas from the US Forest Service, Washington, D.C. Office spoke to the Council about some new mapping activities. Mapping for the Forest Service historically was done from regional offices. But in 1975, the Forest Service began to consolidate mapping with the establishment of the Geometronics Service Center in Salt Lake City. As technology has evolved the Center has become increasingly involved in geospatial activities: providing geospatial data, services and training in addition to traditional mapping. In 1999 Geometronics Service Center was renamed the Geospatial Service and Technology Center (GSTC), to better reflect its new mission.
The production of the Single edition series of maps continues. These are produced to the specifications of the USGS 1:24,000 scale topographic quadrangles with Forest Service information as well. Several years ago, the Forest Service entered into an agreement with USGS to produce, in accordance with USGS standards, the quads covering the Forests. Consequently, the Forest Service is in the process of updating a large number of topo maps, and plans to keep their revision cycle on a tighter schedule than would otherwise be possible if USGS were responsible for their update. Five years is the ideal but realistically it can be as much as 15 to 20 years. Quads in areas of frequent change are revised more frequently.
Until recently, the Forest Visitors' Maps have been available for purchase only from the individual forests themselves. But, the Service has entered into an agreement with USGS such that USGS will sell and distribute Forest Visitor Maps through their vendor network for participating Forests.
In October 1999, President Clinton called a halt to all construction of Roads in unroaded Forest areas. This (the Roadless Initiative) is a conservation effort to protect endangered species and promote biological diversity. An environmental impact statement will be done on 54 million acres. GIS has been an essential tool in this process. Numerous product-specific maps have been generated which display information from a variety of geospatial and tabular files. The data provides information regarding inventory of roadless areas, road status, fire risk, forest health. These can be viewed at : http://www.roadless.fs.fed.us.
National Park Service (NPS)
Tom Patterson from the National Park Service Division of Publications at the Harpers Ferry Center spoke to the Council regarding mapping of the National Parks. Lands under Park Service stewardship cover most States and Territories, including Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. The Harpers Ferry Center staff of four cartographers provide visitor-orientation mapping for the 379 parks in the system. The cartographic program at Harpers Ferry Center is unique among Federal agencies for its strong emphasis on graphic design.
The National Park Service web site receives approximately 850,000 hits per day. Within that site, the Harpers Ferry Center's web site is the 10th most popular web site in the NPS. There were 4.7 million hits on the Harpers Ferry site last year.
There are approximately 500 maps in the Division of Publications inventory, 99% of which are digitized. Of the digital inventory, 80% are on the web. The remaining 20% are still waiting to be printed before they are placed on the web. Vector map files are available in both Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and Adobe Illustrator (AI) format. With the release of Adobe Illustrator 9.0, maps will be posted in PDF format only, since the PDF and AI formats will merge. Shaded relief images, which are used as placed art backgrounds within vector maps, are published on the web only in gray scale. Well over 100 shaded reliefs are loaded on the web page as 200 dpi JPEGs. There are no plans to scan historic park maps.
Tom presented new maps of Mt. Rainier; Crater Lake; Channel Islands (with digitally-generated bathymetry); Buck Island Reef in the Virgin Islands (he noted that it was a challenge to show the reef bottom with traditional cartographic methods, so they incorporated aerial photography); an oblique view of the Grand Canyon; California Trail; a guide to Fort Larned, KS (using 3D technology for the landscape details, including buildings and trees); and Fort Davis, Texas.
1.2 U.S. Geological Survey UpdatesPosted by Rea Mueller 703-648-5954 FAX: 703-648-5939 e-mail: rlmueller@usgs.gov
1.2.1 Subject: DDS-61
DDS-61 Ano Nuevo to Santa Cruz, California-A Photographic Tour of the Coastline, by Henry Chezar and Florence L. Wong.
This interactive CD-ROM contains over 500 overlapping photographic images of the California coastline from Ano Nuevo to Santa Cruz. The images were taken from the R/V David Johnston to illustrate the coastal geology adjacent to part of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The CD includes a regional map, area maps, and individual photographic images. Most of the images when viewed in the 300-dpi version will display date, time, and geographic location in the upper left corner. The data points are provided in plain text files and as ArcInfo coverage and shape files. The CD is compatible with PC, Macintosh, and unix systems.
- File number: 01-DDS-0061
- Price: $32.00 plus $5.00 handling per order
Reference copies of DDS-61 are available to ESIC's from Reston. Requests for sales copies can be sent to USGS Information Services, Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225 (FAX: 303-202-4693).
1.2.2 Subject: Indian Lands in the United States
The USGS has released a new shaded relief map, Indian Lands in the United States, which illustrates the American Indian Geographic Entities as of 1998. The map shows legal and statistical tribal entities within the conterminous U.S. and Alaska. These tribal entities are Federally recognized and are eligible for funding and services from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). American Indian lands were derived from 1992 U.S. Bureau of Census TIGER/LINE files.
- Indian Lands in the United States
- File number: TUS5683
- Price: $7.00 plus $5.00 handling per order
Additional information about this and other BIA maps, some in downloadable formats, is available at the BIA Web site: http://www.gdsc.bia.gov/
The Indian Lands in the United States map can be ordered from USGS Information Services, Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225 (FAX: 303-202-4693).
1.2.3 Subject: East Asia Geographic Maps
The USGS has published eight new thematic maps at a scale of 1:2,500,000 as part of the East Asia Geographic Map Series. This series of overlapping sheets uses the Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection with a common point of origin at 120E E and 15E N. Neatlines for each sheet are 39" x 54.4". Compiled over a period of time from sources that include the World Data Bank II and Operational Navigation Charts, the currency dates for the information shown on the maps vary between 1968 and 1990. The maps show topography, bathymetry, hypsometric tints, shorelines, rivers, international boundaries, and place names. The area of coverage for each map is reflected by its title.
East Asia Geographic Map Series
- Sheet 1 Japan, Korea, and Northeast China Stock number: TAA0248
- Sheet 2 Southeast China Stock number: TAA0249
- Sheet 3 Southeast Asia Stock number: TAA0250
- Sheet 4 Philippines East Asia Stock number: TAA0251
- Sheet 5 Malaysia and Indonesia (West) Stock number: TAA0252
- Sheet 6 Indonesia (East) Stock number: TAA0253
- Sheet 7 Papua, New Guinea and Solomon Islands Stock number: TAA0254
- Sheet 8 Western Pacific Islands Stock number: TAA0255
- Price: $7.00 plus $5.00 handling charge per order.
These folded East Asia Geographic Maps are sold individually and can be ordered from USGS Information Services, Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225 (FAX: 303-202-4693).
1.2.4 Subject: Publications Status Report
The following General Interest Publications (GIP's) have been reprinted :
- Deserts: Geology and Resources Stock number: 94-0041
- Geologic Time Stock number: 94-121
- The Geology of Radon Stock number: 94-0115
- The Severity of an Earthquake Stock number: 93-0505
- Volcanoes of the United States Stock number: 93-0610
These GIP's are available online at : http://geology.usgs.gov/gip.html and can be requested free-of-charge from USGS Information Services, Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225 (FAX: 303-202-4693).
1.3 Borden D. Dent (Obituary)
From: Elaine Hallisey Hendrix ehallisey@gsu.edu to various lists, August 2000.
I'm sorry to inform you all that Borden D. Dent, author of the popular text Cartography : Thematic Map Design, passed away on August 17, 2000. Borden will be remembered for his excellence in teaching, his ability to inspire creative thinking, and his quiet, unassuming manner. A link to Borden's obituary is at http://monarch.gsu.edu/faculty/bdent.htm
1.4 FGDC Endorses Utilities Data Content Standard
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) endorsed the Utilities Data Content Standard http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/status/sub3_1.html, FGDC-STD-010-2000, in June 2000. The Utilities Data Content Standard specifies the names, definitions, and domains for utility system components that can be geospatially depicted as feature types and their non-graphical attributes. It supports large-scale, intra-city applications such as engineering and life cycle maintenance of utility systems. The components of each utility system described in this Utilities Standard are considered to represent features located outside the foundation of an enclosed structure. This Utilities Standard describes eleven feature classes:
- compressed air
- electrical distribution
- electrical monitoring/control
- fuel distribution
- heating/cooling systems
- industrial waste
- natural gas distribution
- saltwater
- storm drainage collection
- wastewater collection
- water distribution
The Utilities Data Content Standard was developed through the FGDC Facilities Working Group http://corpsgeo1.usace.army.mil/FGDC/welcome.html chaired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The FGDC endorsed the Utilities Data Content Standard after it had completed all steps of the FGDC standards approval process http://www.fgdc.gov/standards.
1.5 Introduction to Metadata Version 2.0 Now Available on the Web
The Getty Standards Program has mounted a revised version of Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information, at http://www.getty.edu/gri/standard/intrometadata/.
Version 2.0 includes updated essays by original authors Anne Gilliland-Swetland (Defining Metadata) and Tony Gill (Metadata and the World Wide Web), plus a new essay by Mary Woodley on metadata crosswalks. The crosswalk of metadata standards from version 1.0 (including CDWA, Object ID, the CIMI schema, MARC, and Dublin Core) has been updated. Four additional crosswalks mapping archival metadata standards (EAD, ISAD) have been added. The site also include a glossary and a list of acronyms and urls. All of the sections are available as PDF files for easy printing.
1.6 GE Power Systems Announces Offer to Acquire Smallworldwide plc
From: Glenn Letham (Managing Editor SpatialNews & The GeoCommunity) to various lists, August 2000.
This SpatialNews.com Press Release is available at : http://www.spatialnews.com/dailynews/2000/aug/17/news10.html
1.7 Boeing Co. is buying the flight information service provider Jeppesen Sanderson Inc.
From: Duane F. Marble marble.1@osu.edu to various lists, August 2000.
Tim Klass, Associated Press Writer : Seattle (AP)
The Boeing Co. is buying the flight information service provider Jeppesen Sanderson Inc. from Tribune Co. for $1.5 billion in cash. The purchase, announced Tuesday, is a step toward transforming Boeing into a global aerospace solutions provider, said Boeing chairman Philip M. Condit. If you're a pilot almost anywhere in the world, you know Jeppesen, Condit said in a news release.
The deal is subject to regulatory approval. Jeppesen, based in Denver, provides aviation mapping and navigational data, pilot training, computerized flight planning, aviation software, aviation weather services and maintenance information to both airlines and flyers.
Jeppesen generated $235 million in revenues last year and has experienced annual growth of more than 10 percent since 1997. Boeing's statement said Jeppesen would be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary and current management will be retained. Jeppesen has 1,400 employees in Denver and at offices in other U.S. locations and in Germany, Australia, China, the United Kingdom.
1.8 SpatialNews GIS job site rankings
From: Glenn Letham (Managing Editor SpatialNews & The GeoCommunity) to various lists, August 2000.
SpatialNews recently completed a GIS job site ranking. This involved a quick review and subjective ranking of a number of popular GIS related job/career websites. We hope you find this piece useful and please, if you know of a job site that we missed, let us know about it.
The Jobsite Rankings are available at : http://www.spatialnews.com/classifieds/jobsitereview/
1.9 The University of Oregon Map and Aerial Photography (MAP) Library has moved
The University of Oregon Map and Aerial Photography (MAP) Library has moved. Our new location is in the Documents Center of the Knight Library. The new address is :
- MAP Collection
- Documents Center
- University of Oregon Library
- 1299 University of Oregon
- Eugene, OR 97403-1299
The main MAP Library number (541) 346-4565 and email lwl@darkwing.uoregon.edu will remain the same
2.1 New Mapping of Western North America by Ken Rockwell
ALASKA
Karl, Susan M., et al. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Duncan Canal/Zarembo Island area, southeastern Alaska. Scale 1:150,000. U.S. Geological Survey open-file report no. 99-168, pub. 1999. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. OCLC #44646867.
Szumigala, David James. Preliminary bedrock geologic map of a portion of the Fortymile Mining District, Alaska. Scale 1:63,360. Fairbanks, Alaska : Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Preliminary interpretive report no. 2000-6, pub. 2000. OCLC #44554164.
Werdon, M. B. Preliminary geologic map of a portion of the Iron Creek area, Talkeetna Mountains B-5 quadrangle, Alaska. Fairbanks, Alaska : Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Preliminary interpretive report no. 2000-7, pub. 2000. OCLC #44555574.
ARIZONAGeoSystems Global Corp. National Geographic Arizona GuideMap : more than a map, what to see and do in Arizona ... Scale [ca. 1:1,687,500]. Mountville, Pa. : GeoSystems Global Corporation, 1999. OCLC #44631561.
Howard, Keith A. Geologic map of the Mohave Mountains area, Mohave County, western Arizona. Scale 1:48,000. USGS Miscellaneous investigations series no. map I-2308, pub. 2000. OCLC #44542762.
Metropolitan Phoenix recreation, shopping, and golf course map : featuring 158 golf courses. Scale not given. Phoenix, Ariz. : Phoenix Mapping Service, 1999. OCLC #44677052.
CALIFORNIA
Blake, M.C. Geologic map of the Red Bluff 30-degree x 60-degree quadrangle, California. Scale 1:100,000. USGS Geologic investigations series no. map I- 2542, pub. 2000. OCLC #44546015.
DeLorme Mapping Company. Southern & Central California atlas & gazetteer. 5th ed. 1 atlas (128 p.), scale 1:150,000. Freeport, Me. : DeLorme Mapping Co., 2000. OCLC #44641589.
Dorling Kindersley, Inc. California. Scale 1:1,250,000. New York : Dorling Kindersley, Inc., pub. 2000. OCLC #44647307.
Harrison, Tom. Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks recreation map. Scale 1:125,000. San Rafael, CA : Tom Harrison, 2000. OCLC #44596957.
Harrison, Tom. Yosemite high country trail map. Scale 1:63,360. San Rafael, CA : Tom Harrison Maps, 1999. OCLC #44520317.
Harrison, Tom. Yosemite National Park recreation map. Scale 1:125,000. San Rafael, CA : Tom Harrison, 2000. OCLC #44597002.
Lee, Jeffrey. Geologic map of the southern Sierra Juarez, Baja California, Mexico. Scale ca. 1:25,000. Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, Map and chart series no. MCH085, pub. 2000. OCLC #44565760.
Mapeasy, Inc. MapEasy's guidemap to California Highway One : a location map and guidebook in one, the unique, easy-to-use guide to Highway One. 2 maps, scales ca. 1:190,000 and ca. 1:165,000. Wainscott, N.Y. : MapEasy, 2000. OCLC #44538637.
COLORADO
GeoSystems Global Corp. National Geographic Colorado GuideMap : more than a map, what to see and do in Colorado... Scale ca. 1:1,800,000. Mountville, Pa. : GeoSystems Global Corporation, 1999. OCLC #44631456.
NEVADA
Ponce, David A., and Morin, Robert L. Isostatic gravity map of the Battle Mountain 30 x 60 minute quadrangle, north-central Nevada. Scale 1:100,000. USGS Geologic investigations map no. I-2687, pub. 2000. INTERNET ACCESS: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4868 OCLC #44552084.
Shevenell, Lisa, et. al. Nevada geothermal resources. Scale 1:1,000,000. Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology Map no. 126, pub. 2000. –reported by Linda Newman. See the Bureau's website for ordering at http://www.nbmg.unr.edu
OREGON
Ferns, Mark L., and Madin, Ian. Geologic map of the Summerville quadrangle, Union County, Oregon, 1999. Scale 1:24,000. Portland, Or. : Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Geological map series no. 111, pub. 2000. OCLC #44755637.
UTAH
North Star Mapping. Road map of Utah : the Beehive State. Scale 1:1,180,000. Flagstaff, AZ : North Star, c1998. OCLC #44763745.
WASHINGTON STATE
Cheney, Eric S. Geologic map of the Easton area, Kittitas County, Washington. Scale 1:31,680. Olympia, Wash. : Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources, Open file report no. 99-4, pub. 1999. OCLC #44534616.
Dragovich, Joe D., et al. Interpreted geologic history of the Sedro- Woolley North and Lyman 7.5-minute quadrangles, western Skagit County, Washington. 2 maps on 1 sheet , scale ca. 1:24,000. Olympia, Wash. : Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open file report no. 2000-1, pub. 2000. OCLC #44537124.
Logsdon, Miles G. Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model general land cover of Puget Sound from Landsat-TM, August 1998. 1 computer optical disc, 4 3/4 in. Original scale not given. Seattle, Wash. : PRISM, pub. 1999. OCLC #44680571.
U.S. Geological Survey. Washington DEMs. 2 computer optical discs : 4 3/4 in. Original scale not given. Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington, 1999. OCLC #44680869 ACCESS : http://duff.geology.washington.edu/data/raster
2.2 Other New Materials
2.2.1 Masters of All They Surveyed: Exploration, Geography, and a British El Dorado
From: Matthew Edney edney@usm.maine.edu to various lists, August 2000.
Burnett, D. Graham. Masters of All They Surveyed: Exploration, Geography, and a British El Dorado. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. ISBN 0-226-08120-6. (xvi + 298pp)
This is a wonderfully written and well researched study of the exploration and boundary delineation of British Guiana in the 19th century. Burnett melds history of science, history of discovery, art history, and literary history together in a really good, critical study of mapping, imperialism, and knowledge. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in any of the ways map making and map reading intersect with other cultural, social, and technological endeavors.
(And as you might expect from the press, it is very nicely produced, complete with 18 color plates.)
2.2.2 2000 Canadian Geomatics Source Book
From: Grace Welch gwelch@uottawa.ca to various lists, August 2000.
Geomatics Source Book is now available from the Geomatics Industry Association of Canada. The Source Book is available online at : http://www.giac.ca/site/info/source.cfm or the print format can be ordered from GIAC for $44.95 Canadian. Complete ordering details are on the web site.
2.2.3 City Sites: An Electronic Book
From: Maria Balshaw BALSHAMJ@hhs.bham.ac.uk to various lists, August 2000.
We would like to announce to colleagues the forthcoming publication of City Sites: an electronic book. City Sites is an inter- and multi-disciplinary study of the iconography, spatial forms and visual and literary cultures of New York and Chicago in the period 1870-1939. City Sites is the result of collaborative research by scholars from Europe and the USA and presents a pioneering approach to American urbanism utilising new multimedia technologies.
City Sites is part of the 3 Cities research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board, based at the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham in the UK. The book is edited by Dr Maria Balshaw and Dr Liam Kennedy (University of Birmingham) and Dr Anna Notaro and Professor Douglas Tallack (University of Nottingham) and will be published electronically by the University of Birmingham Press, November 2000.
City Sites features ten essays on the urban cultures of New York and Chicago, with extensive online resources, map pages, bibliography, moving and still images and sound. Essays are by Professor William Boelhower (Padua), Dr Maria Balshaw (Birmingham), Dr Jude Davies (Winchester), Dr Chris Gair (Birmingham), Dr Liam Kennedy (Birmingham), Dr Anna Notaro (Nottingham), Professor Max Page (Harvard), Professor Eric Sandeen (Wyoming), Professor Douglas Tallack (Nottingham), John Walsh (Nottingham).
We would like to invite colleagues to preview City Sites at : http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/citysites
2.2.4 An atlas of Palestine (the West Bank and Gaza)
The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)has announced the release of An Atlas of Palestine. For more information see : http://www.arij.org/atlas/index.htm
2.3.1 Washington History : Magazine of the Historical, Spring 2000 v 12, no. 1, pg. 74
- Hawkins, Don A. The City of Washington in 1800; A New Map.
2.3.2 Wall Street Journal, 7/25/00 , pg. A22
- Johnson, R.W. Wiping Cape Town off the Map.
2.4.1 Addition to the American Memory online collections
From: Deborah Thomas deth@loc.gov to various lists, August 2000.
The most recent addition to the American Memory online collections The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 presents an important historical record of the mapping of North America and the Caribbean online. Advancements in mapmaking tools and the onset of the French and Indian War and, later, the American Revolution, created a flurry of activity in European and North American mapmaking and publishing. This online collection will include well over two thousand different maps and manuscripts, with easily as many or more unnumbered copies, many with distinct colorations and annotations. This collection can be found at the following url : http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
Almost six hundred of these items are original manuscript drawings, a large number of which are the work of such famous mapmakers as John Montresor, Samuel Holland, Claude Joseph Sauthier, John Hills and William Gerard De Brahm. They also include many maps from the personal collections of William Faden, Admiral Richard Howe and the comte de Rochambeau, as well as large groups of maps by three of the best eighteenth-century map publishers in London: Thomas Jefferys, William Faden and Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres. Historical cartographers can compare multiple editions, states, and impressions of several of the most important maps of the period, follow the development of a particular map from the manuscript sketch to the finished printed version and its foreign derivatives, and examine the cartographic styles and techniques of surveyors and mapmakers from six different countries: Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Italy, and the United States.
Most of the items presented here are documented in Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789: A Guide to the Collections in the Library of Congress compiled by John R. Sellers and Patricia Molen van Ee in 1981. The online essay Mapping the American Revolution and Its Era is taken from this bibliography.
Please direct any questions about this collection to ndlpcoll@loc.gov
2.4.2 South American sites with maps
From: Joanne M. Perry jup4@psulias.psu.edu to various lists, August 2000.
The Maps Library at Penn State was fortunate to able to host a Brazilian librarian for 6 months this year. While Mrs. Santos was here she searched the Web for South American sites with maps which we have now added to our homepage http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/maps and listed under what's new.
2.4.3 Redesign of the Map History Site
From: Tony Campbell tony.campbell@bl.uk to various lists, August 2000.
After four years, I have decided to redesign the Map History site http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps. The main reason for this is to allow the site to be incorporated into the World Wide Web - Virtual Library.
- 1. Please take a look at the draft of the proposed new front page : http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/table6.html This combines the former Welcome page and Main Menu.
Look also at a sample of one of the ordinary pages : http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/news2.html. Please let me have any comments. There is still time to make changes before I apply that design to all 80 or so pages.2.4.4 Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps has moved
From: Philip Hoehn philhoehn@juno.com to various lists, August 2000.
The Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps has moved. It's New URL is : http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/vegmaps.html
2.4.5 Scale Calculator
From: Terry Reese terry.reese@orst.edu to various lists, August 2000.
A scale calculator has been set up that allows anyone to determine the scale from any information found on a map. It has been done in both the American Standard (inches, feet, miles) and the Metric standard. The site is available at : http://ucs.orst.edu/~reeset/scale.html
2.4.6 Intergraph's GeoMedia Discussion List
From: Scott Elliott scott.elliott@directionsmag.com to various lists, August 2000.
For those of you interested in Intergraph's GeoMedia product, please know that we have joined with Intergraph in forming such a list, and it launched last week. The list is available at our Discussion area, http://lists.directionsmag.com/discussion/ where we track activity at over a dozen lists. Specific information about subscribing to the GeoMedia list (which is also meant for discussion about MGE) is available at : http://lists.directionsmag.com/discussion/list_info.php?f=23
As you might expect, activity is beginning at a trickle. But over 200 people have so far joined the list; any GeoMedia questions you may have should meet with a good response.
2.4.7 The Milestones in the Development of Art and Science of Mapping
Developed by Asia's first GIS/GPS/RS monthly magazine the website is available at : http://www.csdms.org/magazine/jan2000/pre200ad.htm
2.4.8 Digital Record of Britain's Past
From: Christopher Fleet c.fleet@nls.uk to various lists, August 2000.
Further to the messages last month on Landmark's online first edition six-inch mapping, (N&N July 2000 Internet Resources 2.4.2) I've just come across another similar offering that may be of interest. Catalytic Data Ltd is providing a range of web-based environmental and property information, including a Digital Record of Britain's Past : http://www.catdata.com/news/histmaps.htm or http://www.catdata.com/news/histmaps.htm .
This seems to be some or all editions of UK county series mapping at 1:10,560 scale, scanned at a resolution of 400 dpi to preserve the details on the maps - unlike the main other collection you could buy. They claim to have scanned about 50,000 maps so far, and can geo-reference their images to the National Grid for a mere 3 pounds per sheet.
2.4.9 TNRIS ArcIMS website for Texas
From: Joseph J. Kerski jjkerski@usgs.gov to various lists, August 2000.
I just wanted to let you know about a ArcIMS website that TNRIS in Texas has put together. You can view the DRGs, DOQs, and for some areas the road names on line. They are working on allowing you to download the data also that you select. Right now they have the Houston area and the 3 border counties near Brownsville. The DOQs are compressed and mosaiced together.
The website is : http://www.tnris.org/website/, click on the file CHS_project ( the second choice). You can zoom in, and if you zoom in very tight, you will see the DOQ. The DRG changes from 1:250K to 1:100k to 1:24K to DOQ. It takes awhile to load, but seems to be the way of the future as far as geospatial browsing and distribution.
2.4.10 Wide World of Maps
Wide World of Maps has issued its first product announcement via e-mail inviting individuals to view their New Products and Money Saving Coupons. For more information about Wide world of Maps see : http://www.maps4u.com/
3.1 Upcoming National Conferences, Seminars, Talks, etc.
- Draft Agenda for the Western Mapping Center (WMC) State ESIC Meeting to be held in Menlo Park, Nov. 1-2, 2000.
Wednesday, November 1 (Facilitator: Rea Mueller)
- 10:00 am Dick Zorker, Acting Mapping Center Chief Bob Marinaro, Branch Chief, Program Management
- 10:15 am Mitch Adelson - Earth Explorer Demo; Digital Products Briefing; Landsat 7- Searching and Purchasing
- 11:30 am Nancy Tubbs - Overview of WMC & C&R; Partnerships; National Elevation Data Set; National Hydrography Data Set
- 12:00 am Jeff Taylor - Business Partners Program; New Map Products; New Fact Sheets
- 12:15 pm Pizza Lunch ($5.00 per person)
- 1:15 pm WMC Outreach Activities and Programs Panel (Individual Presentation, 5 minutes each, followed by discussion)
- Pat Jorgenson - ORD
- Pat Shiffer - WRD
- Cindy Brown - WRD
- Susan Garcia - GD
- Helen Gibbons - GD
- Leslie Gordon - GD
- Susan Toussaint - Library
- Mara Tongue - WMC
- 2:40 pm Tom Servatius - Spokane Federal ESIC; Forest Service Maps
- 2:50 pm Greg Durocher - Anchorage Federal ESIC
- 3:00 pm ??????? - National Park Service Representative
- 3:30 pm John Vogel - Overview NMD Research Group; Urban Growth Project
- 4:00 pm ??????? - Historic Maps Project
- 4:30 pm Wrap-up
- 6:00 pm Dinner at Chevy’s
Thursday, November 2
- 8:00 am Refreshments
- 8:20 am Mara Tongue - Welcome, Overview of Menlo Park Federal ESIC Tina Anderson - Overview of the WMC State ESIC Network
- 8:30 am Harry Zohn - USGS Headquarters The State ESIC Network
- 8:45 am Rea Mueller - USGS Headquarters The Depository Library Program
STATE ESIC REPORTS
- 9:10 am Rusty Brown - Santa Barbara State ESIC
- 9:20 am Rosemary Guerin-Place - Sacramento State ESIC
- 9:30 am Venice Huffman - Los Angeles State ESIC
- 9:40 am Del Cramer - San Francisco State ESIC
- 9:50 am Dennis Baird - Moscow State ESIC
- 10:10 am Mage Yonetani - Salt Lake City ESIC
- 10:20 am Don Haines - Portland State ESIC
- 10:30 am Debbi McCracken - Las Vegas State ESIC
- 10:40 am Ross Togashi - Honolulu State ESIC
- 11:00 am David A. Davis - Reno State ESIC
- 11:10 am Kik Moore - Tucson State ESIC
- 11:20 am Connie Kalita - Fairbanks State ESIC
- 11:30 am Larry Laliberte - Eugene State ESIC
- 11:50 am Kathryn Womble - Seattle State ESIC
- 12:00 am Jim Godfrey - Salem State ESIC
- 12:10 pm Connie Manson - Olympia State ESIC
- 12:20 pm Gene Trobia - Phoenix State ESIC
- 12:30 pm Wrap-up
- 1:00 pm Matt Heller - National Geographic/Wildflower Kiosk Presentation in ESIC Office
- 2:00 pm Library Tour
Please let Tina Anderson (e-mail eanderson@usgs.gov phone 650-329-4379) know if you will be able to attend by September 27, 2000.
- NACIS will hold its annual conference in Knoxville, Tennessee October 11-14, 2000
Information about The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS), membership, and the program may be found at : http://www.nacis.org
The program this year includes a pre-conference MAPS & THE INTERNET co-sponsored by NACIS and the International Cartographic Association as well as sessions on Cartographic Experiments & Testing; Cartography & Education; Managing Public Data; Internet GIS; Artistic Maps of Vistas & Landscapes; Maps, GIS, & Imagery; Atlases; and Visualization & Animation. Thursday night also includes a Riverboat Dinner/Cruise and then a special twentieth anniversary banquet on Friday the 13th during a full moon!
- Are you attending the WAML or GSA/GIS and the field trip
If you are considering attending either WAML or GSA/GIS and the field trip sponsored by both, please check out the web site : http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/WAML/Meetng.htm
If your browser is not Java enabled you will not see the boxes/buttons which direct you to the pages on the program/field trip/registration etc. Sorry to have gotten so carried away with the design.
The additional web sites are as follows :
- General information : http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/WAML/geninfo.htm
- Field trip : http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/WAML/FieldTrip/summit_2000.htm [register here if not attending WAML]
- WAML Registration : http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/WAML/Registration.htm
- WAML housing : http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/WAML/Housing.htm
- WAML Program : http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/WAML/program.htm
If you are attending GSA but plan to come in time for the field trip (Sat., Nov. 11th), you might also want to come in time the day before (Friday, Nov. 10th) to attend the open house/reception at the DeLaMare Library followed by the banquet with a special guest, a Donner Party Survivor.
Questions? -please email or call - Linda Newman, University of Nevada, Reno lnewman@unr.edu 775/784-6945 ext. 20
- Update on Reno WAML and GSA/GIS conferences :
The web site is fully functional with Registration for WAML and Joint WAML/GIS Field Trip information : http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/WAML/Meetng.htm
Reno is not a big city and air seats are more limited than any other GSA hosting site. I urge you to make your reservations sooner, not later. If you are coming primarily for the GSA conference but plan to arrive in time for the field trip (Sat. Nov. 11th), you might also want to come in time Friday to attend the WAML banquet (very informal) Friday evening at the Silver Peak Restaurant and Brewery (excellent food!); our special guest is one of the surviving members of the Donner Party. The banquet is limited to 50; you need to use the WAML registration form to sign up for the dinner but you do not need to pay the registration fee for WAML to attend the dinner or the field trip.
You may sign up for the field trip on either the field trip site/form or the WAML registration page. Paper registration materials for the WAML conference will be mailed right after Labor Day. If you are not a member of WAML but wish to receive the mailing, please let me know your address. It will contain nothing more than is on the web site except a map. I will be preparing a favorite restaurant list for the GSA/GIS attendees and will post it later and distribute it at the meeting. Have I confused you more? Questions? Just ask Linda Newman lnewman@unr.edu
3.2 Upcoming International Conferences, Seminars, Talks, etc.
- The Second International Symposium on Digital Earth will be held in Fredericton, N.B. June 24-28, 2001
For more information see : http://www.digitalearth.ca/english/english.asp
- Post-conference workshop after the ICA meeting in Beijing planned by the Maps and Internet Commission
A post-conference workshop after the International Cartographic Association (ICA) meeting in Beijing is being planned by the Maps and Internet commission, according to Commission Chair Michael Peterson, for the southern city of Guangzhou (near Hong Kong) on or about August 17-18, 2001. The cost of a train between Beijing and Guangzhou with sleeping arrangements is about $100. There is also a 7-day ICA post-conference excursion that ends in Guangzhou with stops in Xi'an and Guilin. Bus transportation can be arranged to take participants from Guangzhou to Hong Kong following the meeting or participants may return to Beijing.
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Membership in WAML is open to any individual, institution, or business interested in furthering the purposes of the organization. For further information, contact the an officer listed below or visit the WAML web site at : http://www.waml.org/.
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David Deckelbaum
University of California, Los Angeles
Maps and Government Information
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Colorado School of Mines
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Muriel Strickland
2465 Baja Cerro Circle
San Diego, CA 92019
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Wendie Helms
Map Collection
Science Library
University of California - Riverside
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Greg Armento
University Library
California State University, Long Beach
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