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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:48:16 -0500
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Here's my cartifact find: When I was in Seattle for the OLAC meeting in
Seattle in October last year I saw for sale in Anthropologie, a clothing
store, a pair of jeans made of fabric printed with an entire antique map of
the world. The map went all the way from the waist band to the cuff hem,
front and back. My step-daughter encouraged me to buy them and wear them
for my poster presentation at OLAC about map cataloging. (I wore a skirt
and blouse instead--and I didn't buy a pair). I don't know enough about
antique maps to know whose version it was, but it looked quite authentic,
such as it was. --Sue Ann
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Please respond
to Craig Haggit
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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:26:18 -0400
From: Craig Haggit <[log in to unmask]>
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Boy, all this time waiting for some prime-time exposure and we get
saddled with supporting the Peters Projection of all things. Maybe we
can start a class-action suit for defamation of character or something.
Craig Haggit
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Craig Haggit, Sr. Librarian
MapQuest.com, Inc.
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Mountville, PA 17554-0601
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> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:30:38 -0700
> From: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Cartographers for Social Responsibility ;-)
> Sender: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hi, gang -
>
> So, did any of you know there were 4300 cartographers on the planet (let
alone in
> the country) who would think Mercator's projection was socially
irresponsible?
> ;-)
>
> For those of you who are not fans of The West Wing (Wednesdays, 9pm
Eastern and
> Pacific, on NBC), Wednesday night's show was Big Block of Cheese day.
This is a
> day set aside by the fictional President to commemorate Jackson's big
block of
> cheese near the entrance to the White House to welcome visitors back in
the days
> when anybody could come in to talk to the President. The press secretary
on the
> show, named C.J. and played by Allison Janney, was assigned to meet with
the
> Cartographers for Social Responsibility who wanted Mercator's projection
replaced
> by Peters' projection as a matter of reducing the racist implications of
the
> Mercator projection. They even had their facts correct about the
relative sizes
> of several geographic areas (continents, islands, and countries mostly).
>
> It's not the cartifact that Alice was asking for, but I can't ever recall
any
> kind of geographers getting time in a prime time drama since I've been
one and
> also old enough to watch, let alone three of them with speaking parts! ;
-)
>
> Have a terrific weekend.
>
> vh
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