Subject:    Re: MAPS-L Digest - 26 Dec 2006 to 27 Dec 2006 (#2006-230)
Date:   Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:08:17 -0800
From:   Dr. Virginia R. Hetrick <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>




Hi, Angie and other list members -

FYI - Most mail systems work on the size of an email inbox, so DIGEST
will not solve this problem (it would only reduce the number of email
headers to one for the entire day's digest). I don't know anybody's
email system that works on the sheer number of emails (we've just been
through this on another list I belong to with two people who are new
mail server administrators)

The best thing to do, as you suggested, is to change the subscription to
NOMAIL for the period while the person is unavailable and then back to
MAIL when the person comes back to work. If a person doesn't want to go
NOMAIL, I'd suggest signing up for a gmail/hotmail/yahoo type of account
and then

(a) subscribing from that email to the list and
(b) going NOMAIL on the person's "regular" account while gone.

That way, the person can forward emails from the "free account" after
the backlog in the "regular" email is cleaned up. Don't forget to change
the regular account to MAIL on return and UNSUB from the "free account"
on return.

For everybody else, one thing you can do is to reduce the size of your
inbox which is normally what is monitored by mail systems.

I have lots of gmail invitations. If somebody wants a gmail invitation
(the only way to sign up for a gmail account which is free) and will
email me privately, I'll email an invitation.


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>There are 3 messages totalling 157 lines in this issue.
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>Topics of the day:
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>  1. MAPS-L: Maps-L holiday housekeeping
>  2. MAPS-L: USGS News Release: New Perspectives on Urban Land Use Change
>  3. MAPS-L: Baltimore ... wiped off the NGS map
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> Subject:
> MAPS-L: Maps-L holiday housekeeping
> From:
> Maps-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:
> Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:20:03 -0600
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>
> Hi All,
>
> I've been getting a lot of bounced emails from people who are out of the
> office during the holidays. It would seem that many people have a
> maximum disk quota for incoming email. If your inbox fills up, emails
> get returned to their sender including the maps-l emails. Fortunately
> for me, the uga system monitors these for me (I see them but filter them
> out of the way). The system isn't as kind and considerate as I am and
> will delete you from the subscription list after too many of these
> bounced messages.
>
> You don't need to unsubscribe while you're away from your email but can
> change your settings to NOMAIL. Then, when you return, you can change it
> back. If you prefer, you can try changing your settings to digest so
> that rather than getting all the emails one at a time, you get a
> compilation email - I believe at the end of the week.
>
> To change your settings you can go here:
> http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/maps-l.html
>
> As you visit that link, you will also see that is where you can view the
> archives. So, if you happen to change your settings to NOMAIL for a
> brief while, you can visit the archives to catch up on what you've
> missed.
>
> If you ever have problems changing your settings or searching the
> archives, please don't hesitate to contact me. It's totally simple for
> me to change your settings and preferable to loosing you as a subscriber.
>
> Okay. That's it. Happiness to all!
>
> Angie, Maps-L Moderator
>
> P.S. If you work with someone that you know is out of the office for a
> while, you might want to forward this email to them so they can double
> check whether they're getting unsubscribed from the list ... for example
> a couple of people at tamiu.edu
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> Subject:
> MAPS-L: USGS News Release: New Perspectives on Urban Land Use Change
> From:
> Maps-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:
> Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:44:20 -0600
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: USGS News Release: New Perspectives on Urban Land Use Change
> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:44:38 -0500
> From: Jennifer LaVista <[log in to unmask]>
> To: MAPS-L
>
>
> *News Release*
>
> U.S. Department of the Interior
> U.S. Geological Survey
>
>
> For release: December 27, 2006
> Contact: Jonathan H. Smith, 703 648-4516, [log in to unmask]
>
>
> *As Population Grows, So Do Urban Areas*
>
> *New Perspectives on Urban Land Use Change*
>
> Over 300 million Americans have to live somewhere. And, of course, we
> do. Nearly 80 percent of the growing U.S. population resides in urban
> areas while the land area dedicated to urban use continues to expand.
>
> A new USGS publication /–/ /Rate, Trends, Causes, and Consequences of
> Urban Land-Use Change in the United States (Professional Paper 1726) –
> /studies the change in land use associated with increasing urbanization
> and its impacts at local, regional, and national scales. Based on the
> broad view of satellite imagery, the twenty scientific contributions
> that make up the publication examine urban land change in the United
> States from many perspectives /– /historical, geographic, economic, and
> ecological. Together the analyses provide new insights into critical
> issues of concern for both science and society.
>
> “The knowledge of how and why urban land-use change occurs coupled with
> a projection of its direction and likely effect can be helpful in
> informing local, regional, and national decisions about land use,” said
> Barbara Ryan, Associate USGS Director for Geography. “These public
> decisions will not only shape communities, but will substantially affect
> citizens’ lives and livelihood, the economy, and the environment for
> years to come.”
>
> As part of its mission to describe and understand the Earth, the USGS
> systematically monitors land surface change by observing the Earth with
> remote sensing satellites, studies the connections between people and
> those changes with geographic analysis, and provides individuals and
> society with relevant science information they can use to manage the
> consequences of those changes.
>
> An online version of /Professional Paper 1726 /is available at:
> http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1726/ .
> Printed copies are available on request from USGS for $16 plus a $5
> handling fee.
> Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS
> Mail: USGS; P.O. Box 25286; Denver, CO 80225
>
> The USGS serves the nation by providing reliable scientific information
> to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property
> from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral
> resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life.
>
> To receive USGS news releases go to
> _www.usgs.gov/public/list_server.html_
>
> **** www.usgs.gov ****
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>
> Jennifer LaVista
> Public Affairs Specialist
> U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Communications
> 703-648-4432
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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> Subject:
> MAPS-L: Baltimore ... wiped off the NGS map
> From:
> Maps-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:
> Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:46:50 -0600
>
>
> They've wiped us off the map
> Laura Vozzella
> Originally published Dec 27, 2006
>
> National Geographic has news for Baltimore: You're Nowheresville. The
> magazine with the yellow borders and voice of earthly authority has just
> tucked a pullout world map inside its pages, and in it, Baltimore gets a
> big, fat cartographic snub.
>
> Idaho Falls, Idaho (pop. 51,000), rates a little black dot. Yuma, Ariz.
> (pop. 89,000), gets a shout out, too. But Baltimore, pop. 635,815? Good
> ol' Natty Geo never heard of the place.
>
> Sure, Charm City sits in a crowded corridor, where it's hard to squeeze
> in much more than state capitals. And yes, Annapolis made the cut.
>
> for the rest of the article ...
>
> http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.vozzella24dec27,0,7524110.column?coll=bal-news-columnists
>