-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Online map indexes to USGS topo series?
Date:   Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:06:39 -0500
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>




Thanks to everyone for your replies to my question about an online form
of the map indexes for the USGS series. Looks like MapLink has done a
marvelous job with this, and Julie your version is nice in that you can
also turn around and go back from the 7.5-minute series up to the U.S.
state map too. I will be sharing various links to my colleagues
momentarily thanks to you guys!

Sincerely,

Paige

At 03:45 PM 1/9/2007, you wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Online map indexes to USGS topo series?
> Date:   Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:32:10 -0800
> From:   Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Hi Paige,
>
> We had a similar need last year when we started to send all USGS topo maps
> east of the Mississippi River into storage due to weight constraints
> on the
> mezzanine where the maps are stored.  I could not find a free source for
> the indexes.  We ended up working a deal with MapLink to buy their scans
> and html code.  We now have all of the pages up on the Web and have linked
> the Web pages to our OPAC records for each state.
>
> You should be able to see the US from this page:
> http://cgi.stanford.edu/dept/SUL/library/cgi-bin/depts/branner/show.cgi
> .  Let me know if this link doesn't work.  I'm trying it from on
> campus and
> so can't tell you how it works off campus.
>
> Click on any state to drill down through the scales.
>
> Perhaps your colleague could link to these pages?  I cannot guarantee the
> persistence of the URLs forever, but don't see them changing any time
> soon.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Julie
>
>
> At 11:50 AM 1/9/2007, Maps-L wrote:
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:        Online map indexes to USGS topo series?
>> Date:   Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:33:23 -0500
>> From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
>> To:     [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> All,
>>
>> I'm involved with assisting some folks at a small college here in
>> Pennsylvania towards organizing a geology-based map collection and
>> visited the site late last week. One thought that came out of
>> discussions was wondering if the paper map indexes that go with the
>> various USGS standard map series -- 7.5 minute, 1:125s, 1:250s, etc.
>> are now freely available online? Well, when I got back to work last
>> Friday I did some digging at the USGS website and a couple of other
>> places that I thought might have links to such an animal but after
>> about 20 minutes did not turn up anything. I am relatively certain
>> that the map indexes have been scanned and mounted somewhere and said
>> so to my colleagues at the college.
>>
>> Since I didn't find 'em myself, now I'm turning to the experts here
>> on MAPS-L to answer the question "are the USGS map indexes available
>> online, and if so where can I find them?" Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Paige
>
> Julie Sweetkind-Singer
> Head Librarian; GIS & Map Librarian
> Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
> 397 Panama Mall, M/C 2211
> Stanford University
> Stanford, CA  94305
> [log in to unmask]
> Phone:  650-725-1102