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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
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Phone:  650-725-1102