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Subject: One other note: Online map indexes to USGS topo series?
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:56:45 -0800
From: Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Hi Paige,
One other note. We didn't want to link to the MapLink pages through our
OPAC because we thought there was a chance people would try to either
"download" or "look at" the maps when in fact they were putting them in a
shopping cart for purchase. Hence, the purchasing of the scans and code.
Julie
At 12:45 PM 1/9/2007, you wrote:
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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
>[log in to unmask]
>Phone: 650-725-1102
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
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