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Subject:        RE: Re: pre-1955 chadwick quadrangle
Date:   Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:51 -0500
From:   Coombs, James <[log in to unmask]>
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Yes, I forgot to mention that I scanned aerial photos, zoomed in on their property to the point of pixelation, and made prints for them. And like you say, they showed more detail than the maps do.

Actually, I thought the air photos would satisfy them, but they still want a topo.

Jim

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Subject:        Re: pre-1955 chadwick quadrangle
Date:   Thu, 29 May 2008 09:58:02 -0700
From:   Jim Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
Organization:   Eastern Washington University
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About once a year we get involved as 'experts' in these kind of disputes.
Not all USGS maps show old farm roads and fence lines. So we rely on our
old air photos (USDA) in the library and plot out the recorded legal
descriptions on top. Takes a fair amount of photo interpretation experience
and a little GIS.  Thank you.

Jim Johnson, Cartographer
133 Isle Hall
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA 99004
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Maps-L Moderator wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        pre-1955 chadwick quadrangle
> Date:   Wed, 28 May 2008 15:30:41 -0500
> From:   Coombs, James <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> I have had a request from a local landowner for an edition of the
> Chadwick Missouri topographic quadrangle that pre dates the standard
> 1955 edition.  This person is having a property boundary dispute with
> the U.S. Forest Service and the boundary was established long before
> 1955. Have any of you experienced this kind of request?  I get them
> fairly often. There is a lot of private land ownership inside the Mark
> Twain National Forest boundaries. Property boundary disputes come about
> because the NFS is now selling timber, and because of poorly kept or
> missing plats.
>
> I told this person that even if an old topo exists, its not likely to
> help his cause, but I told him I'd ask you Maps-L folks to see if an old
> Chadwick Missouri quadrangle exists.  In my collection, there is no old
> 15' quad covering that area. Riley Moffat's index shows only the old
> Forsyth 30' quad as coverage for that area, which I showed this guy, but
> its too small a scale and too old to show the detail he's after.
> Thanks for your help,
> Jim
>
> Jim Coombs
> Map Librarian
> Duane G Meyer Library
> Missouri State University
>