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NEWS & NOTES
Electronic Version
Part 15, April 1996. To be included in a future print
version of the "Information Bulletin."
Contents:
1. News
1.1 Sites for the International Conference on the History of
Cartography
2. New books, maps, etc.
2.1 New Mapping of Western North America compiled by Ken Rockwell
2.2 Other new materials
2.2.1 Alexandria Digital Library's annual report
2.2.2 Current Geographical Publications, April 1996
2.2.3 Navigator
2.3 Articles of interest
2.3.1 Geo Info Systems
2.3.2 GIS World
2.3.3 Social Science
3. Information request
3.1 Trivia
4. Meetings and other educational opportunities
4.1 Cartography Congress, Interlaken, Switzerland, 18 - 21 May 1996
4.2 URISA, Salt Lake City, Utah, 27 July - 1 August 1996
4.3 Western States Geographic Names Conference, Salt Lake City,
4 -7 September 1996
4.4 North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS), San
Antonio, Texas, 2 - 5 October 1996
4.5 Upcoming International Conferences
5. Contributors to this issue
6. The Western Association of Map Libraries
1. NEWS
1.1 Sites for the International Conference on the History of
Cartography
Applications are invited, by June 30, 1996, from any country
or city that wishes to host the 2001 or 2003 International
Conference on the History of Cartography. The next two venues
have already been fixed: Lisbon (6-10 July 1997), Athens (1999).
For further details please Tony Campbell, Map Librarian,
British Library Map Library, Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG, UK, [log in to unmask],
Phone: 0171 412 7525. International: +44 171 412 7525
Fax: 0171 412 7780. International: +44 171 412 7780
2. NEW BOOKS, MAPS, ETC.
2.1 New Mapping of Western North America compiled by Ken Rockwell
ALASKA
Alaska Volcano Observatory. Volcanoes of Alaska. Scale
1:4,000,000. Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys
Information circular no. 38. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34373564
U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Region. Lab Bay project area map.
Scale ca. 1:60,000. [Anchorage, Alaska?] : US Forest Service,
Alaska Regional Office, 1995. OCLC #34483536
ARIZONA
Carruth, Robert L. Cross-sectional area of the shallow alluvial
aquifer at selected sites along the upper Santa Cruz River,
Arizona. Scale ca. 1:78,000. USGS Water-resources investigations
report no. 95-4112, pub. 1995. OCLC #34483769
Natural Resources Conservation Service. Flood boundary and
floodway map, City of Sedona, Coconino and Yavapai counties,
Arizona. Scale ca. 1:6,000. 1 map on 14 sheets. Fort Worth, TX :
NRCS, National Cartography & GIS Center, 1995. OCLC #34376566
U.S. Forest Service, Southwestern Region. Arizona, Grand Canyon
State, recreation & historic sites map : campgrounds & facilities
on state, federal & tribal lands. Scale ca. 1:1,400,000. Pub. by
the Arizona Council for Enhancing Recreation and Tourism, 1995.
OCLC #34318602
U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Flood hazard map,
City of Sedona, Coconino and Yavapai Counties, Arizona. Scale ca.
1:6,000. 1 map on 14 sheets, produced from 1993 aerial
photography. Fort Worth, TX : NRCS National Cartography & GIS
Center, 1995. OCLC #34376642
CALIFORNIA
Boatwright, Jack, et al. Ground shaking in San Francisco. Scale
ca. 1:24,000. U.S. Geological Survey, 1995. OCLC #34360223
McLean, Hugh. Geologic map of the Tar Spring Ridge quadrangle, San
Luis Obispo County, California. Scale 1:24,000. USGS
Miscellaneous field studies map MF-2298. Pub. 1995. OCLC
#34467332
Pacific Aerial Surveys. [Aerial photography of University of
California - Berkeley campus]. Scale 1:2,400. 44 remote-sensing
images, flown 5-23-94. Oakland : Pacific Aerial Surveys, 1994.
OCLC #34491595
San Francisco Port Commission. Map of the waterfront of San
Francisco. Scale ca. 1:10,970. Photocopy. San Francisco : San
Francisco Port Commission, 1995. OCLC #34491308
Smith, J. LaRue, and Brian D. Reece. Watershed characterization
for precipitation-runoff modeling system, north fork, American
River and east fork, Carson River watersheds, California. Scale
ca. 1:545,000. USGS Hydrologic investigations atlas HA-734, pub.
1995. OCLC #34347064
Stamos, Christina L., and Steven K. Predmore. Data and water-table
map of the Mojave River ground-water basin, San Bernardino County,
California, November, 1992. Scale 1:125,000. USGS Water-resources
investigations report 95-4148. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34483822
Trayler, Carolyn R., and Kathryn M. Koczot. Regional water table
(1994) and water-level changes in the Morongo Basin, San Bernardino
County, California. Scale 1:125,000. USGS Water-resources
investigations report 95-4209. Pub. 1996. OCLC #34484060
COLORADO
Chafin, Daniel T. Map showing locations of sites in zones of the
Animas River Valley between Durango, Colorado and Aztec, New Mexico
where gas samples were collected for analysis of molecular and
methane-carbon-isotope compositions. Scale 1:24,000. USGS
Water-resources investigations report 94-4006. Pub. 1995. OCLC
#34353711
Franczyk, Karen J. Chart showing lithology, mineralogy, and
paleontology of the Pennsylvanian Hermosa Group at Hermosa
Mountain, La Plata County, Colorado. 1 section, scale not given.
USGS Miscellaneous investigations series map I-2555. Pub. 1995.
OCLC #34332046
Lindsey, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Cucharas Pass
quadrangle, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, Colorado. Scale
1:24,000. USGS Miscellaneous field studies map MF-2294. Pub.
1996. OCLC #34467362
Schroeder, David Alan. Geologic map of the Strawberry Lake
quadrangle, Grand County, Colorado. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Geologic
quadrangle map GQ-1764. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34337006
IDAHO
Tungate, A. M., and Charles Berenbrock. Configuration of the water
table, 1970 and 1992, and water-table change between 1970 and 1992
in the Boise area, Idaho. 3 maps, scales ca. 1:80,000 and ca.
1:160,000. USGS Water-resources investigations report 94-4116.
Pub. 1995. OCLC #34467324
NEVADA
Bardwell, John. Nevada Magazine's ghost towns & historic sites
map. Carson City, Nev. : Nevada Magazine, 1995. OCLC #34470176
Hale, Glenn S., et al. Water-level data from wells and test holes
through 1991 and potentiometric contours as of 1991 for Yucca Flat,
Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada. Scale 1:48,000. USGS
Water-resources investigations report 95-4177. Pub. 1995. OCLC
#34483856
Simonds, F. W. Map showing fault activity in the Yucca Mountain
area, Nye County, Nevada. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Miscellaneous
investigations series map I-2520. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34434394
NEW MEXICO
Seager, William R. Geology of southwest quarter of Las Cruces and
northwest El Paso 1- x 2-degree sheets. Scale 1:125,000. Socorro:
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1995. OCLC
#34343012
OREGON
Priest, George R. [Tsunami hazard maps of the Oregon coast]. 58
blueline print maps, scale 1:24,000. Oregon Dept. of Geology and
Mineral Industries, Open-file reports O-95-09 through O-95-67, pub.
1996. OCLC #34428400
Taylor, Edward M., et al. Geology and mineral resources map of the
Three Creek Butte quadrangle, Deschutes County, Oregon, 1995.
Scale 1:24,000. Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries,
Geological map series no. GMS-87. Pub. 1996. OCLC #34426554
U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Snow survey data
sites, Oregon, 1988. Scale ca. 1:1,500,000. Fort Worth, TX : NRCS
National Cartography & GIS Center, 1995. OCLC #34376987
UTAH
Dover, James H. Geologic map of the Logan 30- x 60-degree
quadrangle, Cache and Rich Counties, Utah, and Lincoln and Uinta
Counties, Wyoming. Scale 1:100,000. USGS Miscellaneous
investigations series map I-2210. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34373908
Showalter, Rick. Map of Kokopelli's Bike Trail. Scale ca.
1:65,000. Moab, UT : Canyon Country Publications, 1994. OCLC
#34371581
Showalter, Rick. Map of Moab's Slickrock Bike Trail and Sand Flats
Recreational Area. Scale ca. 1:16,000. Moab, UT: Canyon Country
Publications, 1994. OCLC #34371512
Showalter, Rick. Recreation map of the San Rafael Swell and San
Rafael Desert. Scale ca. 1:12,500. Moab, UT : Canyon Country
Publications, 1994. OCLC #34371417
Tabet, David E., et al. [Ferron Sandstone, central Utah]. 3 maps,
scale 1:250,000. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Geological and
Mineral Survey Open-file report no. 329. Published 1995. OCLC
#34482523
WASHINGTON
Booth, Derek B. Surficial geologic map of the Maple Valley
quadrangle, King County, Washington. Scale 1:24,000. USGS
Miscellaneous field studies map MF-2297. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34467340
Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources, Resource Mapping
Section. Major public lands of Washington, 1994. Scale 1:750,000.
Olympia : State Dept. of Natural Resources, 1994. OCLC #34318612
WYOMING
Plafcan, Maria, et al. Water resources of Fremont County, Wyoming.
3 maps, scales ca. 1:250,000 and ca. 1:500,000. USGS
Water-resources investigations report 95-4095. Pub. 1995. OCLC
#34327363
U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Status of soil
surveys, Wyoming, November 1994. Scale ca. 1:2,700,000. Fort
Worth, TX : NRCS National Cartography & GIS Center, 1995. OCLC
#34383050
ATLASES: Alaska
Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry. Alaska
forest insect & disease surveys, 1994. Scale 1:500,000. The
Division, 1995. OCLC #33898458
Burnside, Roger, et al. Alaska forest insect and disease surveys,
1994. Anchorage, AK : Alaska Division of Forestry, Resources
Section and USDA Forest Service, 1995. 73 p. OCLC #34254261
Largent, David L. Entolomatoid fungi of the western United States
and Alaska. 516 p. Eureka, Calif. : Mad River Press, 1994. OCLC
#31673738
Motyka, Roman J. Photointerpretive surficial geology of areas
surrounding Alatna and Allakaket, Alaska. Alaska Division of
Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Report of investigations 95-3,
pub. 1995. OCLC #34253722
Nokleberg, Warren J. Tectonostratigraphic terrane and overlap
assemblage map of Alaska. 53 leaves + 1 map. USGS Open-file
report 94-194. Pub. 1994. OCLC #34248366
Schmoll, Henry R. Surficial geologic map of the Anchorage A-8 NE
quadrangle, Alaska. USGS Open-file report 96-003. Pub. 1996.
OCLC #34389333
2.2 OTHER NEW MATERIALS:
2.2.1 Alexandria Digital Library's annual report is available at the
WWW site "http://alexandria.sdc.ucsb.edu/public-documents/
annual-report/."
2.2.2 Current Geographical Publications, April 1996
The April 1996 issue of CURRENT GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLICATIONS is now
available on the WWW site " http://leardo.lib.uwm.edu/cgp/cgp.html."
If you have any comments, please send them to Christopher Baruth,
AGS Collection, at [log in to unmask]
2.2.3 Navigator
This is an item available from the GPO's Depository Administration
Branch. They recently sent out the first issue from the first volume
on March 22nd.
2.3 ARTICLES OF INTEREST
2.3.1 Geo Info Systems
JAN 01 1996 v 6 n 1
Selected Contents:
Wright, Dawn J.
Rumblings on the Ocean Floor: GIS Supports Deep-Sea Research.
Pg. 22
2.3.2 GIS World
APR 01 1996 v 9 n 4
Selected Contents:
Rundquist, Bradley, Frank, Donald, McLaughlin, Diane
GIS and Astronaut Training--First Step into a New Frontier.
Pg. 44
Hecht Jr., Louis G., Hartwell, Paul A.
What Type of Remote Sensing Imagery Do You Need.
Pg. 48
Peterson, Darrel E.
Grizzly Country--GPS/GIS Help Monitor the Great Bear's Fragile
Ecosystem.
Pg. 52
GIS World Interview--Roger Tomlinson: The Father of GIS.
pg. 56
Berry, Joseph K.
Beyond Mapping.
Pg. 29. Subject: The Unique Character of Spatial Analysis.
Strand, Eric J.
Nuts and Bolts.
Pg. 32. Subject: SDTS Masters Object-Oriented Implementation.
Morain, Stan, Budge, Amelia
Remote Sensing.
Pg. 40. Subject: GPS Promotes Raster Data for GIS.
Corcoran, Wendy
GPS Consumer Watch.
Pg. 60. Subject: Evaluate GPS/GIS for Field Use.
Thoen, Bill
GIS On Line.
Pg. 64. Subject: Web Cams Take You Here, There and Everywhere.
2.3.3 Social Science & Medicine
1996 v 42 n 6
Selected Contents:
Gatrell, A. C. and Bailey, T. C.
Interactive spatial data analysis in medical geography.
Pg. 843
3. INFORMATION REQUEST
3.1 Trivia
TOP SECRET KAZAKHSTANI MAP SEIZED IN MOSCOW. Customs officials in Moscow
seized a box labeled "top secret" which contained maps showing the location
of gold and silver mining sites in Kazakhstan, ITAR-TASS reported on 14
March. The box was on its way to a private address in the U.K. from
Kazakhstan. -- Bhavna Dave
OK, guys, who did it?
Send confessions to Priest Victor Sokolov, [log in to unmask]
4. MEETINGS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
4.1 Cartography Congress, Interlaken, Switzerland, 18 - 21 May 1996. For
more information, check the congress' homepage at "http://www.geod.ethz.ch/
karto/interlaken/inti.html."
4.2 URISA (27 July - 1 August). They have a home page, "http://www.urisa.org,"
with more information.
4.3 Western States Geographic Names Conference (4-7 September). Contact Jay
Haymond (Utah State Historical Society, 300 Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, UT
841010-1182, FAX (801) 533-3504, email [log in to unmask])
4.4 North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) will be held in
San Antonio, Texas, October 2-5, 1996. For more information, contact
Michael P. Peterson, Department of Geography / Geology, University of
Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182-0199, FAX: (402) 554-3518,
e-mail: [log in to unmask] The conference also has a WWW site at
"http://maps.unomaha.edu/NACIS/Conference.html."
4.5 Upcoming International Conferences and Lectures
Kartographiehistorischen Colloquium, Bern, Switzerland, 3 - 5 October, 1996.
International Map Collector's Society Symposium (IMCoS), Riga, Latvia,
6 - 9 October, 1996.
Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography: `Maps on the
move: cartography for transportation and travel,' 24 - 26 October, 1996.
Society for the History of Discoveries, Portland, Maine,
31 October - 3 November, 1996.
5. CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE
Ken Rockwell ([log in to unmask])
Dale Steele ([log in to unmask])
Kathryn Womble ([log in to unmask])
MAPS-L ([log in to unmask])
6. The WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF MAP LIBRARIES
WAML News and Notes is a moderated bulletin of the Western
Association of Map Libraries
The Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML) is an
independent association established to encourage high standards
in every phase of the organization and administration of map
libraries.
Membership in WAML is open to any individual, institution, or
business interested in furthering the purposes of the organization.
For further information, contact the WAML Secretary.
WAML Officers as of July 1, 1995
Kathryn Womble, President
Map Room
Suzzallo Library
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543 - 9392
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UC-Irvine
Gov. Pubs & Microforms Dept.
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Irvine, CA 92713
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3189 Brazos ST
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Branner Earth Science Library
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Stanford University
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UCLA
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