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Subject: folded and flat maps (was: BLM map folding)
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 16:49:05 -0400
From: Michael Fry <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: UMD Libraries


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Hillary Campbell [[log in to unmask]] wrote:

> We have noticed that the most
> recently-received Bureau of Land Management 30x60 minute series
> topographic maps (Surface Management Status) are arriving folded. Since
> the previous maps in this series came flat...

I'm also a relatively new docs/maps librarian, and I'm
confused about why we receive maps in the same series (or,
at the very least, topically similar) in both folded and
flat states. In addition to the BLM topos, NOAA Nautical
Charts (i.e., C55.418/7) and N. Atlantic/Pacific Route
Charts (i.e., TD4.79/9 and TD4.79/10, respectively) both
come folded and flat. Why is that?

Thx.
mf

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Michael Fry
Government Documents & Maps Librarian
University of Maryland Libraries