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From: "Kenneth A. Mr. Grabach" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 3:06:45 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: RE: Forest Service 7.5 minute topos in with USGS
I think how horrid it is that they appear together, Forest Service modified maps, and the 'regular' USGS issued versions, depends
on what the needs of users, and of the library, and the purpose behind the policy.
I file them together, because even if content is different between the two versions, they are of the same quadrangle, the
base map is the same, and apart from the Forest Service information, they have the same data. I see them as two editions
of the same map. I use state series records for the USGS versions, and National Forest series records for the Forest Service
versions, for record keeping purposes. So for me, it is not horrid at all that they are filed together, but that serves mine
the library's, and our users' purposes.
Ken
Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
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From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 11:37 AM
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Subject: Forest Service 7.5 minute topos in with USGS
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From: "Mary R McInroy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: MAPS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 8:52:25 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Forest Service 7.5 minute topos in with USGS
Greetings.
A new student worker picked up on the fact that some outdated 7.5 minute topos coming into the Map Collection from our Geology Library were actually those modified by the Forest Service for specific national forests. We isolated them, and I can figure out which forests they belong to and can even find GPO cataloging for the 7.5 minute national forest topo sets (we have historically cataloged national forest sets under LC, and not kept them with the USGS 7.5 minute sets).
I now wonder how many other examples of this are lurking in the map drawers of the Geology Library (not my concern yet, as I’ll be on the lookout from now on) and my own Map Collection (definitely my concern).
A couple of questions-
How do <you all> handle these separate national forest sets?
How horrid is it that some Forest Service maps are in the USGS 7.5 minute drawers? I think the worst part might be that we tossed a USGS map with the same date, assuming they were dups. Although I am hoping issuing dates are different, and we have kept both the Forest Service version and the USGS version.
Many thanks for any insights on this, on or off list.
Mary MC.
Mary McInroy
Reference & Library Instruction/ Map Collection
University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242-1420
(319)335-6247
FAX: (319)335-5900
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