fixing spelling for the archives
On 3/19/2012 9:06 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee wrote:
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> Subject: RE: double ententre quadrangle names
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:33:02 +0000
> From: Kathy Stroud <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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> Irreverent thought for a Friday. Early explorers naming things must
> have been very lonely. They kept looking at mountain and rock formations
> and seeing female shapes.
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> From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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> Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
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> Subject: Re: double ententre quadrangle names
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: double ententre quadrangle names
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:30:21 -0400
> From: Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
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> You might find some ideas in Mark Monmonier's work:
> <http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo3680293.html>.
>
> Joel Kovarsky
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> On 3/16/2012 3:14 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
> UW Milwaukee wrote:
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: double ententre quadrangle names
>> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:07:05 -0500
>> From: Coombs, James <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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>> Hey, folks, I'm working on a cartoon idea about the double entendre
>> names USGS gave to some quadrangles. I have tried searching for them
>> myself, and have found a few, like "Potty Brown Creek, Colo."and "Wet
>> Bottom Mesa, Ariz.", but it seems an easier way to find them, and to
>> have fun on a Friday afternoon, is to query all of you, since you
>> surely are aware of the ones in your state.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>>
>> Jim Coombs
>> Map Librarian
>> Duane G Meyer Library
>> Missouri State University
>>
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