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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:36:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Lois Heiser <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: older topo map index books (fwd)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Map indexes.... Why can't we have both?  Having saved the "booklet-style"
I find them most useful when I need to find a topo name, but the single
sheet index is great when the person has no clue what the topo name might
be.
 
 
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On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
 
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> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:53:47 -0400
> From: Customer Service <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: older topo map index books (fwd)
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> Hear hear on the more useful topo books.  Anyone liking the topo books more
> than the current index sheet can e-mail Dan Cavanaugh  at USGS
> ([log in to unmask]) to offer their opinion.  This is something the Map
> Trade Association has been suggesting for years, and so far it has fallen on
> deaf ears.  "Too costly" is what we have been told.  Not having that
> alphabetical listing is a real pain when you are trying to find a quad by
> the name only.
>
> Russell Guy
> Omni Resources
> International Map Specialists
> www.omnimap.com/catalog
>
> At 04:28 PM 8/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
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> >Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:00:57 -0400
> >From: [log in to unmask]
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: older topo map index books
> >
> >Does anybody out there have extra copies of the older u.s.g.s.
> >topo map index books? I am particularly looking for Pennsylvania,
> >New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware but other east coast states would be
> >welcome. I find the older books, with there page by page indexed and
> >listings of maps, much more convenient than a single sheet index. I
> >would appreciate hearing from anyone who has copies they don't want.
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Rich Boardman
> >Map Collection-Free Library of Philadelphia
> >215-686-5397
> >[log in to unmask]
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