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Subject:        Re: Lying Maps that Just Lie There
Date:   Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:43:52 -0600
From:   Mike Flannigan <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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I would also like to know when they made the
decision to strip the Caves off the maps.
I thought it was maybe in the 1980's, but I
found a 1992 map (Rolla) that clearly shows
a few caves on it.


Mike Flannigan


On Tue, 16 Mar 2010, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Subject:        Re: Lying Maps that Just Lie There
>Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:42:35 -0600
>From:   Mary Therese Wyant <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>I hope it is OK to jump in and ask a related question about map
>disinformation. A UNM colleague recently asked me when the USGS made the
>decision  to stop mapping archeological sites on the 7.5 minute topos. I
>guessed about 20 years ago, but if any one knows for sure, I could get
>back with him with a more accurate answer. I looked through old
>documents in my file and on the Maps-L Archive but haven't come up with
>anything.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Mary
>
>Mary Wyant
>Map Librarian
>CSEL/University Libraries
>MSC05 3020
>1 University of New Mexico
>Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
>505-277-5513