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-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: MAPS-L Digest - 16 Feb 2009 to 17 Feb 2009 (#2009-32)
Date:   Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:10:12 -0500
From:   Amanda Henley <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello list,

Another alternative to going through the geocoding process in GIS
software is the Excel Geocoder, from Juice Analytics.  Mapz (Joshua
Been) blogged about it a while back:
http://mapzlibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/02/free-batch-geocoding-juice-analytics.html

It uses the Yahoo! geocoding API; you'll need a yahoo account.  You just
put your yahoo user name in the orange box on the instructions sheet.
I have found that it works in Excel 2003 only, you must enable macros,
and it doesn't work on a mac.  It returns lat/longs in WGS84, and a
precision indicator (an advantage over batchgeocode).  Then you can just
make a shapefile from the lat/longs.  I have step-by-step instructions
and a movie of how to do that linked from my FAQs here:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/gis/faq/

Hope this helps.

Amanda



On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:09 AM, Automatic digest processor
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    There are 11 messages totalling 1223 lines in this issue.

    Topics of the day:

     1. Fwd: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
     2. Phoenix street network data (2)
     3. New Map from Canadian-American Center at the U of Maine
     4. Aerial maps of US from 1940s (2)
     5. map cataloging subject help needed (3)
     6. New issue of Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship Available
     7. Offer of LC Checklist 1904

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    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:22:18 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: Fwd: Aerial maps of US from 1940s

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Fwd: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
    Date:   Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:52:54 -0500
    From:   s hawkins <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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    Bruce,

    Typicall photos of this vintage can be found through the NARA
    (National Archives). Since the last time I purchased through them was
    about 3 years ago things may have changed, but I think it takes about
    6 - 8 weeks turnaround through their vendors (the folks that are
    authorized to reproduce their imagery) and you have to go through one
    of those to get the research done.

    http://www.archives.gov/research/formats/cartographic.html

    I used to do this sort of thing but am no longer. Good luck!

    --sue hawkins

    ~~~~~~~~~
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/suehawkins/




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    Date: Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:57 AM
    Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
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    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
    Date:   Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:12:56 -0600
    From:   Mike Flannigan <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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    That is some tough land to farm.
    http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-84.52500&lat=36.99722&opt=1
    <http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-84.52500&lat=36.99722&opt=1>

    I suspect they farmed down in Jugornot Hollow.


    Mike Flannigan


    On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote:

     > I am an attorney in addition of being a lover of maps. I am
    wearing my
     > attorney hat as I write this. I have a case involving the rights of
     > various adjoining land owners in a tract of property located in
    the Buck
     > Creek section of Pulaski County, Kentucky. An important element
    of the
     > case involves how much of the land was being farmed in the 1940s. A
     > couple of months ago, I read in these post that during WWII, the Army
     > made aerial maps of the entire United States. The earliest aerial
     > photographs I have been able to find so far were taken in the
    1950s. I
     > very much need to find a source for these old Army aerial maps.
    The area
     > I need is located in south eastern Pulaski County, Kentucky, and
    would
     > be on the Dykes or Hail USGS maps or at about 36 degrees, 59 min
    50 sec,
     > 84 degrees, 31 minutes, 30 seconds. There was an old Kentucky
    court of
     > appeals opinion from the 1940s that decided the boundary issue on
    this
     > land but unfortunately, the case referred to the "land currently
    being
     > farmed" and referenced a map. The map is no longer in the file so the
     > only way to determine the boundary is to look at old aerial maps
    to try
     > to determine the location of the land being cultivated at the
    time the
     > aerial photographs were made. Any help with this problem or referrals
     > would be greatly appreciated.
     >
     > Bruce Orwin

    ------------------------------

    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:23:13 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: Re: Phoenix street network data

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Re: Phoenix street network data
    Date:   Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:17:17 -0600
    From:   Chieko Maene <[log in to unmask]
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    Hi everyone,

    I finally had a chance to create geocodable street data using TIGER2008
    - I had to. I know my patrons would ask me about it. Yes, TIGER2008 has
    been improved greatly, especially geometry-wise (more lines, spatially
    accurate) - how wonderful.

    Though, as Edward wrote, I realized it isn't easy to use TIGER2008 for
    geocoding. I thought it's just a matter of joining associated tables
    (EDGES/FEATNAMES/FACES) and merge fields in ArcGIS, but I was wrong. The
    main problem for me was the one-to-many relationship between EDGES and
    FEATNAMES. (In fact, EDGES's Prime Key TLID isn't unique - i.e. there
    are quite a few duplicate TLIDs in EDGES, looks like it's because the
    edges are between two counties - so, it's actually many-to-many
    relationship.) Since ArcGIS cannot handle one-to-many outer join (i.e.
    ArcGIS will grab only the first matching row information, not all
    matching rows), you would need another software that you are comfortable
    to use, statistical software or DBMS such as access or foxpro (my
    choice), so that you won't lose useful information/rows from FEATNAMES
    table.

    It worked for me in the end but I spent a whole weekend to do this. I
    think it's better if we can geocode addressed using relational
    geodatabase in ArcGIS, not using single-table shapefiles (i.e. streets)
    so that we can keep table relationships without combining to create a
    large and un-normalized single table (i.e. shapefiles.) I don't know if
    I can do that without ArcSDE though, and I would love to know how to do
    it. Or, I can just wait until ESRI releases a new version of StreetMap
    N.America dataset based on TIGER 2008..

    Or, as Edward pointed out, we can use third-party geocoding tools. I
    think the USC website is wonderful. I don't know if the USC geocoder is
    based on TIGER 2008, though.

    I was a fan of batchgeocoder but later, I found some inaccurate results.
    I also like to be able to select candidates for ambiguous addresses..
    kind of..

    One more thing: at the end, I wanted to know how good my result was - I
    tested my final TIGER2008 Chicago area roads data to geocode Chicago
    area addresses, and then compare the result with that of the ESRI 2008
    StreetMap N. America streets dataset (from ESRI Data & Maps 9.3,
    TeleAtlas base. *Not* a premium version.) To be fair, I clipped ESRI
    2008 StreetMap streets using the same 7 counties boundaries. Then I
    geocoded the addresses under same conditions (i.e. same method: US
    Streets with City, State and ZIP, same thresholds, no alias tables,
    etc.) The results: Unmatched cases(%) without interactive matching,
    TIGER2008: 5,574 (23%) vs. ESRI2008: 5,650 (23%), total N was 24,158.
    Happily, TIGER2008 did slightly better than ESRI 2008 StreetMap, though
    the difference was minuscule.. (The reason for the high unmatched cases
    is because my addresses contained out-of-the-extent addresses, such as
    outside state addresses.)

    Just in case, here is what I did to create the Chicago metropolitan area
    (7 counties) geocodable streets. Please feel free to correct me if I am
    doing wrong.

    Also, if anybody wants the final data, you can download the Chicago
    metropolitan area TIGER2008 street file from here (no metadata..)
    http://www.library.northwestern.edu/map/TIGER2008_NE7CO_ROADS.zip (64MB)

    [Note: I didn't bother to add a extra address-ranges table (ADDR) since
    dealing with just three tables was enough for me. Well, I guess FACES is
    optional too, but it's good to include additional left/right side
    polygon attributes for those who like to aggregate data based on
    boundaries, i.e. tracts, blocks.]

    (1) In ArcGIS : append 6 counties EDGES shapefiles to the main county
    (cook county.) Select road edges only ([roadflg]='Y') and also get rid
    of miscellaneous road types we don't want to use, i.e. alleys and misc.
    trails ((MID([MMTFCC],1,3)='S17'OR (MID([MMTFCC],1,3)='S18') and then
    finally add a new identifier field, FID2 (copy value from FID), to keep
    a unique ID key for each polyline.

    (2) In DBMS software: append all 7 counties' FEATNAMES tables. Do the
    same for the 7 counties' FACES tables. Create a query, [EDGES left outer
    join FEATNAMES on EDGES.TLID=FEATNAMES.TLID]. From FEATNAMES, you will
    get parsed road information (dir, pretype, name, surfix, type) with
    variations of street names. (i.e. "E. Main St" in Cook County is also
    known as "W County Line Rd", "Main St", "Lake-Cook Rd", etc. We want all
    these variations/rows for better geocoding results.) After that, I got
    left and right sides face/polygon information by joining EDGE-FEATNAMES
    table and FACES, twice (left side, and then right side) - this part is
    straightforward since it's all one-to-one relationship.

    (3) Optional - In DBMS software: You can further continue to query
    (join) to get textual place and state abbreviation names, i.e.
    "Chicago", and "IL". Get the information from other TIGER tables (i.e.
    COUNTY or PLACE.) Also, you may want to rename fields so that ArcGIS can
    recognize geocodable fields (i.e. instead of LFROMADD, change it to
    L_F_ADD).

    (4) In DBMS software: find duplicate FID2 (unique identifier for EDGE
    shapefile polylines), and separate the duplicate sets by the number of
    duplicate (i.e. group1: duplicate 1, group2: duplicate 2, group3:
    duplicate 3, etc.. I found up to 9 duplicate name groups as a result of
    EDGES-FEATNAMES one-to-many joining.. I am not sure if this part makes
    sense to anybody..)

    (5) In ArcGIS: join EDGES polylines from (1) and the first group of the
    EDGE-FEATNAMES-FACES joined table from (4) using a common field,
    EDGES.FID and EDGES-FEATNAMES-FACES.FID2. Export as EDGES_1. Remove the
    previous join in EDGES polylines and join EDGES and the second group of
    EDGE-FEATNAMES-FACE (duplicate group 2) and then export only the joined
    rows (i.e. only rows with matching join fields) as EDGES_2. Repeat this
    for all duplicate group tables. Lastly, merge all EDGES groups (EDGES_1,
    EDGES_2, EDGES_3, etc.) by appending others to one.

    (6) Optional: I added a spatial index in ArcCatalog for faster rendering
    in ArcGIS. TIGER files don't come with these index files, .sbn & .sbx. I
    didn't add any attribute indexes since "create a geocode locator" will
    create indexes for geocoding.

    Sincerely,
    Chieko
    --
    Chieko Maene, MS, MLIS
    Maps & State Documents Librarian
    Government and Geographic Information and Data Services
    University Library
    Northwestern University
    1970 Campus Drive
    Evanston, IL 60208-2300
    Phone: (847) 467-3679
    Fax:   (847) 491-7603
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    Maps-L Moderator wrote:
     > -------- Original Message --------
     > Subject:        RE: Phoenix street network data
     > Date:   Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:28:52 -0800
     > From:   Edward Sullivan <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
     > To:     <[log in to unmask]
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     > References:     A<[log in to unmask]
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     >
     >
     >
     > This is a bit "outside the box", but rather than going to the
    trouble of
     > locating, standardizing, and performing quality checks on 'free' road
     > network and address layers, I've lately taken to using the Batch
    Geocode
     > site to do many of my smaller (< 5,000 addresses) geocoding tasks -
     >
     > http://www.batchgeocode.com/
     >
     > I believe the Yahoo! Geocoding API this 'mashup' page utilizes is
    using
     > the very good GDT/TeleAtlas road network base maps, so the quality of
     > the results are typically as good or better than what I can
    accomplish
     > with free data and desktop GIS geocoders.
     >
     > There are more advanced batch geocoding services available to
    academic
     > users without charge from the USC GIS Research Laboratory:
     >
     > https://webgis.usc.edu/
     >
     >
     >
     > Edward A. Sullivan, III
     > Senior Technical Associate
     > Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
     > 2501 9th Street, Suite 200, Berkeley, CA, 94710-2515
     > Voice: 510-841-9190      FAX: 510-841-9208
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     >
     > Due to the potential that information exchanged by electronic
    media can
     > deteriorate, be damaged, lost or modified, intentionally or
    otherwise,
     > use of this electronic data by anyone other than Economic & Planning
     > Systems, Inc. shall be at the sole risk of such user and without
     > liability or legal exposure to Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
     >
     > The recipient is responsible for verifying the accuracy of data
    against
     > governing hard copy documentation.  If there is a discrepancy between
     > the hard copy and the electronic copy, the hard copy will govern.
     >
     > Recipient assumes all risks in the changing or modification of
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     > revisions or updating of hard copy documents.
     >
     > -----Original Message-----
     > From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
     > [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>]
    On Behalf Of Maps-L Moderator
     > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 11:43 AM
     > To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
     > Subject: Phoenix street network data
     >
     > -------- Original Message --------
     > Date:   Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:38:48 -0800
     > From:   andrew nicholson <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
     > To:     <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>, tanya
     > <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
     >
     >
     >
     >
     > Hi everyone,
     >
     > My apologies for the cross posting.
     >
     > We are looking for a good quality road network for Phoenix Arizona to
     > allow students to geocode too. We have downloaded the Tigerline
    files,
     > but they are not very good for this purpose. Can anyone provide
    us with
     > suggestions for a source or two for high quality and free Phoenix
    street
     > network data?
     >
     > thanks for your help,
     > Andrew
     >
     >
     > --
     >
     > Andrew J.P. Nicholson
     >
     > GIS/Data Librarian
     >
     > Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
     >
     > Room 360A
     >
     > University of Toronto Mississauga
     >
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     >
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     >
     > L5L 1C6
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    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:41:46 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: Re: Phoenix street network data

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Re: Phoenix street network data
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:36:15 -0500
    From:   C.C. Miller <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
    References:     <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>



    Chieko, I think this post will be very helpful to a lot of people in the
    future. One additional possibility that we started to explore here
    before we were pulled away to other work was using the PostGIS geocoder
    (http://svn.refractions.net/postgis/trunk/extras/tiger_geocoder/)
    <http://svn.refractions.net/postgis/trunk/extras/tiger_geocoder/%29>.
    Our problem initially was that it was old -- not written for TIGER 2008
    for sure -- so we were staring down the barrel of rewriting some queries
    at least.

    We didn't get far, but since TIGER 2008 is relatively complex,
    postgres/postgis might offer a good mix of geospatial and traditional
    dbms. If anybody is interested let me know. I have one grad student whom
    I could put back on the trail if it looks like there was interest.

    Chris


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    On Feb 17, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Maps-L Moderator wrote:

     > -------- Original Message --------
     > Subject:        Re: Phoenix street network data
     > Date:   Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:17:17 -0600
     > From:   Chieko Maene <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
     > <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>>
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     >
     >
     >
     > Hi everyone,
     >
     > I finally had a chance to create geocodable street data using
    TIGER2008
     > - I had to. I know my patrons would ask me about it. Yes,
    TIGER2008 has
     > been improved greatly, especially geometry-wise (more lines,
    spatially
     > accurate) - how wonderful.
     >
     > Though, as Edward wrote, I realized it isn't easy to use
    TIGER2008 for
     > geocoding. I thought it's just a matter of joining associated tables
     > (EDGES/FEATNAMES/FACES) and merge fields in ArcGIS, but I was
    wrong. The
     > main problem for me was the one-to-many relationship between
    EDGES and
     > FEATNAMES. (In fact, EDGES's Prime Key TLID isn't unique - i.e. there
     > are quite a few duplicate TLIDs in EDGES, looks like it's because the
     > edges are between two counties - so, it's actually many-to-many
     > relationship.) Since ArcGIS cannot handle one-to-many outer join
    (i.e.
     > ArcGIS will grab only the first matching row information, not all
     > matching rows), you would need another software that you are
    comfortable
     > to use, statistical software or DBMS such as access or foxpro (my
     > choice), so that you won't lose useful information/rows from
    FEATNAMES
     > table.
     >
     > It worked for me in the end but I spent a whole weekend to do this. I
     > think it's better if we can geocode addressed using relational
     > geodatabase in ArcGIS, not using single-table shapefiles (i.e.
    streets)
     > so that we can keep table relationships without combining to create a
     > large and un-normalized single table (i.e. shapefiles.) I don't
    know if
     > I can do that without ArcSDE though, and I would love to know how
    to do
     > it. Or, I can just wait until ESRI releases a new version of
    StreetMap
     > N.America dataset based on TIGER 2008..
     >
     > Or, as Edward pointed out, we can use third-party geocoding tools. I
     > think the USC website is wonderful. I don't know if the USC
    geocoder is
     > based on TIGER 2008, though.
     >
     > I was a fan of batchgeocoder but later, I found some inaccurate
    results.
     > I also like to be able to select candidates for ambiguous addresses..
     > kind of..
     >
     > One more thing: at the end, I wanted to know how good my result
    was - I
     > tested my final TIGER2008 Chicago area roads data to geocode Chicago
     > area addresses, and then compare the result with that of the ESRI
    2008
     > StreetMap N. America streets dataset (from ESRI Data & Maps 9.3,
     > TeleAtlas base. *Not* a premium version.) To be fair, I clipped ESRI
     > 2008 StreetMap streets using the same 7 counties boundaries. Then I
     > geocoded the addresses under same conditions (i.e. same method: US
     > Streets with City, State and ZIP, same thresholds, no alias tables,
     > etc.) The results: Unmatched cases(%) without interactive matching,
     > TIGER2008: 5,574 (23%) vs. ESRI2008: 5,650 (23%), total N was 24,158.
     > Happily, TIGER2008 did slightly better than ESRI 2008 StreetMap,
    though
     > the difference was minuscule.. (The reason for the high unmatched
    cases
     > is because my addresses contained out-of-the-extent addresses,
    such as
     > outside state addresses.)
     >
     > Just in case, here is what I did to create the Chicago
    metropolitan area
     > (7 counties) geocodable streets. Please feel free to correct me
    if I am
     > doing wrong.
     >
     > Also, if anybody wants the final data, you can download the Chicago
     > metropolitan area TIGER2008 street file from here (no metadata..)
     > http://www.library.northwestern.edu/map/TIGER2008_NE7CO_ROADS.zip
    (64MB)
     >
     > [Note: I didn't bother to add a extra address-ranges table (ADDR)
    since
     > dealing with just three tables was enough for me. Well, I guess
    FACES is
     > optional too, but it's good to include additional left/right side
     > polygon attributes for those who like to aggregate data based on
     > boundaries, i.e. tracts, blocks.]
     >
     > (1) In ArcGIS : append 6 counties EDGES shapefiles to the main county
     > (cook county.) Select road edges only ([roadflg]='Y') and also
    get rid
     > of miscellaneous road types we don't want to use, i.e. alleys and
    misc.
     > trails ((MID([MMTFCC],1,3)='S17'OR (MID([MMTFCC],1,3)='S18') and then
     > finally add a new identifier field, FID2 (copy value from FID),
    to keep
     > a unique ID key for each polyline.
     >
     > (2) In DBMS software: append all 7 counties' FEATNAMES tables. Do the
     > same for the 7 counties' FACES tables. Create a query, [EDGES
    left outer
     > join FEATNAMES on EDGES.TLID=FEATNAMES.TLID]. From FEATNAMES, you
    will
     > get parsed road information (dir, pretype, name, surfix, type) with
     > variations of street names. (i.e. "E. Main St" in Cook County is also
     > known as "W County Line Rd", "Main St", "Lake-Cook Rd", etc. We
    want all
     > these variations/rows for better geocoding results.) After that,
    I got
     > left and right sides face/polygon information by joining
    EDGE-FEATNAMES
     > table and FACES, twice (left side, and then right side) - this
    part is
     > straightforward since it's all one-to-one relationship.
     >
     > (3) Optional - In DBMS software: You can further continue to query
     > (join) to get textual place and state abbreviation names, i.e.
     > "Chicago", and "IL". Get the information from other TIGER tables
    (i.e.
     > COUNTY or PLACE.) Also, you may want to rename fields so that
    ArcGIS can
     > recognize geocodable fields (i.e. instead of LFROMADD, change it to
     > L_F_ADD).
     >
     > (4) In DBMS software: find duplicate FID2 (unique identifier for EDGE
     > shapefile polylines), and separate the duplicate sets by the
    number of
     > duplicate (i.e. group1: duplicate 1, group2: duplicate 2, group3:
     > duplicate 3, etc.. I found up to 9 duplicate name groups as a
    result of
     > EDGES-FEATNAMES one-to-many joining.. I am not sure if this part
    makes
     > sense to anybody..)
     >
     > (5) In ArcGIS: join EDGES polylines from (1) and the first group
    of the
     > EDGE-FEATNAMES-FACES joined table from (4) using a common field,
     > EDGES.FID and EDGES-FEATNAMES-FACES.FID2. Export as EDGES_1.
    Remove the
     > previous join in EDGES polylines and join EDGES and the second
    group of
     > EDGE-FEATNAMES-FACE (duplicate group 2) and then export only the
    joined
     > rows (i.e. only rows with matching join fields) as EDGES_2.
    Repeat this
     > for all duplicate group tables. Lastly, merge all EDGES groups
    (EDGES_1,
     > EDGES_2, EDGES_3, etc.) by appending others to one.
     >
     > (6) Optional: I added a spatial index in ArcCatalog for faster
    rendering
     > in ArcGIS. TIGER files don't come with these index files, .sbn &
    .sbx. I
     > didn't add any attribute indexes since "create a geocode locator"
    will
     > create indexes for geocoding.
     >
     > Sincerely,
     > Chieko
     > --
     > Chieko Maene, MS, MLIS
     > Maps & State Documents Librarian
     > Government and Geographic Information and Data Services
     > University Library
     > Northwestern University
     > 1970 Campus Drive
     > Evanston, IL 60208-2300
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     > Maps-L Moderator wrote:
     >> -------- Original Message --------
     >> Subject:        RE: Phoenix street network data
     >> Date:   Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:28:52 -0800
     >> From:   Edward Sullivan <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
     >> To:     <[log in to unmask]
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     >>
     >>
     >> This is a bit "outside the box", but rather than going to the
    trouble of
     >> locating, standardizing, and performing quality checks on 'free'
    road
     >> network and address layers, I've lately taken to using the Batch
    Geocode
     >> site to do many of my smaller (< 5,000 addresses) geocoding tasks -
     >>
     >> http://www.batchgeocode.com/
     >>
     >> I believe the Yahoo! Geocoding API this 'mashup' page utilizes
    is using
     >> the very good GDT/TeleAtlas road network base maps, so the
    quality of
     >> the results are typically as good or better than what I can
    accomplish
     >> with free data and desktop GIS geocoders.
     >>
     >> There are more advanced batch geocoding services available to
    academic
     >> users without charge from the USC GIS Research Laboratory:
     >>
     >> https://webgis.usc.edu/
     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> Edward A. Sullivan, III
     >> Senior Technical Associate
     >> Economic & Planning Systems, Inc.
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     >> use of this electronic data by anyone other than Economic & Planning
     >> Systems, Inc. shall be at the sole risk of such user and without
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     >>
     >> The recipient is responsible for verifying the accuracy of data
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    between
     >> the hard copy and the electronic copy, the hard copy will govern.
     >>
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     >>
     >> -----Original Message-----
     >> From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
     >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Maps-L Moderator
     >> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 11:43 AM
     >> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
     >> Subject: Phoenix street network data
     >>
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     >> Date:   Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:38:48 -0800
     >> From:   andrew nicholson <[log in to unmask]
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     >> To:     <[log in to unmask]
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     >>
     >>
     >>
     >> Hi everyone,
     >>
     >> My apologies for the cross posting.
     >>
     >> We are looking for a good quality road network for Phoenix
    Arizona to
     >> allow students to geocode too. We have downloaded the Tigerline
    files,
     >> but they are not very good for this purpose. Can anyone provide
    us with
     >> suggestions for a source or two for high quality and free
    Phoenix street
     >> network data?
     >>
     >> thanks for your help,
     >> Andrew
     >>
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    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:25:06 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: New Map from Canadian-American Center at the U of Maine

    They would not take me there : people, places, and stories from
    Champlain's travels in Canada, 1603-1616 cartography by Michael J.
    Hermann [and] Margaret W. Pearce with inspiration from Samuel de
    Champlain ; translation by Raymond Pelletier ; produced by the
    Canadian-American Center, a national resource center on Canada at the
    University of Maine.

    http://www.umaine.edu/canam/cartography/Champlain.html

    Measurements:
    Flat: 39 x 59 inches
    Folded:8 x 10 inches
    Available rolled or folded

    ISBN 978-0615-23159-4

    Publisher:
    The University of Maine
    Canadian–American Center
    Orono, Maine, USA

    Price (US):
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    Educational use: $10.00
    Wholesale: $7.50
    plus postage

    ------------------------------

    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:42:54 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:41:41 -0800 (PST)
    From:   Tom Hanley <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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    Great example of why it is useful to keep old maps. I think the
    University of GA has some excellent air photos from that era of at
    least parts of GA. Maybe they have already given you a clue as to
    how to proceed. I also remember having someone look through the
    National Archives for some early imagery. A forester or agronomist
    might be able to look at more recent photography to delineate
    earlier farming history.

    Good luck.
     Tom Hanley, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Columbus State University
    Please use this Yahoo mail account for communications.
    Links to the ACRES projects and to Panama photos may be found at:
    http://chemgeo.ColState.edu/th_hp.htm
    "Rock Trails in Central Park" co-authored with M.M. Graff, is
    available for download at http://www.greenswardparks.org



    ----- Original Message ----
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    Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 8:57:32 AM
    Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
    Date:  Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:12:56 -0600
    From:  Mike Flannigan <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:    Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
    <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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    That is some tough land to farm.
    http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-84.52500&lat=36.99722&opt=1
    <http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-84.52500&lat=36.99722&opt=1>

    I suspect they farmed down in Jugornot Hollow.


    Mike Flannigan


    On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote:

     >I am an attorney in addition of being a lover of maps. I am wearing my
     >attorney hat as I write this. I have a case involving the rights of
     >various adjoining land owners in a tract of property located in
    the Buck
     >Creek section of Pulaski County, Kentucky. An important element of the
     >case involves how much of the land was being farmed in the 1940s. A
     >couple of months ago, I read in these post that during WWII, the Army
     >made aerial maps of the entire United States. The earliest aerial
     >photographs I have been able to find so far were taken in the 1950s. I
     >very much need to find a source for these old Army aerial maps.
    The area
     >I need is located in south eastern Pulaski County, Kentucky, and would
     >be on the Dykes or Hail USGS maps or at about 36 degrees, 59 min
    50 sec,
     >84 degrees, 31 minutes, 30 seconds. There was an old Kentucky court of
     >appeals opinion from the 1940s that decided the boundary issue on this
     >land but unfortunately, the case referred to the "land currently being
     >farmed" and referenced a map. The map is no longer in the file so the
     >only way to determine the boundary is to look at old aerial maps
    to try
     >to determine the location of the land being cultivated at the time the
     >aerial photographs were made. Any help with this problem or referrals
     >would be greatly appreciated.
     >
     >Bruce Orwin

    ------------------------------

    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:27:36 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        RE: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:22:45 -0500
    From:   Hallie Pritchett <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:     <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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    As Prof. Hanley states the UGA Map Library has an excellent and
    extensive
    collection of air photos of the state of Georgia dating back to the late
    1930s.  The majority of our air photos were flown by the Agricultural
    Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), now the Aerial
    Photography
    Field Office (APFO), a division of the USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA).
    Air photos for most states (including Kentucky) from 1955 to present
    can be
    ordered directly from the APFO; further information about the APFO
    can be
    found here:

    http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/apfoapp?area=home&subject=landing&topic=landing
    <http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/apfoapp?area=home&subject=landing&topic=landing>

    Air photos flown prior to 1955 are available from the National Archives:

    http://www.archives.gov/research/formats/cartographic.html

    USGS Fact Sheet 127-96 (May 2007) Looking for an Old Aerial
    Photograph gives
    a good overview of resources:

    http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs12796.pdf

    Finally, the Geological Sciences Library and Map Collection at the
    University of Kentucky has per their Web site an extensive collection of
    maps, atlases, gazetteers and Kentucky air photos available in their map
    collection & is probably the best place to start:

    http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=9

    Hope this helps!

    Hallie Pritchett
    Map and Federal Regional Depository Librarian
    University of Georgia Libraries
    Athens, GA 30602
    [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
    706-542-0690  FAX:  706-583-0631
    http://www.libs.uga.edu/maproom/
    http://www.libs.uga.edu/govdocs/



    -----Original Message-----
    From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
    [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On
    Behalf Of Maps-L Moderator
    Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:43 PM
    To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
    Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:41:41 -0800 (PST)
    From:   Tom Hanley <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
    References:     <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>



    Great example of why it is useful to keep old maps. I think the
    University
    of GA has some excellent air photos from that era of at least parts
    of GA.
    Maybe they have already given you a clue as to how to proceed. I also
    remember having someone look through the National Archives for some
    early
    imagery. A forester or agronomist might be able to look at more recent
    photography to delineate earlier farming history.

    Good luck.
     Tom Hanley, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Columbus State University
    Please use this Yahoo mail account for communications.
    Links to the ACRES projects and to Panama photos may be found at:
    http://chemgeo.ColState.edu/th_hp.htm
    "Rock Trails in Central Park" co-authored with M.M. Graff, is
    available for
    download at http://www.greenswardparks.org



    ----- Original Message ----
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    To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
    Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 8:57:32 AM
    Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
    Date:  Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:12:56 -0600
    From:  Mike Flannigan <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:    Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
    <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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    That is some tough land to farm.
    http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-84.52500&lat=36.99722&opt=1
    <http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-84.52500&lat=36.99722&opt=1>

    I suspect they farmed down in Jugornot Hollow.


    Mike Flannigan


    On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> wrote:

     >I am an attorney in addition of being a lover of maps. I am wearing my
     >attorney hat as I write this. I have a case involving the rights of
     >various adjoining land owners in a tract of property located in
    the Buck
     >Creek section of Pulaski County, Kentucky. An important element of the
     >case involves how much of the land was being farmed in the 1940s. A
     >couple of months ago, I read in these post that during WWII, the Army
     >made aerial maps of the entire United States. The earliest aerial
     >photographs I have been able to find so far were taken in the 1950s. I
     >very much need to find a source for these old Army aerial maps.
    The area
     >I need is located in south eastern Pulaski County, Kentucky, and would
     >be on the Dykes or Hail USGS maps or at about 36 degrees, 59 min
    50 sec,
     >84 degrees, 31 minutes, 30 seconds. There was an old Kentucky court of
     >appeals opinion from the 1940s that decided the boundary issue on this
     >land but unfortunately, the case referred to the "land currently being
     >farmed" and referenced a map. The map is no longer in the file so the
     >only way to determine the boundary is to look at old aerial maps
    to try
     >to determine the location of the land being cultivated at the time the
     >aerial photographs were made. Any help with this problem or referrals
     >would be greatly appreciated.
     >
     >Bruce Orwin

    ------------------------------

    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:37:29 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: map cataloging subject help needed

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        map cataloging subject help needed
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:23:51 -0700
    From:   Laura E Wright <[log in to unmask]>
    To:     MAPS-L <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>



    I am cataloging a map that shows survey control points (title:
    University of Colorado at Boulder survey control diagram), and I am
    having a hard time coming up with any relevant subject headings. I have,
    so far, determined that "Bench-marks" (which is an established heading)
    are not the same as control points. The only valid subject I can come up
    with is "Surveying" – but that doesn't seem particularly useful.

    I have tried searching OCLC for similar maps, but using keywords
    "survey" and "control" brings up all the USGS topos.

    Does anyone have any similar maps? Or enough surveying knowledge to know
    of any better headings?

    Thanks,

    Laura

    ~~~~~~~~~
    Laura Wright
    Map Library, University of Colorado at Boulder
    184 UCB Boulder, CO 80309

    (303) 735-3111
    fax: (303) 735-4879

    ///"Library of Congress Classification: what bookstores would use /

    /if they wanted you to find what you're looking for."/
    / --Stephen Wynn/

    ------------------------------

    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:59:58 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: Re: map cataloging subject help needed

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Re: map cataloging subject help needed
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:57:37 -0500
    From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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    Laura,

    Take a look at the subject headings
    "Triangulation" and "Geodesy". The control points
    you mention are part of a "triangulation" system
    for fixing specific locations on the surface of
    the earth, and Geodesy is the science/discipline
    encompassing this. Triangulation can be
    subdivided geographically, as can Geodesy.
    "Surveying" is also an acceptable heading for
    this kind of map, though in my mind broader than
    perhaps what the map shows. You might note when
    looking at the authority record for "Geodesy" the
    Used For cross reference of "Earth $x
    Measurement" which might help you hone in on what
    the map's purpose is about. Also, there's a scope
    note about using the topical heading of "Surveys"
    subdivided geographically if you think that is useful.

    Paige

    At 03:37 PM 2/17/2009, you wrote:
     >-------- Original Message --------
     >Subject:        map cataloging subject help needed
     >Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:23:51 -0700
     >From:   Laura E Wright <[log in to unmask]>
     >To:     MAPS-L <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
     >
     >
     >
     >I am cataloging a map that shows survey control points (title:
     >University of Colorado at Boulder survey control diagram), and I am
     >having a hard time coming up with any relevant subject headings. I
    have,
     >so far, determined that Â"Bench-marksÂ" (which is an established
    heading)
     >are not the same as control points. The only valid subject I can
    come up
     >with is Â"SurveyingÂ" ­ but that doesnÂ't seem particularly useful.
     >
     >I have tried searching OCLC for similar maps, but using keywords
     >Â"surveyÂ" and Â"controlÂ" brings up all the USGS topos.
     >
     >Does anyone have any similar maps? Or enough surveying knowledge
    to know
     >of any better headings?
     >
     >Thanks,
     >
     >Laura
     >
     >~~~~~~~~~
     >Laura Wright
     >Map Library, University of Colorado at Boulder
     >184 UCB Boulder, CO 80309
     >
     >(303) 735-3111
     >fax: (303) 735-4879
     >
     >///"Library of Congress Classification: what bookstores would use /
     >
     >/if they wanted you to find what you're looking for."/
     >/ --Stephen Wynn/

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    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:00:23 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: Re: map cataloging subject help needed

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        RE: map cataloging subject help needed
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:59:34 -0500
    From:   Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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    A quick look at LC Subject Headings in Classweb gives a few
    possibilities.  As you suggest, Surveying is broad, but it is what
    the control points are part of.  Another is Geodesy (used for
    geodetic surveys).  There is also Triangulation, and looking there
    gives some other terms, including Triangulation signal towers.  But
    Bench-marks are types of control points, so I wouldn't rule that one
    out.

    Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]
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    Maps Librarian                         Phone: 513-529-1726
    Miami University Libraries
    Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA


    -----Original Message-----
    From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
    [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On
    Behalf Of Maps-L Moderator
    Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:37 PM
    To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
    Subject: map cataloging subject help needed

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        map cataloging subject help needed
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:23:51 -0700
    From:   Laura E Wright <[log in to unmask]>
    To:     MAPS-L <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>



    I am cataloging a map that shows survey control points (title:
    University of Colorado at Boulder survey control diagram), and I am
    having a hard time coming up with any relevant subject headings. I have,
    so far, determined that "Bench-marks" (which is an established heading)
    are not the same as control points. The only valid subject I can come up
    with is "Surveying" - but that doesn't seem particularly useful.

    I have tried searching OCLC for similar maps, but using keywords
    "survey" and "control" brings up all the USGS topos.

    Does anyone have any similar maps? Or enough surveying knowledge to know
    of any better headings?

    Thanks,

    Laura

    ~~~~~~~~~
    Laura Wright
    Map Library, University of Colorado at Boulder
    184 UCB Boulder, CO 80309

    (303) 735-3111
    fax: (303) 735-4879

    ///"Library of Congress Classification: what bookstores would use /

    /if they wanted you to find what you're looking for."/
    / --Stephen Wynn/

    ------------------------------

    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:14:35 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: New issue of Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship
    Available

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        New issue of Issues in Science & Technology
    Librarianship
    Available
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:12:09 -0800
    From:   Andrea Duda <[log in to unmask]
    <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>





    The Winter 2009 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
    is now available at http://www.istl.org/

    Contents:


    Key Theme: Innovations in Instruction

    Using Google Scholar to Search for Online Availability of a Cited
    Article in Engineering Disciplines
    by Virginia A. Baldwin, University of Nebraska

    Comparing Safari Tech Books Online and Books24x7 E-book Collections: A
    Case Study from the University of British Columbia Library
    by Eugene Barsky, Lisa Schattman, and Aleteia Greenwood, University of
    British Columbia

    A Physics Professor and a Science Librarian Challenge Non-Majors to
    Evaluate Science
    by Mary Iber and Derin Sherman, Cornell College


    Refereed Articles

    The Emerging Engineering Scholar: A Citation Analysis of Theses and
    Dissertations at Western Michigan University
    by Edward J. Eckel, Western Michigan University


    Electronic Resources Reviews

    Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
    by Brian Quigley, University of California, Berkeley


    Viewpoints

    Publishers and Librarians: New Dialogues in Challenging Times
    by Laura Bowering Mullen, Rutgers University Library of Science and
    Medicine

    --
    Andrea L. Duda
    Davidson Library
    University of California
    Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
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    Date:    Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:17:20 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Subject: Offer of LC Checklist 1904

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject:        Offer of LC Checklist 1904
    Date:   Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:14:42 -0500
    From:   Cynthia Cort <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Organization:   Denison University
    To:     Maps-L



    We have available a copy of "Checklist of Large Scale Maps published by
    Foreign Governments (Great Britain excepted) in the Library of
    Congress," 1904. Please E-mail. Federal depositories & other map
    libraries preferred.
    Cynthia

    --
    Cynthia Cort
    Government Documents
    Denison University Libraries
    Granville, OH  43023
    740-587-5644

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    End of MAPS-L Digest - 16 Feb 2009 to 17 Feb 2009 (#2009-32)
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