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Subject: Archiving geospatial datasets -- the Map Library's Role
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:38:33 -0500
From: Youngblood, Dawn <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Colleagues;
I would like to put forward the following for consideration:
*/1. /**/As we transition to an increasingly digital world, what is the
Map Library's role in archiving geospatial datasets? /*
*/ /*
*/2. /**/Have some libraries developed policies and procedures to serve
this need, and if so what are they?/*
NOTE: Below are some documents produced and available on the web
regarding documenting spatial data:
*1. **Archiving Spatial Data (pdf):*
*http://www.sdsc.edu/TR/TR-2001-06.doc.pdf#search=%22archiving%20spatial%20data%22*
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*2. **Guide to managing geospatial electronic records (pdf):*
*http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/ger/GuideToManagingGERv1Final.pdf*
Currently, we archive unique geospatial datasets only if they are part
of a dissertaion produced here in which case they are placed on cd-rom.
THANK YOU in advance for your input – I look forward to learining from you.
If you would like to respond offline, I could aggregate/ summarize
responses for the list.
Dawn Youngblood, PhD
Curator, Edwin J. Foscue Map Library
Southern Methodist University
6425 North Ownby Drive
Box 750375
Dallas TX 75275-0375
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214-768-2285
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From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:50 AM
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Subject: MAPS-L: historic national boundaries
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Subject: RE: MAPS-L: historic national boundaries
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:27:38 -0600
From: Kathryn Lage <[log in to unmask]>
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Organization: University of Colorado
To: 'Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum' <[log in to unmask]>
Hi Anne,
I'd be interested in the responses you get to this question, if you wouldn't
mind passing them along.
Hope all is well with you. Will you be at the WAML meeting in Flagstaff?
Katie
Katie Lage
Map Librarian
Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences and Map Library
University of Colorado, Boulder UCB 184
Boulder, CO 80309
PH: 303-735-4917
FX: 303-735-4879
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Subject: MAPS-L: historic national boundaries
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Subject: historic national boundaries
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:43:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: A. Zald <[log in to unmask]>
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A researcher needs national boundaries in GIS format (global geographic
scope) for each year 1960-present. This is related to a study of
globalization over time and the relation of land area to other factors.
I can find digital national boundaries that are current and perhaps from the
mid-late 1990s. Has anyone been successful in obtaining historical
shapefiles for national boundaries, whether from public or private sources?
Thank you in advance for any leads.
Anne
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