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Subject: Re: MAPS-L: Universal Map company map Dates?
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005
From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
I have called Universial Map company by telephone, and received assistance
from the one who answered on interpretation of the code to determine the
date of a road map. If you indicate what map you are working with, they
would probably ask for the code you find in a certain place, and readily
tell you what date it is.
If I were to not purchase maps they publish, because they use a code
rather than the date, I would not be able to get a road map of some areas
of the country, including certain maps of Michigan cities. They are not
unique, in fact are a bit of the 'old school' in their use of such a code
to indicate a date.
A look at the date codes web page of WAML indicates that others have used
this method, also. http://www.waml.org/datecode.html#
Ken
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Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Angie Cope, AGSL wrote:
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> Subject: FW: Universal Map Dates?
> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005
> From: Frank Stieber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> To all involved in the indexing and cataloging of maps,
> I recently came across a publisher, Universal Maps, that
> deliberately leaves off the dates on their most recently published
> street maps for reasons stated below. I raised an eyebrow at this when
> querying the publisher on the dates of some of its maps because I think
> street maps are one of those products that a consumer would definitely
> want to know the year published what with roads and highways changing so
> frequently in fast growing American Cities and suburbs. In any case
> they claim they leave the dates off so the public doesn't assume their
> products are outdated if the year published isn't up to date on a
> particular map. I think I would encourage the public to purchase maps
> from a company that is forthright in revealing when the map was
> published, so as to know the information is valid and relevant for
> navigation.
> ~frank Stieber
> ASU - Map Collection
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:36 AM
> To: Frank Stieber
> Subject: Fw: Universal Map Dates?????
>
> Mr. Stieber,
> I'm not sure which editions of these titles you have. In order to know
> this, I would need you to send me the ISBN numbers on them. What would
> also help greatly is the number in the upper right hand corner of the
> barcode boxes where the ISBN is. It should be either a number beginning
>
> with two letters (ex: TX555) or a seven digit number. We generally
> don't
> put dates on our maps because if people see that a map was last updated
> in
> say, 2003, even if it is the most updated possible version, they will
> still think it is outdated. We try to always stock our most current
> edition of all products, but people will still assume that it is old.
>
> Thanks!
> Mara Wolke
> Purchasing Agent
> Universal Map
> (800) 829-6277 (ext. 219)
>
>
> Shamika Goss/UMAP
> 09/14/2005 09:17 AM
> To
> Mara Wolke/UMAP@UMAP
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> ----- Forwarded by Shamika Goss/UMAP on 09/14/05 09:18 AM -----
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> Frank Stieber <[log in to unmask]>
> 09/13/05 10:05 PM
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> To
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> Subject
> Universal Map Dates?????
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> I need the dates that these maps were published...i am finding that
> Universal maps have no publishing dates on any of these map editions
>
> http://www.travelsite.com/scripts/travel/viewitem.pl?pn=1364230&category
> =Folding+Maps&subcategory=
>
> http://www.travelsite.com/scripts/travel/viewitem.pl?pn=1072230&category
> =Folding+Maps&subcategory=
>
> greater fort worth fold out
>
> dallas tx, street map
>
> phoenix, Peoria, Glendale, and sun city Arizona street map
>
> tempe, mesa, chandler and gilbert, street map
>
> any assistance is appreciated, as I need the dates in order to catalog
> them for our map library properly
>
> frank Stieber
> asu map collection
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:19 AM
> To: Frank Stieber
> Subject: Universal Map
>
> Hi, I would be more than happy to help you.
> May I have the ISBN# or either the UPC# on the map?
>
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