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Subject: ALA MAGERT Education Committee & RE: NGA's Federal Register
Announcement To Withdraw Aeronautical Products (Maps,
Charts and Associated Data) from Public Access]
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:03:14 -0600
From: McEathron, Scott R <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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In the spirit continuing education, I intend to facilitate an open
discussion on NGA's announcement in the Education Committee meeting,
Saturday, January 15, Westin Copley Place, Essex N.W., 9:30-11 AM. All
are welcome. I have no doubts that it will also be a discussion topic in
many other meetings as well.
This is shaping up to be a very good conference--hope to see you all in
Boston.
Scott R. McEathron
Map Librarian
T.R. Smith Map Collections
Anschutz Library -- University of Kansas
1301 Hoch Auditoria Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045-7537
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Subject: Open Memorandum Concerning NGA's Federal Register Announcement
To Withdraw Aeronautical Products (Maps,
Charts and Associated Data) from Public Access
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:35:04 -0500
From: Julie Horns <[log in to unmask]>
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East View Cartographic would like the map librarian community to be
aware
of its efforts to keep important documents in the US public domain. As
many
of you know, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has
proposed
withdrawing from public access many thousands of aeronautical chart
products
as of October 1, 2005. This unprecedented step--basically the largest
instance of proposed cartographic censorship in US history--will
significantly affect users of associated cartographic and GIS products
all
over the world. Because the products and the issues concerned are
rather
complex, East View has prepared a comprehensive overview for interested
persons, as well as issued its own recommendations on the matter. This
overview and recommendations can be found at:
http://www.cartographic.com/news/press/releases.asp
Any comments would be most welcome, and we look forward to seeing some
of
you at the ALA MAGERT meetings this coming weekend in Boston.
Sincerely,
Kent D. Lee
President/CEO
East View Cartographic, Inc.
3020 Harbor Lane North
Minneapolis, MN 55447
Tel: 763.253.0965
Fax: 763.559.2931
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www.cartographic.com
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