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My guess is this means sometime before September 30. Fiscal years in the federal government run October through September. It is how budget cycles work, which affects policies driven by funding (that is, pretty much everything).
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Miami University Libraries
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I wonder if "will become available this year" mean they will be available within the next 3 weeks? That would be great.
I've also put together a list of websites with historic topos at http://www.gelib.com/historic-topographic-maps.html and am busy putting them into Google Earth.
Matt
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I was interested in finding out if the USGS will include historical topographic maps in its new USTOPO database. Below is the response from the USGS.
Carlos A. Diaz
Government Documents/Maps
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
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Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:38 AM
To: Diaz, Carlos
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Subject: Re: Digital Map Feedback,Historical Topographic Maps
Carlos, thank your for your intersest in USGS's topograhic maps.
Carlos wrote - " Will this new database also provide historical topographic maps like from the 19th and early 20th centuries?" and again Carlos wrote - "If not, do you have such a source already available? You should see NOAA's historical database for maps and nautical charts"
USGS is producing high resolution scans of USGS historic topographic maps. Many will be in the 20th century (1900's) and very few, if any, in the 19th century (1800's). USGS made most of the legacy topographic maps in the 1900's and had just started mapping at the turn of the century. These scanned historic maps will become available this year through the USGS Store http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/(xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd&layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&carea=%24ROOT)/.do
Thank you for the reference to NOAA's historic maps archive.
Stafford Binder
Associate to the Graphics Product and Service Lead
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Will this new database also provide historical topographic maps like from the 19th and early 20th centuries?
There seems to be a great demand by academic researchers for historical topographic maps as well.
If not, do you have such a source already available?
You should see NOAA's historical database for maps and nautical charts at:
http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/historical_zoom.asp
..pretty good.
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