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Subject:        Maps-L Re: Price for USGS Topo Maps Rises Gently
Date:   Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:54:10 -0400
From:   Russell Guy <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask]



Well, I guess you can consider a $2 increase "gentle" but cerntainly
not in relation to a $6 base price.  Spin, baby, spin.

It seems like NOAA and FAA have little price increases every 6 to 12
months; 10 cents here and 50 cents there.  I wonder if USGS would be
better off raising their prices $0.30/year instead of $2 once every
$7 years?  If nothing else they'd end up with a bit more cash that way.

Russell

At 03:35 PM 3/17/2009, you wrote:
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject:        Re: [MAPS-L] Price for USGS Topo Maps Rises Gently
>Date:   Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:57:27 -0500
>From:   Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]>
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>Organization:   http://bentones.us/
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>Not to be argumentative, but 33% is gentle?!
>
>-rw-
>
>Maps-L Moderator wrote:
>>The price of the popular USGS 1:24,000 scale topographic quadrangle map
>>- often called a "topo" or a "quad" - will go up $2 per sheet to $8
>>beginning today March 16, 2009. Larger format ("poster") maps will go up
>>$3 per sheet to $10. These prices were last increased 7 years ago.
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