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Subject: Re: New USGS Map/Poster on Lewis and Clark
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 14:15:31 -0600
From: "Joseph J Kerski" <[log in to unmask]>


Folks:

I have used the poster described in this email; it was compiled in the
USGS
Rocky Mountain Mapping Center where I work, and it is useful by
geography
and history teachers for illustrating not only the changes in mapping
over
the past 200 years, but to give students an idea of the terrain that
Lewis
and Clark and their group traversed.

Joseph Kerski
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A new poster from the U.S. Geological Survey commemorates the 200th
anniversary of the Lewis and Clark trek. The poster features two maps in
parallel view: above is a reproduction of "Lewis and Clark's Track
Across
the Western Portion of North America from the Mississippi River to the
Pacific Ocean," published by Samuel Lewis in 1814; below is the same
geographic area depicted with current remote sensing technology in a
colorful image of the American landscape. The parallel map construction
illustrates how far cartographic techniques have advanced in 200 years.

     The Correct Stock Number is 113605
     Price $10.00 for the map plus $5.00 handling
     Size 54.5"x 42"

This poster also contains text providing facts about the Lewis and Clark
mission, the original map, and mapmaking techniques used by the USGS
today.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first of many government surveys
of
natural resources in the American West. In 1879, four such surveys were
combined into a new agency called the United States Geological Survey
(USGS). The USGS continues to serve the nation as an independent
fact-finding agency that provides scientific understanding about
natural-resource conditions, issues, and problems. Because of its origin
in
natural resource surveys and the similarity of the USGS mission to
Thomas
Jefferson's charge to Lewis and Clark, the USGS can be seen as the
organizational successor to Lewis and Clark.

To view the Lewis and Clark map and other maps available from the
Library
of Congress Archives, go to
http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/historicmaps/historicmapsfromlca.html.

The Lewis and Clark map is available from the USGS Information Services,
Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225, (FAX 303 202 4693).

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Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D.
Geographer: Education/GIS
US Geological Survey
Building 810 - Entrance W-5 - Room 3000
Box 25046 - MS 507
Denver CO 80225-0046 USA
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Voice 303-202-4315
Fax 303-202-4137
http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/
 USGS: Science for a Changing World
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