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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:42:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Lily Wai <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: DOQQs of California <fwd>
Sender: Lily Wai <[log in to unmask]>
Hi, All:
I thought I would share my experience in obtaining DOQQs of our state for
our library collection/website. By participating in the statewide GIS
users group activities, we are able to convince the state agencies who
have purchased, or received these DOQQs to share them with us. Right now,
we have about over 2000 DOQQ quads on our site for public access and
download. We received 173 DOQQ CD-ROMs FREE from the Idaho Dept. of Lands
after I befriended with the GIS manager at a meeting. We are also in
cooperation with Idaho Dept. of Water Resources, and NRCS to get more
DOQQs for our state. The plan is that we will have the coverage for the
entire state in MrSid format and with their assistance all reprojected to
the Idaho Transverse Mercator (IDTM) projection which is preferred by the
state agencies. Hopefully, any updates they have will also be shared with
us. So far, I only have to pay for the copying of the CDs at cost which
is very minimum.
Lily Wai, INSIDE Idaho Project Director Phone: 208-885-6344
Professor, Head of Government Documents Fax: 208-885-6817
University of Idaho Library (0135) E-Mail:[log in to unmask]
Rayburn Street http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/govdoc
Moscow, Idaho 83844-2353 http://inside.uidaho.edu
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:46:26 -0500
> From: Patrick McGlamery <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: DOQQs of California <fwd>
> Sender: Patrick McGlamery <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Mary;
>
> Your point is well taken. The Library community has seemed to roll over and
> give up on the DOQQs, leaving it up to individual libraries to press their
> acquistions budget hard. I believe that is a bad precedent, but... here we
> are.
>
> That said though, I'm curious as to whether it is worth it to charge. How
> much does it cost the UCal Libraries to collect the fees? Is it
> centralized? Does your budget get it all back? Are you getting lots of
> little requests of a few massive one (or lots of massive ones)? How do you
> deliver? What impact has it had on your staff? Are you the resource for
> the whole UC system? If so, does the State Dept. of Higher Ed (or what have
> you) recognize that with more funding?
>
> We are trying a different tack here in Connecticut. The state does a
> fly-over every five years. This one is digital and with LIDAR elevation
> data at 1/4 m pixel rez. We, MAGIC and spatial data users, have worked hard
> to lobby the Governor and the Legislature to spend the money to put it in
> the public domain. Darned if it didn't make to the Guv's budget. We are
> all keeping our fingers crossed (and our pols informed) to see that it stays
> there. While Connecticut is a smaller state, of course it's budget (and
> resources) are smaller as well.
>
> Patrick McG.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 4:34 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: DOQQs of California <fwd>
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 11:13:05 -0800
> From: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: DOQQs of California
> Sender: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Certainly, we would all very much appreciate it
> if USGS would have the funding to provide libraries
> with the DOQQs as a depository item, and I do
> encourage you to let your legislators know that
> USGS is an important agency whose products
> are of great use to the taxpayers, and that these
> products should be provided as part of the
> of the depository-library system.
> Just recently, I saw an email that - if I'm
> remembering correctly - stated that USGS
> is looking at cuts in its budget for upcoming years.
>
> That having been said - the charges that
> my department has for providing DOQQs to
> non-UC libraries is a reflection of the realities of building and
> maintaining a digital library, which as nearly
> as I can tell costs more, not less, than building
> and maintaining a hardcopy collection.
> To date, the UC/Stanford map libraries (several of us
> are putting our money together to buy these)
> have invested about $22,000 over the past
> 2 years or so, and we still have about
> 15% or so of the state left to purchase.
>
>
> Mary
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:46:30 -0500
> From: Tsering Wangyal Shawa <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: SUM:Orthophoto of Los Angeles
> Sender: Tsering Wangyal Shawa <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Map, GIS, and Govt. Doc. Librarians:
>
> Is it possible for any of the Californian Librarians to help me in getting
> Orthophoto of Los Angeles area (Los Angeles SW, SE, NW, and NE) for free
> for my student? I will very happy to help you should you need any
> Orthophoto of New Jersey area for academic use.
>
> Although a price for DOQQ from the ADL is very reasonable(see the below
> email) I don't want to set precedent in buying DOQQ from libraries. All the
> orthophotos of USA are supposed to be distributed free to Federal
> Depository Libraries but trends are setting in selling these information to
> libraries through institutions or through commercial companies. Many
> libraries are not worried by this trend because at this time they are
> getting their state data more or less free......and many feels that is
> enough for their library. We, as Librarian have to think very carefully
> about a long term consequences for libraries who are collecting or
> acquiring these types of digital materials especially orthophotos.
> Orthophoto, as I said earlier is one of the most important sources of
> generating other geospatial data. We don't want to loss a chance of getting
> this important data resources free from the USGS.
>
> When I asked last time through this discussion group about getting free
> orthophotos for Los Angeles area I received a few emails selling data. Some
> are charging about $100 per quad and some $2.50 or $1.25 per file with
> $45per hour labour fee.
>
> Is there any good Californian Librarian who is willing to share their
> resources to us??
>
> Many thanks.
> -Wangyal
> Tsering Wangyal Shawa
> Geographic Information Systems Librarian
> Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center
> Geosciences and Map Library
> Guyot Hall, Princeton University
> Princeton, NJ 08544
> Phone: (609) 258-6804
> Fax: (609) 258-4607
> www.princeton.edu/~geolib/gis
>
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> >The links to the DOQQ data within the Alexandria Digital Library site
> >are not yet functional. We are currently selling the DOQQ data for half of
> our
> >cost to non-University of California users. CIR DOQQs are $2.50/file and
> B&W
> >DOQQs are $1.25/file. There is also a $45/hour labor fee for file
> preparation.
> >
> >Let me know how you would like to proceed,
> >Greg Hajic
> >
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> > (805)893-5122 Davidson Library
> > (805)893-8799 FAX University of California
> > [log in to unmask] Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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> Mary Lynette Larsgaard
> Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
> Davidson Library
> University of California, Santa Barbara
> Santa Barbara CA 93106
> telephone: 805/893-4049
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