Thank you so much for this.
It's a wonderful tool.
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 9:21 AM Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thank you for this!
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> How wonderful, thank you NGMDB!
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> One thing we lost through Klokan a few years ago was the ability to search
> for Michigan Minor Civil Divisions and get accurate geographic extents for
> them. We have about 1,200 townships which are actual minor civil divisions
> that collect property taxes & stuff. I notice that this NGMDB tool
> recognizes their existence in the search box, but doesn’t take the map to
> the geographic extent. Or maybe does sometimes? I’m still testing.
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> You can search for Onondaga Twp, Michigan but the map takes you to about a
> 4-square mile extent that doesn’t match the 36-square mile township. Delhi
> Twp, however, which is a charter township and has status closer to that of
> a city government, does seem to go to the correct extent.
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> Counties are working just fine. Cities seem to be going to the correct
> extent.
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> Not nitpicking, just observing, and I’m thankful for this new tool.
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> Kathleen Weessies
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> Social Sciences Coordinator; Head, Map Library
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> Michigan State University
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> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> *On Behalf
> Of *Angela R Cope
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 15, 2021 11:16 AM
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> *Subject:* Extent - replacement for kloken bounding box
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> Hey all,
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> Ask and you shall receive! Or at least, speak up you never know who's
> listening!
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> Check this out: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/extent/
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> Dave Soller and Chris Garrity of USGS heard our cries and put this
> together.
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> The question for the group - or as Chris calls all y'all - my team - what
> other formatting types do we need? I need the MARC OCLC formatting type and
> that's it. What else are people using at bounding box?
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> Chris seems open to other comments or suggestions. Please funnel those
> through me and I'll share them with him.
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