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>Hello All,
>  I described the NSDI/FGDC program to more of my patrons and co-
>workers yesterday, and said that, in theory, we end up with maps that
>contain data that was added the same day.  A patron asked:
 
>  "Does that mean you will be able to give us a map showing where the
>elk are?"
 
>Just thought you'd enjoy this question.  Linda Zellmer (U. of Wyoming)
 
In the mid-1980's, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fitted caribou and polar
bears with collar transmitters and satellite receivers to track migration
routes.  (The US Fish and Wildlife Service:  it's not a job, it's an
adventure...)  A map of the results of "where the caribou go" is in the USGS
brochure "Geographic Information Systems."
 
With the advances in communications and Global Positioning System
technologies, the answer is yes, in the (not necessarily long term) future you
could give them a map showing where the elk are.  (Now, if we could only
figure out how to persuade the elk to put on their own transmitters....)
 
The National Spatial Data Infrastructure:  A little something for everyone :-)
 
MADomaratz
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