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Subject: MAPS-L: Universal Map company map Dates?
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005
From: Angie Cope, AGSL <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Hi Frank,
This is a very typical strategy that map producers use to keep their
products relevant. Business is business.
As a cataloger, I marvel at how the internet and email has eased our
work and made it possible for us to actually contact someone at these
companies in an effort to obtain accurate information. Universal Map was
at least willing to respond to your inquiry. Consider yourself lucky.
I wonder if Universal has a predictable date coding system that we could
learn about. As far as I know, there isn't any information in the
library world about Universal Map date codes. Keep us informed!
Angie
opinions expressed are my own.
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Subject: FW: Universal Map Dates?
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005
From: Frank Stieber <[log in to unmask]>
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To all involved in the indexing and cataloging of maps,
I recently came across a publisher, Universal Maps, that
deliberately leaves off the dates on their most recently published
street maps for reasons stated below. I raised an eyebrow at this when
querying the publisher on the dates of some of its maps because I think
street maps are one of those products that a consumer would definitely
want to know the year published what with roads and highways changing so
frequently in fast growing American Cities and suburbs. In any case
they claim they leave the dates off so the public doesn't assume their
products are outdated if the year published isn't up to date on a
particular map. I think I would encourage the public to purchase maps
from a company that is forthright in revealing when the map was
published, so as to know the information is valid and relevant for
navigation.
~frank Stieber
ASU - Map Collection
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Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:36 AM
To: Frank Stieber
Subject: Fw: Universal Map Dates?????
Mr. Stieber,
I'm not sure which editions of these titles you have. In order to know
this, I would need you to send me the ISBN numbers on them. What would
also help greatly is the number in the upper right hand corner of the
barcode boxes where the ISBN is. It should be either a number beginning
with two letters (ex: TX555) or a seven digit number. We generally
don't
put dates on our maps because if people see that a map was last updated
in
say, 2003, even if it is the most updated possible version, they will
still think it is outdated. We try to always stock our most current
edition of all products, but people will still assume that it is old.
Thanks!
Mara Wolke
Purchasing Agent
Universal Map
(800) 829-6277 (ext. 219)
Shamika Goss/UMAP
09/14/2005 09:17 AM
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Frank Stieber <[log in to unmask]>
09/13/05 10:05 PM
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Universal Map Dates?????
I need the dates that these maps were published...i am finding that
Universal maps have no publishing dates on any of these map editions
http://www.travelsite.com/scripts/travel/viewitem.pl?pn=1364230&category
=Folding+Maps&subcategory=
http://www.travelsite.com/scripts/travel/viewitem.pl?pn=1072230&category
=Folding+Maps&subcategory=
greater fort worth fold out
dallas tx, street map
phoenix, Peoria, Glendale, and sun city Arizona street map
tempe, mesa, chandler and gilbert, street map
any assistance is appreciated, as I need the dates in order to catalog
them for our map library properly
frank Stieber
asu map collection
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Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:19 AM
To: Frank Stieber
Subject: Universal Map
Hi, I would be more than happy to help you.
May I have the ISBN# or either the UPC# on the map?
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