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Subject: Re: double ententre quadrangle names
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:30:21 -0400
From: Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>


You might find some ideas in Mark Monmonier's work:
<http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo3680293.html>.

              Joel Kovarsky

On 3/16/2012 3:14 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee wrote:
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> Subject: double ententre quadrangle names
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:07:05 -0500
> From: Coombs, James <[log in to unmask]>
> To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hey, folks, I'm working on a cartoon idea about the double entendre
> names USGS gave to some quadrangles.  I have tried searching for them
> myself, and have found a few, like "Potty Brown Creek, Colo."and "Wet
> Bottom Mesa, Ariz.", but it seems an easier way to find them, and to
> have fun on a Friday afternoon, is to query all of you, since you surely
> are aware of the ones in your state.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> Jim Coombs
> Map Librarian
> Duane G Meyer Library
> Missouri State University
>