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Subject: RE: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:50:33 -0500
From: Thompson, Thelma <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Cheryl,
I may be able to shed a bit of light on the NWI maps or maybe just
thicken the mystery a bit.
Earlier this fall I was contacted by a FWS employee located in Virginia
who had been referred to me by the NH Office of Energy and State
Planning. This person was contacting all the state offices who were
distributors of NWI maps because the collection in (I believe) St.
Petersburg, FL was being dismantled and she needed to work remotely from
Virginia to find homes for the mylars and paper maps in Florida in very
short timeframe ( a matter of weeks as I recall). Our NH OESP did not
have room to take them but thought of me. Hence, the call.
After some consultations, I agreed to take both the NH mylars and paper
maps for the UNH collection since I was assured they came with no
restrictions as to what we might do with them in the future. Although
the information is presumably duplicated online, some of those I
contacted felt the hard copy format retained its usefulness. The
information is definitely of interest to our patrons as it potentially
documents wetlands lost to development.
I was told by the FWS contact that the distribution centers in our
neighboring states had agreed to take the maps for their states, but I
have not contacted them to confirm this and determine whether they ever
received any maps.
Several weeks later, I was surprised to only receive the mylars, but
your email perhaps suggests what happened to the paper maps.
Interesting that when I went to NWI website this afternoon to find the
link to distribution sites, the site was unavailable.
Thelma Thompson
Thelma B. Thompson
Government Document and Maps Librarian
University of New Hampshire
18 Library Way
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-1132, Fax: 603-862-0247
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Subject: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
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Subject: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:43:10 -0500
From: Cheryl McCoy <[log in to unmask]>
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A collection of National Wetland Inventory Maps was recently sent to a
recycling center in Clearwater, Florida. These maps are original maps,
dated 1995, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The maps contain
the
outlines of the wetlands within each state (and some international
areas)
and appear to be printed (or inked) directly onto translucent plastic
sheets. Each of these sheets contains the legend information for the
maps
and have two holes at the top of the sheet. It would appear that these
maps were intended to be placed on a lighted table and that the
corresponding USGS 7.5 quadrangle maps should then be placed under the
National Wetland Inventory maps so that the outlines of the wetlands
would
be superimposed on the USGS quad maps.
Shortly after this collection was delivered to the recycling center, the
owner of the center called the Development Office here at the USF Tampa
Library, to see if we would be interested in acquiring this collection.
Further scrutiny determined that there were at least 10,000 maps in this
collection and at this point, I don't think that our library would be
able
to accommodate a collection of this size but I am trying to find out as
much information as possible that will assist us with our final
decision.
It would appear that most of the information that is contained on these
maps is now available on the National Wetlands Inventory Database
http://wetlandsfws.er.usgs.gov/NWI/index.html so from a research
standpoint, the wetlands mapping information contained on these maps
would
be available through other methods. My question is in regard to the
uniqueness of these maps. These are "original" maps but I don't know if
original maps are available at every U.S. Fish and Wildlife office in
the
country or not. Does anyone have any additional information about these
maps? Or have any thoughts or opinions about the overall worth of a
collection like this?
I would appreciate any information that anyone has about these maps.
Thanks!!
Cheryl S. McCoy, MLS
University Librarian
Research Services & Collections
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, LIB 122
Tampa, FL 33620-5400
voice: (813) 974-3530
fax: (813) 974-9875
email: [log in to unmask]
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