----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Russell Guy" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 9:38:19 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Maps-L Re: Fwd: West of Sundown There are a lot of these "west of" and "east of" in the USGS 24k series; I found 32 in Arizona alone. Sadly, none of them have that wonderful connotation of the dark, exotic unknown that "West of Sundown" suggests. Cheers Russell Guy At 09:41 AM 10/24/2008, you wrote: >----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: "Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:38:06 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central >Subject: West of Sundown > >Hi, Jim - > >That's usually the notation when you'd have a quadrangle named Sundown >but on the quadrangle to the west of Sundown, there's no identifiable >place information to use for a quadrangle name. So, it becomes West of >Sundown. There have been a couple of these (not necessarily Sundown), >including, if I recall correctly, one 15' quad that I came across when I >worked at LC. But, please don't ask me where it was located! > >HTH. > >v > >-- >\ / Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California > 0 Email: [log in to unmask] > Oo "There is always hope." >My fave: http://www.washington.edu/cambots/camera1_l.gif >-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK------ >GAT/d+(--) s++ a+++ C+++ UB++ UL++ US++ P+ L+ !e W+++ >!N !o !K w+ O+ !M V PS+ PE- T++ PGPP t- 5 X R+++ >tv+ b++++ DI+ D---G e+++ h+ r x? >------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------- ******************************************************************************* Russell Guy [log in to unmask] Omnimap.com http://www.omnimap.com/maps.htm International Map Specialists Tel.: 800-742-2677 (USA only) P.O. Box 2096 Tel.: 336-227-8300 (International) 1004 South Mebane St. Fax: 336-227-3748 Burlington, NC 27216-2096 USA Past President (1996), International Map Trade Association Founding Member, Independent Travel Stores Association ********************************************************************************