-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [MAPS-L] A Genealogy Map Story Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:53:36 -0500 From: Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> CC: Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee <[log in to unmask]> My former neighbor and architectural preservation expert once told me that looking for plants like irises, etc., was a common way to search for old homesteads. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: A Genealogy Map Story > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:54:20 +0000 > From: Hadden, Robert L AGC <[log in to unmask]> > To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship > <[log in to unmask]> > > A Genealogy Story > > ... > I have heard of benchmarks and landmarks, but this was the only > case of > "bloom marks" I have ever heard of. Perhaps it is a new variation of the > compass rose. > > Lee Hadden > > R. Lee Hadden > Army Geospatial Center > ATTN: WSGRLH (Hadden) > 7701 Telegraph Road > Alexandria, VA 22315 > (703) 428-9206 > [log in to unmask]