-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: double ententre quadrangle names Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:33:02 +0000 From: Kathy Stroud <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> Irreverent thought for a Friday. Early explorers naming things must have been very lonely. They kept looking at mountain and rock formations and seeing female shapes. -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:03 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: double ententre quadrangle names -------- Original Message -------- 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: > -------- Original Message -------- > 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 >