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From: "John Cloud - NOAA Affiliate" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 5:37:38 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Help determine projection


look at:


http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1532/report.pdf

John



On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee < [log in to unmask] > wrote:





Hi John,

Do you know anything about projections used by the USGS around 1912-1916? See message below ...





On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee < [log in to unmask] > wrote:



Any idea of the projection of these maps:

... State maps dating around 1912-1916.

U.S. Geological Survey

State of [____] : lands designated by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of the Enlarged Homestead Acts / Department of the Interior ; compiled and drawn by I.P. Berthrong ; engraved by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Example here:

http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/wyoming%20homestead%20act.jpg

Thanks!

Angie