Copyright would not change. ------------------------------- Mitch Adelson Cartographer Office of Communications and Publishing Science Information Services US Geological Survey 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 532 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Phone 650-329-4293 Fax 650-329-5097 e-mail [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Follow us on Twitter: @ USGS and on Facebook at : http://www.facebook.com/USGeologicalSurvey You can also contact us on Webchat <https://chat.cslive.usgs.gov/api/start_session.ns?popup=1&c2cjs=1&id=26&issue_menu=1> ______________________________ There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.... Douglas Adams. HHGTTG ----------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Angela R Cope <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Does this change anything regarding copyright of those particular maps? > > > Angie > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf > of Kobayashi, April <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2015 1:18 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [MAPS-L] Star on Topographic Map > > Hi, > > One of our USGS geographer says that " the star indicates the map was > printed by a contractor, not the US government. " > > Thank you, > > April Kobayashi, Librarian > U.S. Geological Survey > Denver Library MS-914 > P.O. Box 25046, DFC > Denver, CO 80225-0046 > > [log in to unmask] > 303-236-1095 > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Christopher Thiry <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Carlos, >> >> I have seen this and count it as a different edition than a map without >> a star. >> >> Christopher J.J. Thiry >> Map Librarian >> Colorado School of Mines >> 1400 Illinois >> Golden, CO 80401 >> p. 303-273-3697 >> f. 303-273-3199 >> [log in to unmask] >> http://library.mines.edu/ >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [[log in to unmask]] on behalf >> of Angela R Cope [[log in to unmask]] >> *Sent:* Friday, April 24, 2015 8:54 AM >> *To:* [log in to unmask] >> *Subject:* Star on Topographic Map >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Carlos Diaz <[log in to unmask]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, April 23, 2015 2:35 PM >> *To:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. >> *Subject:* Star on Topographic Map >> >> >> I'm processing a 1:24,000 topographic map from Icehouse Canyon, Colorado, >> 1978 edition published in 1978. >> >> >> The weird thing is that it has a star next to the year published. I >> don't think I've ever seen this before on a topo. map (congressional >> hearings, yeah). Is there a special significance? >> >> >> >> Carlos A. Diaz >> >> Government Publications, Maps, and Microforms >> >> James E. Brooks Library >> >> Central Washington University >> >> Ellensburg, Washington >> >> [log in to unmask] >> >> 509.963.1545 >> >> >> >> >