The map can be found here:Carlos A. DiazAskCarlos.comHere's the link to the USGS Warehouse PDF:https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/0052/report.pdf, no map in evidence.
Karen Pfiffner
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Subject: Re: [DocTech-L] Is USGS Open File Report 97-52 a map or not?Looks like the link that Susan provided are thr files to make the map in ArcInfo (GIS software).
By now, every depository library should have at least one computer dedicated to GIS and should also have a map plotter since it is the only way you can update US topographic maps and nautical charts. Having these two pieces of equipment are a necessity now.
Carlos A DiazAskCarlos.com
Hi Louise (and other Mapsters);
What is on the fiche appears to be the readme file from the website (https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-0052/). We don't have a record for the online map and I don't think it's a dataset. I'm inclined at this point to catalog the fiche as a textual item and include a related 856 field to the website.
Susan
Hi Susan,Could you consider this fiche to be accompanying material? How do you access the map itself? Is it a downloadable dataset?Louise Ratliff
Sent from Louise's iPhoneFellow map people:
We got I 19.76:97-52 The Digital geologic map of New Mexico in ARC/INFO format on microfiche through the Federal Depository Program. There is a record in OCLC (#50054160) for the microfiche that gives the details of a map. When I look at the fiche, there's text including the coding scheme for the polygon attributes but there's no map on the fiche itself. Would you consider this a map or just text?
We've had discussions on cataloging cartographic data sets at the past two ALAs but I don't think this meets the definition.
Thanks for any advice.
Susan MooreUniversity of Northern IowaCedar Falls, IA 50614