Thank you so much for this. It's a wonderful tool. On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 9:21 AM Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you for this! > > > > How wonderful, thank you NGMDB! > > > > One thing we lost through Klokan a few years ago was the ability to search > for Michigan Minor Civil Divisions and get accurate geographic extents for > them. We have about 1,200 townships which are actual minor civil divisions > that collect property taxes & stuff. I notice that this NGMDB tool > recognizes their existence in the search box, but doesn’t take the map to > the geographic extent. Or maybe does sometimes? I’m still testing. > > > > You can search for Onondaga Twp, Michigan but the map takes you to about a > 4-square mile extent that doesn’t match the 36-square mile township. Delhi > Twp, however, which is a charter township and has status closer to that of > a city government, does seem to go to the correct extent. > > > > Counties are working just fine. Cities seem to be going to the correct > extent. > > > > Not nitpicking, just observing, and I’m thankful for this new tool. > > > > Kathleen Weessies > > Social Sciences Coordinator; Head, Map Library > > Michigan State University > > [log in to unmask] > > 517-884-0849 > > > > *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> *On Behalf > Of *Angela R Cope > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 15, 2021 11:16 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Extent - replacement for kloken bounding box > > > > Hey all, > > > > Ask and you shall receive! Or at least, speak up you never know who's > listening! > > > > Check this out: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/extent/ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fngmdb.usgs.gov*2Fextent*2F&data=04*7C01*7Cacope*40UWM.EDU*7C9fe08d20e3b6437bc89c08d9bf0ad176*7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21*7C0*7C0*7C637750875453392152*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=A3q6ec6GgpT01bTr43dRYr3jfri20aXqobw890v3EJ4*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!HXCxUKc!gvMNZPC_gINCOwby3ahPtCWqCqcb1E4TeXY9NKXj1sN6OqdICmw9lXdLRWOyYfo$> > > > > > Dave Soller and Chris Garrity of USGS heard our cries and put this > together. > > > > The question for the group - or as Chris calls all y'all - my team - what > other formatting types do we need? I need the MARC OCLC formatting type and > that's it. What else are people using at bounding box? > > > > Chris seems open to other comments or suggestions. Please funnel those > through me and I'll share them with him. > > > > Angie > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > Angie Cope > > AGS Library, UW Milwaukee Libraries > > 2311 E. Hartford Avenue > > Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 > > > > http://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/ > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/__;!!HXCxUKc!gvMNZPC_gINCOwby3ahPtCWqCqcb1E4TeXY9NKXj1sN6OqdICmw9lXdLdueuHR8$> > > M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] > > (414) 251-7608 or (414)229-6282 > > 43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W > > > > *We acknowledge that in Milwaukee we live and work on traditional > Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Menominee homelands along the southwest shores of > Michigami, part of North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, > where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people > of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida, and > Mohican nations remain present.* > -- ******************************** "Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx" Allison Rich Rare Materials Cataloguer ESTC and NACO Coordinator John Carter Brown Library Providence, Rhode Island [log in to unmask] ********************************