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I missed the interview in question.  As a USGS map dealer we get alot (well,
relatively speaking) complaints about incorrect maps.  We certainly don't
need anyone promoting that USGS maps are incorrect.
 
This sort of leads into something else - that the USGS has decided not to
update a map unless someone else pays at least 1/2 of the total cost.  They
also decided that topography would not be updated at all unless someone pays
the total cost of updating the topography.  This "someone" can be another
government agency, such as the Forest Service, etc., or a state government,
or a corporation.  I hate to think about the quality of mapping in those
states with low population and low budgets for this type of thing.
 
Russell Guy
 
At 02:20 PM 9/18/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>On NPR All Things Considered Tuesday, September 16, Robert Segal
>interviewed a mathematician who was lost in a forest in Oregon for 16 days.
> Segal introduced the piece by noting  His map was inaccurate.
>
>The lost hiker then spoke.  He said his problem was that he misread his map
>and thought he had traveled further than he had.  He said nothing about
>having a bad map.
>
>It seems to me that Segal injected the statement about an  inaccurate map
>because he thought it sounded good.  I don t think it sounded good at all.
>It insulted me.
>
>Did anyone else hear this interview?  Did I hear what I think I heard?
>
>I am sending a note to NPR to express my feelings.
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