----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Greetings, I believe that the copy of the National Map Accuracy Standard (NMAS) in "Maps for America" is complete. I haven't seen the copy in the "Coatal Mapping Handbook." A copy of the NMAS is included along with some background information at http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs07896.html A copy is also online through the GIS FAQ site at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/faq-index.html Q3.1: What are the United States map accuracy standards? Your 1947 reference is correct. The Bureau of the Budget later evolved into the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The earliest journal or book that I have seen containing the standard is the December 1960 issue of Surveying and Mapping (from ACSM). A copy was also reprinted in the January 1992 issue of Geo Info Systems in the article "National Map Accuracy Standards: Out of Sync, Out of Time" by Slonecker and Tosta. A newer accuracy standard that is not yet endorsed is available from the Federal Geographic Data Committee at http://www.fgdc.gov/Standards/Status/sub1_3.html It is the FGDC (draft) Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards: Part 3, National Spatial Data Accuracy Standard. Hope this helps, Charley Hickman -- Geographer U.S. Geological Survey -- Rolla, Missouri [log in to unmask] http://mapping.usgs.gov/ http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/ > Gayle Richards Christian <[log in to unmask]> 1/30 9:07 AM> ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Our Interlibrary loan folks have a request for: "United States National Map Accuracy Standards," by the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, 17 June 1947. I found what appears to be a partial copy in "Maps for America", p. 104 and what may be a complete version in "Coastal Mapping Handbook", appendix 6, pp. 155-156. However, I was hoping someone with a knowledge of this map standard would know where it was originally published and also know if this the complete standard. Many thanks! Gayle ************************************************************************** :Gayle R. Christian (404) 651-2422 (voice) : : Reference and Documents Librarian (404) 651-2508 (fax) : : William Russell Pullen Library INTERNET: [log in to unmask] : : Georgia State University [log in to unmask] : : Atlanta, GA 30303-3081 **************************************************************************