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Subject: RE: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:33:40 -0500
From: McCoy, Cheryl <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps-l <[log in to unmask]>
This is very interesting and it does help demystify the situation
somewhat. The USF Tampa Library was contacted by a recycling center in
Clearwater (for all of the non-Floridians on the list, Clearwater is
located right next to St. Petersburg) and we weren't given any details
about where the collection came from, except that the collection had
once been housed at an FWS office that had closed.
From what we were told, this collection is complete but since no one at
the recycling center did any kind of inventory, it certainly may be
that the NH maps are no longer part of the collection. However, as far
as do I know, this collection only contains the mylar overlays. Our
library requested samples of the maps and we received one box of NWI
maps from Michigan and one box from Arizona.
The USF Tampa Library probably won't be keeping this collection because
we simply don't have room for it. I have been trying to find out more
information about the collection because it is currently sitting in a
warehouse at a local recycling center. The manager at the recycling
center thought that the maps might be valuable and didn't want to go
ahead and destroy them without making an attempt to find a place for
them.
If anyone thinks that they might be interested in these maps, please let
me know as soon as possible. Thanks for all of the comments. This has
been an interesting investigation. That always seems to be the way with
maps! Guess that's why we all like working with them so much.
Cheryl S. McCoy, MLS
University Librarian
Research Services & Collections
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, LIB 122
Tampa, FL 33620-5400
voice: (813) 974-3530
fax: (813) 974-9875
email: [log in to unmask]
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Subject: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
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Subject: RE: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:50:33 -0500
From: Thompson, Thelma <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Cheryl,
I may be able to shed a bit of light on the NWI maps or maybe just
thicken the mystery a bit.
Earlier this fall I was contacted by a FWS employee located in Virginia
who had been referred to me by the NH Office of Energy and State
Planning. This person was contacting all the state offices who were
distributors of NWI maps because the collection in (I believe) St.
Petersburg, FL was being dismantled and she needed to work remotely from
Virginia to find homes for the mylars and paper maps in Florida in very
short timeframe ( a matter of weeks as I recall). Our NH OESP did not
have room to take them but thought of me. Hence, the call.
After some consultations, I agreed to take both the NH mylars and paper
maps for the UNH collection since I was assured they came with no
restrictions as to what we might do with them in the future. Although
the information is presumably duplicated online, some of those I
contacted felt the hard copy format retained its usefulness. The
information is definitely of interest to our patrons as it potentially
documents wetlands lost to development.
I was told by the FWS contact that the distribution centers in our
neighboring states had agreed to take the maps for their states, but I
have not contacted them to confirm this and determine whether they ever
received any maps.
Several weeks later, I was surprised to only receive the mylars, but
your email perhaps suggests what happened to the paper maps.
Interesting that when I went to NWI website this afternoon to find the
link to distribution sites, the site was unavailable.
Thelma Thompson
Thelma B. Thompson
Government Document and Maps Librarian
University of New Hampshire
18 Library Way
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-1132, Fax: 603-862-0247
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Subject: MAPS-L: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
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Subject: National Wetlands Inventory Maps
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:43:10 -0500
From: Cheryl McCoy <[log in to unmask]>
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CC: Cheryl McCoy <[log in to unmask]>
A collection of National Wetland Inventory Maps was recently sent to a
recycling center in Clearwater, Florida. These maps are original maps,
dated 1995, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The maps contain
the outlines of the wetlands within each state (and some international
areas)
and appear to be printed (or inked) directly onto translucent plastic
sheets. Each of these sheets contains the legend information for the
maps and have two holes at the top of the sheet. It would appear that
these maps were intended to be placed on a lighted table and that the
corresponding USGS 7.5 quadrangle maps should then be placed under the
National Wetland Inventory maps so that the outlines of the wetlands
would be superimposed on the USGS quad maps.
Shortly after this collection was delivered to the recycling center, the
owner of the center called the Development Office here at the USF Tampa
Library, to see if we would be interested in acquiring this collection.
Further scrutiny determined that there were at least 10,000 maps in this
collection and at this point, I don't think that our library would be
able to accommodate a collection of this size but I am trying to find
out as much information as possible that will assist us with our final
decision.
It would appear that most of the information that is contained on these
maps is now available on the National Wetlands Inventory Database
http://wetlandsfws.er.usgs.gov/NWI/index.html so from a research
standpoint, the wetlands mapping information contained on these maps
would be available through other methods. My question is in regard to
the uniqueness of these maps. These are "original" maps but I don't
know if original maps are available at every U.S. Fish and Wildlife
office in the country or not. Does anyone have any additional
information about these maps? Or have any thoughts or opinions about
the overall worth of a collection like this?
I would appreciate any information that anyone has about these maps.
Thanks!!
Cheryl S. McCoy, MLS
University Librarian
Research Services & Collections
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, LIB 122
Tampa, FL 33620-5400
voice: (813) 974-3530
fax: (813) 974-9875
email: [log in to unmask]
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