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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: A to Z Maps Online Database
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:17:59 -0400
From: C.C. Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Frank,
I did exactly as Scott did -- saw they were essentially pulling NASA and
USGS web apps in via iframes (or just linking out to them) and passed.
Chris
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On Sep 23, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Maps-L Moderator wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: A to Z Maps Online Database
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:29:53 -0400
> From: Scott Hanley <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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> Frank, we took a look at this a few months back here at EMU and had
> rather the same opinion: they're gathering up a lot of free websites,
> but don't seem to add any of their own content. We couldn't find
> anything that seemed to justify paying for a subscription.
>
> Scott Hanley
> Eastern Michigan University
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> "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." ~
> Charles Darwin
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> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: A to Z Maps Online Database
> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:42:11 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Frank Stieber <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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> Hello All,
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> Does anybody subscribe to this database or have an opinion of it one
> way or another?
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> http://www.atozmapsonline.com
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> After reviewing it on a trial basis I realized it appears to be a
> compilation of Mapping websites and Government sites that are
> available for free elsewhere on the web so I thought I'd ask before
> we drop down money to subscribe.
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> Any advice appreciated...
>
> Frank L. Stieber
> Associate Librarian
> Salt Lake City Public Library
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