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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 15:25:16 -0400
From: Rea Mueller <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: USGS-Forest Service Single Edition Maps
Sender: Rea Mueller <[log in to unmask]>



GPO Depository Libraries are receiving increasing numbers of USGS topographic
quadrangles with Forest Service information on them.  These maps are a result
of a USGS-Forest Service joint mapping program designed to reduce duplication
of effort by the agencies and to provide more frequent revision of quadrangles
containing national forests.  The Forest Service has assumed responsibility for
 maintaining primary series 7.5-minute quads that cover the national forests,
while the USGS remains responsible for printing and distributing them.

Single-edition maps remain part of the traditional 7.5-minute series, showing
contours and other surface features while adding about 25 features used by the
Forest Service to manage the national forests.  The Forest Service plans to
revise 600 to 700 of these quads in the next fiscal year.  For more information
about single-edition maps an online fact sheet is available

http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs09498.pdf
or
http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs09498.html

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