----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hello, I am about to begin a library school practicum where one of my responsibilities will be to determine whether GEODEX should be used in a large depository map collection. I have monitored its use in another map library and have some questions that I hope someone will be willing to answer. Thanks. 1) Is version 1.0 the latest version? 2) Has anyone written an in-house manual for staff that might be more user-friendly than the offical GEODEX manual? 3) Is it true that searches for sheets including any particular coordinate pair will only be successful when the coordinates are those entered for the corners? 4) Has anyone exported the data files to any other software for improved access? Which database was used? How was the transfer performed? 5) Has anyone use a GIS as a geographic finding aid for GEODEX? Any other comments would be appreciated. Thanks again. BILL BARROW [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]