----------------------------Original message---------------------------- NEWS & NOTES Electronic Version Part 15, April 1996. To be included in a future print version of the "Information Bulletin." Contents: 1. News 1.1 Sites for the International Conference on the History of Cartography 2. New books, maps, etc. 2.1 New Mapping of Western North America compiled by Ken Rockwell 2.2 Other new materials 2.2.1 Alexandria Digital Library's annual report 2.2.2 Current Geographical Publications, April 1996 2.2.3 Navigator 2.3 Articles of interest 2.3.1 Geo Info Systems 2.3.2 GIS World 2.3.3 Social Science 3. Information request 3.1 Trivia 4. Meetings and other educational opportunities 4.1 Cartography Congress, Interlaken, Switzerland, 18 - 21 May 1996 4.2 URISA, Salt Lake City, Utah, 27 July - 1 August 1996 4.3 Western States Geographic Names Conference, Salt Lake City, 4 -7 September 1996 4.4 North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS), San Antonio, Texas, 2 - 5 October 1996 4.5 Upcoming International Conferences 5. Contributors to this issue 6. The Western Association of Map Libraries 1. NEWS 1.1 Sites for the International Conference on the History of Cartography Applications are invited, by June 30, 1996, from any country or city that wishes to host the 2001 or 2003 International Conference on the History of Cartography. The next two venues have already been fixed: Lisbon (6-10 July 1997), Athens (1999). For further details please Tony Campbell, Map Librarian, British Library Map Library, Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG, UK, [log in to unmask], Phone: 0171 412 7525. International: +44 171 412 7525 Fax: 0171 412 7780. International: +44 171 412 7780 2. NEW BOOKS, MAPS, ETC. 2.1 New Mapping of Western North America compiled by Ken Rockwell ALASKA Alaska Volcano Observatory. Volcanoes of Alaska. Scale 1:4,000,000. Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Information circular no. 38. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34373564 U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Region. Lab Bay project area map. Scale ca. 1:60,000. [Anchorage, Alaska?] : US Forest Service, Alaska Regional Office, 1995. OCLC #34483536 ARIZONA Carruth, Robert L. Cross-sectional area of the shallow alluvial aquifer at selected sites along the upper Santa Cruz River, Arizona. Scale ca. 1:78,000. USGS Water-resources investigations report no. 95-4112, pub. 1995. OCLC #34483769 Natural Resources Conservation Service. Flood boundary and floodway map, City of Sedona, Coconino and Yavapai counties, Arizona. Scale ca. 1:6,000. 1 map on 14 sheets. Fort Worth, TX : NRCS, National Cartography & GIS Center, 1995. OCLC #34376566 U.S. Forest Service, Southwestern Region. Arizona, Grand Canyon State, recreation & historic sites map : campgrounds & facilities on state, federal & tribal lands. Scale ca. 1:1,400,000. Pub. by the Arizona Council for Enhancing Recreation and Tourism, 1995. OCLC #34318602 U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Flood hazard map, City of Sedona, Coconino and Yavapai Counties, Arizona. Scale ca. 1:6,000. 1 map on 14 sheets, produced from 1993 aerial photography. Fort Worth, TX : NRCS National Cartography & GIS Center, 1995. OCLC #34376642 CALIFORNIA Boatwright, Jack, et al. Ground shaking in San Francisco. Scale ca. 1:24,000. U.S. Geological Survey, 1995. OCLC #34360223 McLean, Hugh. Geologic map of the Tar Spring Ridge quadrangle, San Luis Obispo County, California. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Miscellaneous field studies map MF-2298. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34467332 Pacific Aerial Surveys. [Aerial photography of University of California - Berkeley campus]. Scale 1:2,400. 44 remote-sensing images, flown 5-23-94. Oakland : Pacific Aerial Surveys, 1994. OCLC #34491595 San Francisco Port Commission. Map of the waterfront of San Francisco. Scale ca. 1:10,970. Photocopy. San Francisco : San Francisco Port Commission, 1995. OCLC #34491308 Smith, J. LaRue, and Brian D. Reece. Watershed characterization for precipitation-runoff modeling system, north fork, American River and east fork, Carson River watersheds, California. Scale ca. 1:545,000. USGS Hydrologic investigations atlas HA-734, pub. 1995. OCLC #34347064 Stamos, Christina L., and Steven K. Predmore. Data and water-table map of the Mojave River ground-water basin, San Bernardino County, California, November, 1992. Scale 1:125,000. USGS Water-resources investigations report 95-4148. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34483822 Trayler, Carolyn R., and Kathryn M. Koczot. Regional water table (1994) and water-level changes in the Morongo Basin, San Bernardino County, California. Scale 1:125,000. USGS Water-resources investigations report 95-4209. Pub. 1996. OCLC #34484060 COLORADO Chafin, Daniel T. Map showing locations of sites in zones of the Animas River Valley between Durango, Colorado and Aztec, New Mexico where gas samples were collected for analysis of molecular and methane-carbon-isotope compositions. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Water-resources investigations report 94-4006. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34353711 Franczyk, Karen J. Chart showing lithology, mineralogy, and paleontology of the Pennsylvanian Hermosa Group at Hermosa Mountain, La Plata County, Colorado. 1 section, scale not given. USGS Miscellaneous investigations series map I-2555. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34332046 Lindsey, David A. Reconnaissance geologic map of the Cucharas Pass quadrangle, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, Colorado. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Miscellaneous field studies map MF-2294. Pub. 1996. OCLC #34467362 Schroeder, David Alan. Geologic map of the Strawberry Lake quadrangle, Grand County, Colorado. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Geologic quadrangle map GQ-1764. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34337006 IDAHO Tungate, A. M., and Charles Berenbrock. Configuration of the water table, 1970 and 1992, and water-table change between 1970 and 1992 in the Boise area, Idaho. 3 maps, scales ca. 1:80,000 and ca. 1:160,000. USGS Water-resources investigations report 94-4116. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34467324 NEVADA Bardwell, John. Nevada Magazine's ghost towns & historic sites map. Carson City, Nev. : Nevada Magazine, 1995. OCLC #34470176 Hale, Glenn S., et al. Water-level data from wells and test holes through 1991 and potentiometric contours as of 1991 for Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada. Scale 1:48,000. USGS Water-resources investigations report 95-4177. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34483856 Simonds, F. W. Map showing fault activity in the Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Miscellaneous investigations series map I-2520. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34434394 NEW MEXICO Seager, William R. Geology of southwest quarter of Las Cruces and northwest El Paso 1- x 2-degree sheets. Scale 1:125,000. Socorro: New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1995. OCLC #34343012 OREGON Priest, George R. [Tsunami hazard maps of the Oregon coast]. 58 blueline print maps, scale 1:24,000. Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Open-file reports O-95-09 through O-95-67, pub. 1996. OCLC #34428400 Taylor, Edward M., et al. Geology and mineral resources map of the Three Creek Butte quadrangle, Deschutes County, Oregon, 1995. Scale 1:24,000. Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Geological map series no. GMS-87. Pub. 1996. OCLC #34426554 U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Snow survey data sites, Oregon, 1988. Scale ca. 1:1,500,000. Fort Worth, TX : NRCS National Cartography & GIS Center, 1995. OCLC #34376987 UTAH Dover, James H. Geologic map of the Logan 30- x 60-degree quadrangle, Cache and Rich Counties, Utah, and Lincoln and Uinta Counties, Wyoming. Scale 1:100,000. USGS Miscellaneous investigations series map I-2210. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34373908 Showalter, Rick. Map of Kokopelli's Bike Trail. Scale ca. 1:65,000. Moab, UT : Canyon Country Publications, 1994. OCLC #34371581 Showalter, Rick. Map of Moab's Slickrock Bike Trail and Sand Flats Recreational Area. Scale ca. 1:16,000. Moab, UT: Canyon Country Publications, 1994. OCLC #34371512 Showalter, Rick. Recreation map of the San Rafael Swell and San Rafael Desert. Scale ca. 1:12,500. Moab, UT : Canyon Country Publications, 1994. OCLC #34371417 Tabet, David E., et al. [Ferron Sandstone, central Utah]. 3 maps, scale 1:250,000. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Open-file report no. 329. Published 1995. OCLC #34482523 WASHINGTON Booth, Derek B. Surficial geologic map of the Maple Valley quadrangle, King County, Washington. Scale 1:24,000. USGS Miscellaneous field studies map MF-2297. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34467340 Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources, Resource Mapping Section. Major public lands of Washington, 1994. Scale 1:750,000. Olympia : State Dept. of Natural Resources, 1994. OCLC #34318612 WYOMING Plafcan, Maria, et al. Water resources of Fremont County, Wyoming. 3 maps, scales ca. 1:250,000 and ca. 1:500,000. USGS Water-resources investigations report 95-4095. Pub. 1995. OCLC #34327363 U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Status of soil surveys, Wyoming, November 1994. Scale ca. 1:2,700,000. Fort Worth, TX : NRCS National Cartography & GIS Center, 1995. OCLC #34383050 ATLASES: Alaska Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry. Alaska forest insect & disease surveys, 1994. Scale 1:500,000. The Division, 1995. OCLC #33898458 Burnside, Roger, et al. Alaska forest insect and disease surveys, 1994. Anchorage, AK : Alaska Division of Forestry, Resources Section and USDA Forest Service, 1995. 73 p. OCLC #34254261 Largent, David L. Entolomatoid fungi of the western United States and Alaska. 516 p. Eureka, Calif. : Mad River Press, 1994. OCLC #31673738 Motyka, Roman J. Photointerpretive surficial geology of areas surrounding Alatna and Allakaket, Alaska. Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Report of investigations 95-3, pub. 1995. OCLC #34253722 Nokleberg, Warren J. Tectonostratigraphic terrane and overlap assemblage map of Alaska. 53 leaves + 1 map. USGS Open-file report 94-194. Pub. 1994. OCLC #34248366 Schmoll, Henry R. Surficial geologic map of the Anchorage A-8 NE quadrangle, Alaska. USGS Open-file report 96-003. Pub. 1996. OCLC #34389333 2.2 OTHER NEW MATERIALS: 2.2.1 Alexandria Digital Library's annual report is available at the WWW site "http://alexandria.sdc.ucsb.edu/public-documents/ annual-report/." 2.2.2 Current Geographical Publications, April 1996 The April 1996 issue of CURRENT GEOGRAPHICAL PUBLICATIONS is now available on the WWW site " http://leardo.lib.uwm.edu/cgp/cgp.html." If you have any comments, please send them to Christopher Baruth, AGS Collection, at [log in to unmask] 2.2.3 Navigator This is an item available from the GPO's Depository Administration Branch. They recently sent out the first issue from the first volume on March 22nd. 2.3 ARTICLES OF INTEREST 2.3.1 Geo Info Systems JAN 01 1996 v 6 n 1 Selected Contents: Wright, Dawn J. Rumblings on the Ocean Floor: GIS Supports Deep-Sea Research. Pg. 22 2.3.2 GIS World APR 01 1996 v 9 n 4 Selected Contents: Rundquist, Bradley, Frank, Donald, McLaughlin, Diane GIS and Astronaut Training--First Step into a New Frontier. Pg. 44 Hecht Jr., Louis G., Hartwell, Paul A. What Type of Remote Sensing Imagery Do You Need. Pg. 48 Peterson, Darrel E. Grizzly Country--GPS/GIS Help Monitor the Great Bear's Fragile Ecosystem. Pg. 52 GIS World Interview--Roger Tomlinson: The Father of GIS. pg. 56 Berry, Joseph K. Beyond Mapping. Pg. 29. Subject: The Unique Character of Spatial Analysis. Strand, Eric J. Nuts and Bolts. Pg. 32. Subject: SDTS Masters Object-Oriented Implementation. Morain, Stan, Budge, Amelia Remote Sensing. Pg. 40. Subject: GPS Promotes Raster Data for GIS. Corcoran, Wendy GPS Consumer Watch. Pg. 60. Subject: Evaluate GPS/GIS for Field Use. Thoen, Bill GIS On Line. Pg. 64. Subject: Web Cams Take You Here, There and Everywhere. 2.3.3 Social Science & Medicine 1996 v 42 n 6 Selected Contents: Gatrell, A. C. and Bailey, T. C. Interactive spatial data analysis in medical geography. Pg. 843 3. INFORMATION REQUEST 3.1 Trivia TOP SECRET KAZAKHSTANI MAP SEIZED IN MOSCOW. Customs officials in Moscow seized a box labeled "top secret" which contained maps showing the location of gold and silver mining sites in Kazakhstan, ITAR-TASS reported on 14 March. The box was on its way to a private address in the U.K. from Kazakhstan. -- Bhavna Dave OK, guys, who did it? Send confessions to Priest Victor Sokolov, [log in to unmask] 4. MEETINGS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 4.1 Cartography Congress, Interlaken, Switzerland, 18 - 21 May 1996. For more information, check the congress' homepage at "http://www.geod.ethz.ch/ karto/interlaken/inti.html." 4.2 URISA (27 July - 1 August). They have a home page, "http://www.urisa.org," with more information. 4.3 Western States Geographic Names Conference (4-7 September). Contact Jay Haymond (Utah State Historical Society, 300 Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, UT 841010-1182, FAX (801) 533-3504, email [log in to unmask]) 4.4 North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) will be held in San Antonio, Texas, October 2-5, 1996. For more information, contact Michael P. Peterson, Department of Geography / Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182-0199, FAX: (402) 554-3518, e-mail: [log in to unmask] The conference also has a WWW site at "http://maps.unomaha.edu/NACIS/Conference.html." 4.5 Upcoming International Conferences and Lectures Kartographiehistorischen Colloquium, Bern, Switzerland, 3 - 5 October, 1996. International Map Collector's Society Symposium (IMCoS), Riga, Latvia, 6 - 9 October, 1996. Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography: `Maps on the move: cartography for transportation and travel,' 24 - 26 October, 1996. Society for the History of Discoveries, Portland, Maine, 31 October - 3 November, 1996. 5. 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