[CALMAP:44] Re: [Calgeo] CA plats? & Big Announcement

From: Julie Sweetkind-Singer (sweetkind@stanford.edu)
Date: Sun Nov 26 2006 - 13:15:18 PST

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    Linda,

    Congratulations! What big news. It's great that you have the plat maps up.
     I know it will come in handy. Don't forget to announce it on the WAML list
    and add it to the WAML Clearinghouse!

    Julie

    Quoting Linda P Newman <lnewman@unr.edu>:

    > Happy Monday, Folks,
    >
    > I promise this is a legit question which I just received by phone from a
    > couple in NV City who are about to drive over to UNR: They are looking
    > for maps which indicate old ditches relative to early gold production in
    > Placer, Nevada, & El Dorado Counties, CA. While I do have a fairly
    > complete set of historic topos (as Riley identified in his book), I do
    > not have what I believe would really help them > historic plat maps of
    > CA. Has anyone put them on the web? I believe they may be found at
    > the San Bruno federal offices [in micro?] but the web would be most
    > helpful. Any other suggestions?
    >
    >
    >
    > Now, as to my swearing that I did not concoct this question just for
    > this Very Important Announcement:
    >
    > It is my great pleasure (and relief) to bring to your attention our
    > latest creation ( the `presentation' is mine though not the actual
    > maps): 3000+ historic plats of Nevada. The detail to be found on them
    > is incredible and proved very useful from the CD's long, long before we
    > got them on our site. This project took 2 years by State Lands to scan
    > and 2 years for me and the tech folks to do our end in producing the
    > site and, if I may say so, I'm quite thrilled.
    >
    >
    > http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/digitalcollections/nvmaps/plats/Default
    > .htm
    >
    >
    >
    > This site is a week old and I have done some minor editorial tinkering,
    > but, basically, It's There!
    >
    > Linda Newman
    >
    > University of Nevada Reno
    >
    >
    >
    >

    ***

    Julie Sweetkind-Singer
    Head Librarian, GIS & Map Librarian
    Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
    Stanford University
    650-725-1102



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