1. viewing options:
These are tiff files so they can be viewed/zoomed in/out
etc using any image-processing software that can
deal with large files; we generally use Adobe Photoshop.
Copying is easy in the sense they're tiff,
difficult in the sense that they're going to be large -
my guess is, around 100 megabytes??
but I'll ask Geoff Forbes of LandInfo.
2. who's interested:
Understanding that probably none of
us knows what our materials budget will
be for 2008-2009 (probably not good) and
I'll be sure to tell Geoff that:
a. Davis
b. Irvine
c. Stanford
d. UCLA
e. UCSB
3. provided this goes forward,
which campus places the order:
I'm fine with having SB place the order
but I certainly don't insist on it :-)
The head of acquisitions (Brenda Peter) is very
good at her work and very helpful,
and she says for other UC libraries
it's just a recharge and not much more
work than any other order.
And we do have a history of having
had Stanford send us money for a shared
purchase, and while it is complex in
some ways, at least we - or rather Brenda
Peter :-) - know how to do it.
4. pricing: current price is about $10K for digital,
about $3K for paper maps.
I'll email with Geoff about pricing but
I get this feeling LandInfo is more inclined
to increase rather than to decrease
the price in a situation where several
libraries are tossing money into the pot,
because of course they'd sure rather sell
it separately to each of us :-)
I did tell Geoff that this wasn't something
I could afford to do on my own and
that I would check with other UC libraries
about paying for this.
Also, I don't seem to have anything to bargain
with at least that I can see; in the past,
there have been times (e.g., the Brazil 1:50K
and 1:100K and 1:250K purchases) where
we Fedexed (at LandInfo's expense both
directions) our paper maps that LandInfo
didn't have - then they scanned the maps
and gave us copies of the scans; and we
also got what I thought was an ok price
on the paper maps we purchased to fill in holdings.
Mary
Julia M. Gelfand wrote:
> we are also very interested in this opportunity at Irvine - for the
> digital - any special features like zooming in/out, searching, and how
> effective are the copying possibilities if a user needs to do that?
> Costs per campus if we share digital collection among more campuses &
> I assume that this is one-time purchase? Thanks, julia
>
> On 6/2/2008 9:05 AM, Hargis, Jonnie wrote:
>> Mary,
>> This is something we're interested in. Please call me for details.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jon Hargis
>> Cartographic and GIS Specialist
>> Collections, Research, & Instructional Services Dept.
>> Young Research Library, UCLA
>> (310) 206-7413
>>
>> *From:* owner-calmap@ucdavis.edu on behalf of Julie Sweetkind-Singer
>> *Sent:* Fri 5/30/2008 3:55 PM
>> *To:* Mary Larsgaard
>> *Cc:* calmap@ucdavis.edu
>> *Subject:* [CALMAP:422] Re: CHINA & TIBET 100k, 50k, 25k & 10k nat'l
>> topographic maps - possible shared purchase?
>>
>> Hi Mary,
>>
>> Yes, I'm interested. Can we work a deal with Geoff so that we can both
>> have digital files? I'd be glad to keep all the paper maps as well.
>>
>> Julie
>>
>> Mary Larsgaard wrote:
>> > anyone interested in going
>> > in with me on a shared purchase
>> > of this next fiscal year?
>> > anyone tossing money in to the
>> > kitty i'll have the digital
>> > files sent to you.
>> > i'm fine with the paper maps
>> > being kept somewhere other than here.
>> >
>> > mary
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 13:12:33 -0500
>> > From: Geoff Forbes <gforbes@landinfo.com>
>> > To: 'Mary Larsgaard' <mary@sdc.ucsb.edu>
>> > Subject: CHINA & TIBET 100k, 50k, 25k & 10k nat'l topographic maps
>> >
>> > Dear Mary,
>> >
>> > I have assembled what I think you will agree is a very interesting
>> > assortment of very scarce (classified!) large-scale Chinese military
>> > topographic maps of Tibet and other nearby regions (please see
>> > attached .pdf
>> > index that depicts ALL of the maps):
>> >
>> > 1:100,000 scale: 138 maps. Mostly Sichuan; also Qinghai, Gansu &
>> Tibet
>> > (this includes 12 Tibet maps that did not come with the set that you
>> > already
>> > bought)
>> > 1:50,000 scale: 129 maps. Mostly Yunnan; also Sichuan, Hubei,
>> > Shaanxi &
>> > Tibet (see second index for clear view of this coverage; and 3rd
>> map for
>> > TIBET detail)
>> > 1:25,000 scale: 10 maps. Tibet (over Mt. Everest/Chomolungma;
>> see 4th
>> > .pdf index for detail)
>> > 1:10,000 scale: 46 maps. Chengdu city (see last index for
>> > detail--by the
>> > way, the area where two maps are missing is completely covered by
>> the 50k
>> > mapping above)
>> >
>> > We would normally sell these for $149 each individually or $69 per map
>> > as a
>> > package deal; but in light of your continued large volume of business
>> > with
>> > us, I will offer them to you at a highly discounted rate:
>> >
>> > 323 national maps of China & Tibet:
>> >
>> > 1 set of Full (uncropped) Tiff files (scans)
>> > 1 set of cropped georeferenced files (300 or 400 dpi/8-bit color
>> GeoTiff)
>> >
>> > Plus: PAPER lithos: 92 of the above 50k topos and 90 of the above 100k
>> > topos = 182 paper maps
>> >
>> > Price:
>> >
>> > 323 Digital maps x $29.95 = $9,674
>> > 182 Paper maps x $12.95 = $2,357 (as part of total package only)
>> > + cost of hard drive: $179
>> > + cost of shipping
>> >
>> > Please let me know if you are interested. If you confirm that you
>> > will be
>> > placing an order for the above, I will reserve it for you until
>> your new
>> > fiscal year funds become available.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Geoff
>> >
>> > Geoffrey A. Forbes, M.S.
>> > Director of Sales
>> > LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping LLC
>> > Tel: +1.763.428.4129
>> > Fax: +1.303.790.9734
>> > E-mail: gforbes@landinfo.com
>> > Web site: www.landinfo.com
>>
>> --
>> Julie Sweetkind-Singer
>> Head Librarian, GIS & Map Librarian
>> Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
>> 397 Panama Mall; MC/2211
>> Stanford University
>> Stanford, CA 94305
>> 650-725-1102 (phone)
>> sweetkind@stanford.edu
>>
-- Mary Lynette Larsgaard Director, Map Library Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA 93106-9010 USA mary@library.ucsb.edu http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu voice: 805/893-4049; 2779, reference desk fax: 805/893-8799
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