PAGE 12 THERE IS A LOT OF MAPPING going on in Oregon and Washington, by federal, state, county, city and regional governments,and by private agencies, but unfortunately there is a long way to go before complete adequacy is in sight. The four most important federal mappers are the Coast and Geodetic Survey,the Geological Survey, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management. The first, with its coastal charts and its nets of mathmatical triangulations, underlies all the others.The Geological Survey is responsible for two current series of maps, both incomplete, and some superseded series too, also incomplete; futhermore its maps are the underpinning of the famous Army MapService mapping, the series which for the first time in history, was pushed through to completion for every acre of American soil. The Army series (issued also in a civilian version, handled by the Geological Survey) while admirable in many ways, must be given low marks in certain fields, notably legibility. Why two versions, a military and a civilian? I've seen them both; the difference seems to consist in just one feature: the grid or land net. The military version displays the ten-kilometer military grid, an entirely fictitious grid resembling (but not identical with) latitude and longitude. The civilian version displays the net of townships, a real, not fictitious, grid, inasmuch as it is actually marked out by \vitness trees, stakes, and landmarks. Many would like to own at least one of the famous moulded plastic relief maps which have been made by an Eastern firm on the basis of the military version of the Army series. ':':hey1 re now available throu~h retailers, after a long period of limited distribution through a military map office only. Captain's, a map shop which just opened in downtown Portland, sells them at around $10 each. The flat paper version hovers around $1 or a little more. These Army maps are almost too stingy in their scale to be of great use to the walker, bicyclist, or leisurely motorist. They are at the scale of 1:250,000, yielding a mile which is only 1/4 of an US Geological Survey Map Information Office Washington, DC 20242 Ask for all indexes to maps. Atlas of the Pacific Northwest Richard M. Highsmith Jr. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis 5th Edition 1973 $7.50 Over 150 maps; fog, precipitation, cropland, forest land, transportation, manufacturing, vegetation, dams, wind, geology, newspaper circulation. Oregon Atlas Being prepared by William Loy, University of Oregon Erwin Raisz Maps 130 Charles St. Boston, MA 02114 Classical land form maps. Dense with information. Somewhat old. Cities just barely visible, putting man in his place. The National Atlas of the United States US Geological Survey. 1971. 431 pp. 14 pounds. $100 1200 S EADS St. Arlington, Va. 22202 8 years in the planning. Election districts, agriculture, exploration, battlefields, climate, population, etc. Also very expensive reprints of pages available. Columbia Area Region Assn. of Governments 6400 SW Canyon Court 297~3726 Portland, Or. ·97221 Maps of various usefulness and currency. Ground water, zoning, topography, transportation. In general I think the most complete information in Portland area, along lines of information necessary for impact statementsf zoning, land use planning. OCTOBER, 1974 Where to ! -.. · ·~-:-: :: -- ~----~ ·r 'Ot .~ -. /~. -.. ! .. . ·; <0""?- - .. ,.1 _ .,~. : --~~~d. ' - ."'·. ·\., . "~.,:-._.+ ; k. .... ,l,~-r-'t ... ( a.,·, tlllt\· t .. •; j ., _. •-'/ ' - ·-~,;~:·~~~;~:·.._:~ . Oregon Department of Geology Mineral Industries 1069 State Office Bldg. Portland, Or. 97201 Maps of particular geologic areas, especially cascades and eastern Oregon. Some general free maps on mineral deposits. Especially good: Thermal Springs and Wells of Oregon, detailed information, including temperature and flow. Also: Geological Highway Map: Pacific Northwest Region Published by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Distributed by Dept. of Geology Mineral Industries US Forestry Maps 319 SW Pine Portland, Or. National Forest and Wilderness Area maps. First 5. are free. 15¢ each additional. Entire set (Or~gon and Washington) $1.50 Also: National Forest Campground Directory for Oregon and Washington. 95 pp. Free Also: Forest Trails of the Columbia Gorge Also: Ranger District Maps - only sometimes availahle Map Distribution State Highway-Bldg. Salem, Or. 97310 An excellent state highway map, free. For low prices you can get air-photo-base maps of nearly all congested areas; black & white maps of all cities, except Portland., County maps. Drawback: some counties dissected into numerous sheets. Exhaustive legend/information.
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