West Penn today

Derrick J Brashear shadow at dementia.org
Mon Jul 10 11:45:46 EDT 2000


On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> As to mapping, the USGS topo sheets for the area will provide as good a base
> as one will need, but like anything else, one must interpret them carefully
> so as not to be misled (see Footedale, below).  Also, the aerial images
> available from TerraServer, etc. can be of great help, even 50 years after
> the fact (thanks to John Swindler for that lead and a lot of work, as well).

The USGS quads are on Terraserver now, and the aerial photos (and the
quads) can be downloaded from penne.deasy.psu.edu, but you need a laptop
or a large printer to make good use of them. I use the laptop approach

-D





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