[PRCo] Re: Old topo map question

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Donald Galt wrote:

> Thanks, Derrick. With, of course, the usual tributes to your omniscience.
>
>>> And does anybody have observations about CDs of such maps that are advertised
>>> on eBay?
>>
>> The claim "The Warfield and Williamson quads are not available anywhere
>> online." suggests they got the scans elsewhere.
>>
>
> Okay. But (I'm looking at Ohio, not PA but close enough for the purposes of
> argument) the sheets offered by Pmtmate are identical to those found at Maptech
> in terms of edition and reprint dates, even where multiple editions are listed.
> Amazing coincidence - not.

Maybe copied, then. I was the one who scanned WV, and as I recall I ran 
out of time and didn't scan a few W maps, though, which fits with their 
story.

> I notice also that Maptech's overlaps between quarter-sheets are very, very
> wide. Adds to download time but reduces the need for pasting.

Well, those joined maps I sent the link for were autojoined by software 
which is free (but not simple to use)