<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16762" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Udo -- see last paragraph please.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>OK, I'll be a real curmudgeon. My honest opinion is, that unless a lot (read <STRONG>A LOT</STRONG>) of reworking of these new maps is done, then they should not be used. Considering here only the UGB South map, some examples (only a few of the possibilities) of the errors:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- Where is Sawmill Geyser? The name is closer to a mystery red dot than it is to the red dot that presumably represents Sawmill. And I call that a "mystery red dot" because I'll contend that there is no spring (at least not one of any significance) at that location.</DIV> <DIV>-- And in that area, what happened to Scalloped? South Scalloped? the Terra Cotta complex?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- The trail(s) as shown are quite inaccurate. Like the jogs next to Sulphide and North Goggles (which is, by the way, North GoggleS). Gee, I wonder where Little Squirt is; right next to Beehive, apparently.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- At Belgian Pool, the trail appears to go across a spring or two, where interestingly there are four seemingly-unidentified dots.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Little hardly-ever-noticed Lavender Pool (which is actually Lavender Spring, not Pool) is identified, fer cryin' out loud, but Beauty pool is not identified.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- Indeed, there isn't even a red dot anywhere between Vent Geyser and unidentified Beauty Pool.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I quit at that. The maps need a whole lot of work.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now, how's this for curmudgeonly -- the USGS produced a whole series of accurate (surveyed) thermal maps. Once upon a time there were two or three complete sets in the OFVC prep room. I have a personal set given to me by Dr. D. E. White. GOSA makes copies of my set available (well, I think GOSA does so -- I see that they are not listed in the Store's insert in the December 2008 Sput -- Udo comment?). They are accurate (frankly, I believe in at least some cases more accurate that the more recent GPS efforts) and could be updated with great ease. AND THEY ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE!!! [Oh, yeah -- people in the "Spatial Analysis Center" need work. (Sorry) ]</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="e4c2bcc8e2a7fa40f6325ada22a19120"><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. <a href="http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010">Try it now</a>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>