Special Reports for Geographic Names

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Special Reports for Geographic Names
Geographic names are the primary location tools
used in all mapping products, supplemented by the
use of latitude and longitude coordinates

• Sample materials from SR 348
• Road maps
• Tax maps
• Negatives
• Final reports
• Historic place name books

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Special Reports for Geographic Names

• As one of the first federal mapping agencies,
  NOAA conducted geographic names field
  investigations beginning in the early 1900s.
  These historical special reports document the
  early research required to provide local points
  of reference and create meaningful mapping
  products that still exist today.

Simple SR
Black and white scans for text-based documents
Color scans for maps and photographs
Dimensions vary from 4 X 4 to 36 X 55
Complex SR
Box of Special Reports

• Project includes approximately 10,000 documents
  distributed across 6 boxes

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Post-Scanning, Metadata CollectionSample Special
Report 101
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Activities

• FY 08
• Data were delivered to HOV
• Test scans were performed and deliverables were
  adjusted to meet needs
• HOV performed an inventory
• FY 09
• Previously missing documents will be supplied to
  HOV
• Anticipate task should be completed