NEWSLETTER 104

Australian and New Zealand Map Society

June 2009

ISSN (to be announced)

http://www.anzmaps.org/

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President's Message: ANZMapS, a new direction.

There can be little doubting the historic nature of the 2009 AGM and conference. For the first

time, a conference was held under the unified countenance of members from two long

standing cartographic societies. At their 2009 Annual General Meeting in Brisbane on Sunday

March 15, the members of the Australian Map Circle voted unanimously to merge with the New

Zealand Map Society. The merger resolution also changed the constitution to enable and give

immediate effect to the merger. Previously the New Zealand Map Society had voted in favour

of the proposal, and is now proceeding with a winding up process.

The merger has been over two years in the making, after careful consideration of the needs of

both societies, and following extensive consultation. I'd like to take this opportunity to extend

my thanks to all for their considerations of the issues involved, with particular appreciation to

past president Michael Ross and retiring business manager John Cain for their work guiding

the 'marriage'.

There can be little doubting the sense of loss that may occur at such times, particularly for New

Zealand members in transferring membership across to the new society, and this fact must be

acknowledged. It is important to reflect on the history that has led us to this point, and which

provide a sense of excitement in, we trust, greater measure. Both the Australian Map Circle and

New Zealand Map Society have comprised map producers, users and curators, acting as a

medium of communication for all those interested in maps. Together, the AMC and NZ Maps

Society have become the Australian and New Zealand Maps Society, spanning the Tasman and

with an expanded membership including members across the Pacific region and internationally.

In future the new organisation will be known as the "Australian and New Zealand Map Society

Inc.". While the correct acronym is ANZMS, the Executive decided to adopt the name

"ANZMapS". The Executive has already acted to acquire the domain name www.anzmaps.org as

the new url for the new Society.

The two societies shared emphasis on maintenance of high standards, and developing the skills

and status of people working with map collections are areas in particular that the current

committee wishes to address. In recent years most of us involved in whatever connection with

maps, cartography or geographical sciences and libraries, whether as users or producers, in

academic, public or private connections, cannot help but notice the pressures on professionals

and others to provide evidence of value, indeed to add value. ANZMapS is in a particularly

strong position to renew efforts in this area. It was pleasing to see in attendance at the 2009

conference an expanded representation of maps curators, and in particular the representatives

of the large state and national curatorships from five states and territories. Their interest and

skills in information management and technology are most welcome and we look forward

to their involvement and contributions.

Among the challenges facing ANZMapS, renewing membership and attracting younger

members while maintaining important instruments such as the annual conference and the

Globe, will be a key and ongoing preoccupation for the committee. The creation of a new

society provides excellent opportunities for renewed and to welcome new ideas. Readers will

note the invitation to contribute a new logo for the merged society, and to give thought to the

agenda. I urge you all to take this opportunity to contribute.

This the tenth and final year of the prize. As AMC members will know, it was endowed by Victor

and Dorothy Prescott, in memory of the AMC’s Vice-President 1997-98, who passed away on 20

September 1999. My sincere thanks to Dorothy and Victor for the provision of the prize since

2000, which has been both motivator and emblem for the AMC. Though all will be sorry to

realise that the last Estelle Canning prize has been awarded, already members have expressed

interest in providing a new conference award and perhaps new incentives for scholarship and

professional excellence, and the Executive is in the process of developing options to this end.

The title of the conference, "300 Years of Mapping: The past 150 years & next 150 years",

provided good opportunities for contributors to reflect on past achievements, and future

challenges. From the opening keynote, provided by Professor William Cartwright, which traced

the development of multimedia cartography, papers provided numerous historical insights,

while others gave examples of practical design, production of cartographic products and

services, at a national level and on much smaller scales.

Conferences such as these cannot proceed without the efforts of a few dedicated individuals,

and the involvement of supporters both new of of longstanding. My sincere appreciation for

the 'pro bono' efforts of the organising committee, Adam Ladhams, Adella Edwards, and John

McCormack. I know from experience the time, effort and stresses involved in such enterprises.

All who attended the dinner will have enjoyed Mr Bill Kitson's excellent talk on the surveying

and mapping of Queensland. Thanks go to Ruth Gardiner for the field trip to the State Library of

Queensland Heritage Collection, and to those involved in the visits to the State Archives,

Landcentre and QUT. I also wish to congratulate David Fraser, who was endorsed as the

President of the The Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia for the coming year. This shared

conference like the several previously, allowed us to renew old acquaintances and brought a

unique flavour to the conference, which was a tremendous success.

The conference for 2010, to be held in Adelaide South Australia after an absence of some years,

will address environmental themes, under the banner "A climate for mapping". The conference

venue at the State Library of South Australia is booked, and I look forward to meeting with all in

Adelaide, April 7-9.

Dr Martin Woods

Canberra

Editor’s Message

The Australian and New Zealand Map Society was established at the 2009 AGM of the

Australian Map Circle, where it was unanimously agreed that the AMC and the New Zealand

Map Society should amalgamate.

For all the keen serials cataloguers out there, the newsletter of the new organisation continues

the numbering of the newsletter of the old AMC. The final issue of the newsletter of the AMC,

February 2009 (ISSN 0811-9511) was number 103. This new newsletter also replaces Datum,

which was the newsletter of the New Zealand Map Society. The final issue of Datum,

September 2008 (ISSN 1173-3551), was number 28.

The immediate past editor of the newsletter has been Dianne Rutherford, from Australian War

Memorial, who has done a fine job since March 2006. A big thank you to Dianne. Your new

editor is Brian Marshall bw.marshall@auckland.ac.nz . Brian is the Subject Librarian for

Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Auckland Library in Auckland, New

Zealand. Part of his job – and the favourite part – is looking after the University’s map

collection.

ANZMapS needs a logo.

Our new Society needs a new logo. Please think about the aims of the two previous

organisations, which were:

AMC

to promote communication between producers, users and curators of maps.

to improve the skills and status of persons working with map collections.

to promote the development and effective exploitation of map collections throughout Australia.

NZMS

to further the development and promotion of high standards in map collections in New Zealand

to encourage communication between map users, map librarians and map producers

to liaise with similar organisations overseas.

to come up with a new logo. Your idea may be expressed in diagrammatic form, or simply in

words if your sketching skills are not sufficient. The accepted idea for a logo will go to a

professional designer for final production. Please send your ideas to the Society’s Vice-

President Adella Edwards adella.edwards@jcu.edu.au

The Purpose of ANZMapS – Members input needed.

The Executive of the new society is thinking about the purpose of the society, and would greatly

appreciate lots of feedback about this issue. Please think again about the aims of the previous

societies (as shown above). What would you like to see ANZMapS doing for you? What would

you like to see ANZMapS doing to enhance, conserve, safeguard and promote our cartographic

collections? What would you like to see ANZMapS doing for map librarianship? Please forward

your ideas to the Secretary, Brian Marshall bw.marshall@auckland.ac.nz

REPORT ON THE 2009 AMC/MSIA Conference, 16th to 18th March,

2009, Royal on the Park, Brisbane

The joint AMC / MSIA national conference was attended by over sixty delegates representing

map curators, map producers, map collectors and those just plain passionate about maps and

mapping. The title of the conference was “300 Years of Mapping: The past 150 years & next 150

years”. The presentations on the first day focussed on the past 150 years while those on the

second day focussed on the next 150 years. There was a beautiful blend of heritage and

contemporary approaches. The keynote speaker was Professor William Cartwright who led us

through the last two decades of interactive multimedia cartography, providing delegates with

his reflections on the past and directions for the future.

Mr Ted Graham (AM), leader of the team who discovered the resting place of the HMAS Sydney,

gave a very moving presentation exactly 12 months after the discovery. Mr Damien Demaj

displayed, and spoke about the production of, Earth, the largest atlas in the world. Mr Greg

Eccleston presented his design for a southern hemisphere “nocturnal” used to calculate time at

night using the Southern Cross. Mr Greg Scott provided delegates with an insight to mapping at

Geosciences Australia. Trevor Menzies reflected on mapping used in the defence of Australia’s

north in the Second World War. Dr Brendan Whyte presented his fascinating paper “A

beginner's guide to mapping a third World City: Ubon Ratchathani,Thailand”, and was awarded

the Estelle Canning Memorial prize for the best AMC paper at the conference. Mr Bill Kitson

was the speaker for the dinner and gave a very entertaining talk on the surveying and mapping

of Queensland.

The final day of the conference was a field trip to the Heritage Collection, State Library of

Queensland, State Archives, Landcentre and QUT.

The Australian Map Circle held it’s AGM at the conference and resolved to merge with the New

Zealand Map Society to form The Australian and New Zealand Map Society Inc. (ANZMapS) as a

group of map producers, users and curators, acting as a medium of communication for all those

interested in maps. The President of the new Society, elected at the AGM, is Dr Martin Woods.

Martin is the Curator of Maps at the National Library of Australia.

The Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia held the federal Council meeting on the day before

the conference. At its annual general meeting David Fraser was endorsed as the President for

the coming year.

Delegates were informed that the next conference of The Australian and New Zealand Map

Society Inc will be held in Adelaide from the 7th-9th April, 2010 and that the next conference of

the Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia will be held in 2011.

The conference was a resounding success. The organisers, led by Adam Ladhams, are to be

congratulated for the time and effort they put into making this conference so enjoyable, and

informative, for all who attended.

Adella Edwards

Minutes of the 2008 Annual General Meeting

4PM, Sunday 15 March 2009, Royal on the Park Hotel, Brisbane

Attendance and Apologies.

Present

Denis Shephard, Michael Ross, Trevor Menzies, Brendan Whyte, Les Isdale, Victor Prescott,

Dorothy Prescott, Greg Eccleston, Martin Woods, Judith Scurfield, Alison Holland, Frank Urban,

Adella Edwards, David Jones, Brian Marshall, Richard Miller, William Cartwright, Charinda

Jayasurija, David Fraser, Greg Wood, Roger Rees and Effie Rees [22 no].

Apologies

John Cain , Peta Humphries, Nancy Stone, John Stone, Barbara Wojtkowski, Don Somerville,

Marjorie Somerville, Desmond Casey, Bill Stinson, Dianne Rutherford, Keith Barnes, Amy

Griffin, Kay Dancey, Robert King, Denis Harbard, Michael Sturmfels, Rupert Gerritsen, Alison

Lyall, Brian Regan, David Johnson, Cheryl Woods, Karen Cook, Leigh Twine, Martin von Wyss,

Adam Ladhams and Teresa Donnellan [26 no].

Minutes of Previous General Meeting

The Minutes of the 2008 Annual General Meeting were posted on the Australian Map Circle

website (at http://www.anzmaps.org/docs/AGM2008.pdf). Copies were distributed to the

meeting.

Moved Victor Prescott and Seconded Martin Woods, that

The Minutes of the 2008 Annual General Meeting as circulated be accepted

Carried unanimously

Matters Arising from the Minutes

No matters were raised

President’s Report

President Michael Ross spoke to his report (copy below) which was distributed to the meeting.

Moved Greg Eccleston and Seconded Greg Wood, that

The President’s Report as circulated be accepted

Carried unanimously

Moved Greg Wood and Seconded Greg Eccleston, that

Michael Ross be formally thanked for the work that he has carried out during his terms as

President of the Australian Map Circle

Carried unanimously

Business Manager’s Report

Secretary Denis Shephard spoke briefly to Business Manager John Cain’s report (copy below) as

circulated to the meeting.

Discussion

i) the $27,000 NAB term deposit was discussed in some detail with a general consensus that

the future ‘use’ of these funds be reviewed once the matter of the proposed merger with

the New Zealand Map Society has been settled;

ii) Australian Map Circle’s financial commitment toward the combined AMC/MSIA

Conference is nominal only; and,

iii) the concept of a ‘subscription-based service’ was discussed.

Moved Denis Shephard and Seconded Victor Prescott, that

The Business Manager’s Report as circulated be accepted

Carried unanimously

Publications Report

Globe Editor Brendan Whyte spoke to his report (copy below) as circulated to the meeting.

Discussion

i) the question of coloured illustrations was discussed, with the editor commenting that it

might be possible to include up to four in selected future issues;

ii) it is proposed to prepare formal budgets for future issues; and,

iii) the Globe includes both peer-reviewed articles and non-reviewed reports.

Moved Dorothy Prescott and Seconded Davis Jones, that

The Publications Report as circulated be accepted

Carried unanimously

Branch Reports

Australian Capital Territory

Martin Woods reported that three events had been held in the Australian Capital Territory -

visits to the map collections of the Australian War Memorial, Australian National University

and National Library of Australia - with about 15-20 members attending each

Victoria

Judith Scurfield reported that one event was held in Victoria – a visit to the map collection of

the State Library of Victoria.

Australian Map Circle Tributes

The following past presidents of the Australian Map Circle (Australian Map Curators Circle,

1878-82) spoke of their experiences and the evolution of the group over the past three decades:

i) Dorothy Prescott, president from 1978 to 1988;

ii) Greg Eccleston, president from 1997 to 2000; and,

iii) Victor Prescott, president from 1995 to 1996 and 2001.

Australian Map Circle - New Zealand Map Society Merger

Martin Woods outlined the proposal to merge the Australian Map Circle and the New Zealand

Map Society.

Moved Martin Woods and Seconded David Jones, that

It is proposed that the Australian Map Circle Inc. (hereafter ‚the Association‛) should merge

with the New Zealand Map Society (hereafter ‚NZMS‛) to form a combined body with expanded

geographic coverage including Australia and New Zealand. To achieve this merger, the following

is proposed as a single motion for approval by members of the association:

1. Implementation of items 2-4 below is not conditional on any actions by the NZMS.

2. The name of the Association is changed to ‚Australian and New Zealand Map Society Inc.‛

(ANZMS).

3. The Association’s constitution is amended as follows:

�In section 1 the words ‚The Australian Map Circle Incorporated‛ are replaced by ‚Australian

and New Zealand Map Society Inc.‛

�In section 2 the word ‚Australia‛ is replaced by ‚Australia and New Zealand‛

�In section 18 the word ‚Australian‛ is replaced by ‚Australian and New Zealand‛

�Throughout the Constitution the words ‚the Circle‛ are replaced by ‚the Society‛

�Throughout the Constitution the words ‚National Executive‛ are replaced by ‚Committee‛.

4. Following the Association’s 2009 annual general meeting, the Association’s Committee will

appoint a working group to review and update the Purposes of the Association. The working

group will include at least one member located in New Zealand if one can be found. The revised

Purposes will be voted on at the 2010 Annual General Meeting.

5. Implementation of items 6-8 below is conditional on the NSMZ passing a motion to: adopt the

Association as its successor organisation, wind up the NZMS, and pass on the remaining assets

of the NZMS to the Association, thus forming the merged association.

6. Subject to item 5, from 2009 to 2013 inclusive, if there is not at least one elected officer of the

Association located in New Zealand, the Association’s Committee will co-opt a suitable

committee member from New Zealand if one is available.

7. Subject to item 5, until the end of 2009 the Association may fund the reasonable costs of a

printed New Zealand newsletter, if members desire this and if an editor/publisher can be found.

8. Subject to item 5, members of NZMS in 2008 will enrolled as members of the Association from

2009 onwards; as a transition measure at the discretion of the Association’s Committee this may

be at a discounted or free membership fee for 2009.

Carried unanimously (20 attendees plus 20 proxies; note 2 proxies also in attendance)

Returning Officer’s Report

Nominations for positions on the Australian Map Circle (‘Australian and New Zealand Map

Society’) Executive Committee closed on Friday 27th February 2007. Only one nomination was

received for each position. I, Denis Shephard, declare the following individuals to have been

elected to the offices of the Australian Map Circle (‘Australian and New Zealand Map Society’),

2009:

President: Martin Woods

Vice-President: Adella Edwards

Business Manager: Amy Griffin

Secretary: Brian Marshall

Ex-officio member of the Executive: Michael Ross

Ex-officio member of the Executive: Greg Wood

General Business

Honorary Membership

Moved Victor Prescott and Seconded Judith Scurfield, that

The following three members be elected Honorary Members of the Australian Map Circle (‘Australian

and New Zealand Map Society’):

i) William Richardson;

ii) Greg Eccleston; and,

iii) John Cain.

Carried unanimously

Spatial Heritage Group

Adella Edwards reported briefly on the one meeting of this group.

Closing Remarks

Martin Woods

Martin expressed his thanks to Michael Ross and John Cain for their work on guiding the

merger of the Australian Map Circle and the New Zealand Map Society; and, Brendan Whyte

for his work as editor of The Globe. He endorsed the remarks of Dorothy Prescott, Greg

Eccleston and Victor Prescott. Martin welcomed the new committee and spoke of some of the

challenges facing the newly merged organisation, including attracting a younger membership.

Within the new committee Michael Ross and Greg Wood would handle the legal aspects

associated with the merger and Brian Marshall would assume responsibility for the newsletter.

Martin then announced that the 2010 conference would be held in Adelaide. He concluded by

observing that there were now six map specialists in the national and state libraries.

Brian Marshall

Brian, a foundation member of the New Zealand Map Society, welcomed the merger of the

Australian map Circle and the New Zealand Map Society.

There being no further business the meeting was closed at 5.10PM

The Executive of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society Inc., elected at the AGM are:

President - Dr Martin Woods, Curator of Maps: National Library of Australia;

Vice-President - Adella Edwards, Technical Officer - Cartography, School of Earth and

Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville;

Secretary - Brian Marshall, Subject Librarian, Geography & Environmental Science,

University of Auckland Library;

Business Manager - Dr Amy L. Griffin, Lecturer, School of Physical, Environmental and

Mathematical Sciences, University of New South Wales-ADFA,

Canberra

Michael Ross - Wellington

Greg Wood - Canberra

Dr Brendan Whyte will continue as Editor of the Globe.

Michael Ross retired as President of the AMC. Dr. John Cain retired after serving the AMC continuously

from 1995 until 2008 as President, Secretary, Business Manager, and Editor of the Globe. Dennis

Shephard retired from his role as Secretary.

Martin Woods was formerly Vice-President of the AMC, and Brian Marshall was Treasurer and Editor of

the NZMS. Adella Edwards served as Vice-President of the AMC from 2002 to 2006, and on the Executive

from 2007-8.

News from the National Library of Australia

Emma Jolley was acting Curator of Maps while Martin Woods enjoyed the delights of an

European Spring. Emma reports the following news from the NLA:

Copies Direct orders received by Maps have increased by a significant 51% year to date. This

combined with an increased 41% of external reference requests has meant a significant

workload for the section.

Maps (notable acquisitions)

* An exciting and rare edition of Johannes Van Loon's twin hemispherical map of the world,

'Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissimia Tabula' (1666). Tasman's discoveries in 1642-43 and

1644 are shown as is a faint coastline indicting Terra Australis Incognita.

* A twin-hemispherical world map, 'Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore' (1660), by

prominent Dutch mapmaker, Frederick de Wit. A rare example of De Wit's work, it is only one

of two of his maritime maps that were dated. The map is a rare example of Tasman's 1642-43

and 1644 voyages.

* A large and impressive double hemisphere map of the world by Henry Overton, 1715. The

map is surrounded by numerous astronomical diagrams, four smaller hemispheres and an

image of the moon's surface. There is also a notation on New Holland quoting de Vlamingh's

infamous assessment of New Holland as a desert with few redeeming qualities.

* The Library's holdings of Indonesian mapping was expanded with the addition of a new

National Atlas of Indonesia and 65 current topographic maps of Kalimantan and Sulawesi by the

Indonesian government map maker Bakosurtanal, as well as a new street directory of Jakarta.

The items were acquired through the Library's Jakarta office.

News from the National Library of New Zealand

Dave Small from the Turnbull Library reports that the map collection will close sometime in the

next few months while building renovations are carried out, and any clients who have projects

should contact him as soon as possible.

What's happening

The Alexander Turnbull Library and the National Library are moving most of the collections out

of the National Library building so that the building's plant and storage facilities can be

upgraded. The staff and collections will not move back into the building until 2012.

Map availability

2500 maps (of Northland, Auckland, Waikato, King Country, East Cape, Urewera, Taihape,

Rangitikei-Manawatu, Wellington coast & Horowhenua, Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa) from the

ATL collection dated from 1820s to 1920s will be available to view at Archives New Zealand in

Wellington.

These are maps of the wider regions only, not the main towns and cities.

These are from the main size sequences so none of the large or folded maps and map books

and atlases are available. These maps have been mostly set aside for upcoming Waitangi treaty

research but of course any researchers can see them.

Microfilm of about 40% of early New Zealand maps from the collection will be publicly available

at BECA Building, Thorndon.

The maps digitised by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Landonline will be available on a

publicly available PC at BECA Building, Thorndon (1.4 million survey, deposit and Maori land

plans).

Some of the published maps from the NZMS series such as NZMS 1 (topographic – 1939-70);

NZMS 13 (cadastral – 1900-1960s); NZMS 177 (cadastral – 1970s-80s); NZMS 16 (cadastral

towns) will be available digitally on a publicly available PC at BECA Building, Thorndon.

About 2% of the collection is available as digitised maps online through the National Library

Catalogue, TAPUHI and Timeframes.

Maps from the Appendices to the Journals to the House of Representatives – 19th century

available at BECA, Thorndon and 20th century on request.

Where are most of the maps going?

95% of the actual maps in the collection will not be available to researchers. Nor will the books

and serials that accompany the map collection. They will be stored in a commercial storage

facility in Auckland.

Dave Small

News from the Maps Section, State Library of NSW

In January 2009 Maggie Patton was appointed as Head of Maps at the State Library of New

South Wales. The position had been vacant since November 2006 with the retirement of Cheryl

Evans. Josef Trunecke, Maps Librarian, also retired in December 2008.

In 2008 the State Library received funding from the New South Wales State Government to

create online records for many of their rare and unique collections currently only accessible

through card catalogues and paper indexes.The Maps collection has been a particular focus of

this project. The first project to be completed by June this year will be the Sir William Dixson

collection of maps, both published and manuscript, which the Library received in 1952. This

collection, which includes material from the16th century through to the settlement of Australia in

the 19th century, has only been accessible through the Maps catalogue in the Mitchell Library

Reading Room. Records for over 1,000 maps are being added to Libraries Australia. A project

planned for 2010 will see the digitisation of the entire collection with images linked to the online

records.

Any inquiries regarding the Maps collections at the State Library can be directed to

mpatton@sl.nsw.gov.au.

Maggie Patton

Head of Section, Maps

State Library of New South Wales

Ph. (02) 92731709

Fax (02) 92731267

mpatton@sl.nsw.gov.au

Limits in the Seas

This was a series issued by the US Department of State, detailing maritime boundaries and

including useful maps showing the boundaries. The series covered straight baselines,

continental shelf boundaries, national claims to maritime jurisdiction, and territorial sea

boundaries. The series was available online, but the link had broken. This has now been

rectified, and the series is available at

http://www.state.gov/g/oes/ocns/opa/convention/c16065.htm

Thai 250k Geological and Mineral Maps

Members, particularly institutions, may be interested in downloading the complete sets of the

zipped pdf Thai 1:250,000 geological and mineral maps at the urls' below.

The geological maps are scans of paper maps, which feature legends in Thai and English. Each

zipped file is 15-20MB in size.

The mineral maps are digital maps, with legends only in Thai, but using chemical symbols like Sn,

Zn, Pb, etc. The zipped files are generally 1MB or less in size.

Both series provide a topographic base and in some cases province and district (amphoe)

boundaries, so are useful for more than just geology.

250k geological maps

http://www.dmr.go.th/ewt_news.php?nid=8904

250k mineral maps

http://www.dmr.go.th/ewt_news.php?nid=8905

Other webpages on interest:

50k geological index

http://www.dmr.go.th/download/map_free/index_map50k.pdf

catalogue/prices:

http://www.dmr.go.th/main.php?filename=geological_map

http://www.dmr.go.th/ewt_news.php?nid=6790

http://www.dmr.go.th/ewt_news.php?nid=6791

(geophysical data/maps)

http://www.dmr.go.th/ewt_news.php?nid=6792

(digital data)

http://www.dmr.go.th/ewt_news.php?nid=6793

(digital airborne geophysical data)

Thailand

Retirement of Mary Larsgaard

Mary Larsgaard, Head of the Map and Imagery Laboratory at the Davidson Library, University of

California, Santa Barbara, and author of the map librarian’s Bible: Map Librarianship, an

introduction, has decided that after 37 years as a map librarian, to retire at the end of June

2009. Retirement fortunately does not mean exactly that, for she will be working with a map-

library friend on an annotated bibliography of major information sources in geography.

Mary was the author also of Topographic mapping of the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand,

published by Libraries Unlimited, Littleton, Colorado in 1984, and Topographic mapping of

Africa, Antarctica, and Eurasia, published by the Western Association of Map Libraries, Provo,

Utah, in 1993.

She jointly authored the Dictionary of abbreviations and acronyms in geographic information

systems, cartography, and remote sensing, and jointly edited Electronic cataloging : AACR2

and metadata for serials and monographs; Maps and related cartographic materials:

cataloguing, classification and bibliographic control; and Cartographic citations : a style guide,

as well as numerous journal articles.

Have You Got a Map of Ubon Ratchathani in Your Collection?

"Globe" editor Brendan Whyte has spent two years drafting the first complete and accurate

map of his current city of residence: Ubon Ratchathani (Thailand's 5th largest city, and the site

of a US airbase during the Vietnam War). The bilingual map was recently published by his

former employer, Ubon Ratchathani University. At a scale of 1:14 000, the 4-sheet colour map

covers the entire urban area, in a 'Melways' style, with enlargements of the city centres of

Ubon Ratchathani and adjacent Warin Chamrap. Interested readers can purchase the map for

150 baht ($7.50) plus postage, either by Paypal in major currencies to

<obiwonfive@hotmail.com> or by direct deposit to Brendan's Australian bank account. Contact

him obiwonfive@hotmail.com for details. Wholesale enquiries very welcome!

New Gazetteer for New Zealand

The New Zealand Government recently passed the New Zealand Geographic Board (Nga Pou

Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, which replaces the old 1946 New Zealand Geographic Board Act.

The Act does a number of things, one of which is to create a statutory requirement for the

Board to produce a publicly available gazetteer of official geographic names containing location,

descriptive and historic information. The existing New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic

Names lists only official names and is available on the Land Information New Zealand website.

The gazetteer is intended to eventually replace the online New Zealand Geographic Place

Names Database, which has been renamed as the New Zealand Place Names Database

(archived). The database can still be used to search for official and unofficial names, but is no

longer updates.

[Source: Landscan, no.47, December 2008, page 5]

New Books of Interest

Bishop, Graham. The Real McKay, the remarkable life of Alexander McKay, geologist. Dunedin,

Otago University Press, 2008. 252p.

Alexander McKay was a major figure in the geological exploration and mapping of New Zealand.

He mapped extensive areas of both islands. From the back cover of this book: “Alexander

McKay, a self-educated explorer who rose to the position of Government Geologist, is the folk

hero of New Zealand geology. He was a key figure in laying the foundations for the high

reputation New Zealand geological science enjoys internationally…. This is the first biography

of the Scots immigrant (1863) who made over 100,000 fossil collections during his career.

McKay explored and reported on many regions of the country and was the first geologist

anywhere to document horizontal movement during an earthquake….”

Forthcoming Conference: Managing Metadata and Classification Schemes

Managing Metadata

Implementing a metadata format that complies to standards and supports interoperability

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Classification Schemes

Structuring and indexing data to support information search and retrieval

Friday, 26 June 2009

For more details: http://www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au/Events-c073-Metadata-ClassificationS.htm

NZMS 260 S25/S26

NZMS 260 provides the basic 1:50,000 topographic coverage of New Zealand. A while ago one

of our New Zealand members showed me a copy of the NZMS 260 S25 Levin 1st edition sheet.

It was printed on tyvek, and on the back of it was printed S26 – Carterton, 1st edition, 1984.

This was the first time I had seen two NZMS 260 maps printed back to back on the same sheet

of paper.

Graeme Jupp at Land Information New Zealand provided this explanation:

I have looked at the original LINZ files for 260s S25 and S26. Although it was before

my time in DOSLI, I believe the reason that S25 and S26 were selected was that the

area was of tremendous interest to trampers. I’m sure Mr 260 himself, Bill Drake (a

keen climber and tramper) had something to do with the decision!

There is plenty of correspondence relating to the tyvec (sometimes spelt tyvek)

printings of these maps.

The first editions were originally printed on high wet-strength (standard) 260 paper

in 1984.

The double-sided version was probably produced, in a very limited quantity, at the

end of the run of each individual map to see how tyvec handled double-sided

printing.

The trouble at the time was that the Government Printer in Masterton did not have

a six-colour press. The four-colour press printed black, blue, orange and red first

and the paper was then re-fed to print green and grey. While acceptable

registration could be achieved for one-sided printing, this was not so with double-

sided printing on synthetic paper. The paper was not used again, despite its

popularity with trampers.

Graeme notes that the double-sided version would now be a true collector’s item.

Brian Marshall University of Auckland Library

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