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- SIY14.TXT Sources 60
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- Chapter 14
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- Sources
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- ASCS (Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service), a federal office
- located in each county seat. See the local phone book. Aerial photographs for
- that county. The national photo laboratory is USDA/ASCS, POB 30010, SLC, UT
- 84130. 801/542-5856. You'll need the location marked on a topo or county map
- for them to select the proper photos.
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- CAVE Inc, 1/2 Fast Road, Ritner, KY 42639. Dave Byter, 606/376-3137.
- Education and consulting; geology (speleology, hydrology, chemistry), real
- estate (rural & remote properties, property evaluation), computer programming
- (PC\ibm & Apple II). Send your questions, comments, and complaints here. I
- also sell the required compass, tape measure, etc.
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- Johnson Camping, Inc, Binghamton, NY 13902-1604. 800/572-8822. Send your
- comments about the Ranger here. Especially tell them what you think about
- their Instruction Manual.
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- F. Henry Sipe, 1404 Harrison Ave, Elkins WV 26241. 304/636-2465. "A Layman's
- Guide to Land Surveying", $5. This little book tells you how to shop for a
- surveyor, and how to tell him what you want done. Lots of information about
- boundary law, deciphering land descriptions, and what a surveyor can and cannot
- do for you. "Compass Land Surveying", $??. A textbook for surveyors using a
- forester's compass. Very good at explaining problem solving. Most is
- applicable to surveying with the Silva Ranger. This fellow holds West Virginia
- Surveyor's License No 1. Tell him that Dave Byter at CAVE Inc sent you.
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- Timely Discount Topos, Inc, 9769 West 119th Drive, Suite 9, Broomfield, CO
- 80020. (800)821-7609 & (303)469-5022 & (303)466-3780[FAX]. Just what the name
- says. If you can't wait five months for USGS, order your topo maps here.
- Other USGS publications too. Tell Mary that Dave Byter at CAVE Inc sent you.
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- USGS (United States Geological Survey), Topo Maps, Box 25286, Federal Center
- Bldg 41, Denver, CO 80225. Topographic maps. Request a free index map of your
- state. Ask for a free "Topographic Map Symbols" pamphlet too. Very slow.
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- Williamsburg Box & Partition Co, 234 N Front St, Williamsburg OH 45176-1397.
- 513/724-2262 & 800/927-2972. This is where to get a disk mailer which will
- carry a 5.25" floppy safely thru the bowels of the Pist Office for two ounces.
- Actually, you can mail TWO disks for two ounces. Tell Dorothy in Customer
- Service that Dave Byter at CAVE Inc sent you.
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- Last chance to remind you to take careful compass readings. The precision of
- your compass readings is the major factor controlling the precision of your
- surveying.
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