Changed out some furniture in the office this week/ tonight. Out with old drafting table (probably 50 years old) and in with a new to me one (it's 21 years old but in really good shape) anyway-= the old table had a sheet drawer that I kept all my quad maps in- back when We'd actually get the quad maps.
new desk doesn't have that drawer....
so do I keep the maps or pitch them- everything I do is on line now so they are of no "use" to me, but still it's not easy to throw them out....
none are of any super unique locations...
Stash them somewhere you'll forget about them.
But before you do, take two or three and mark some cryptic clues and an "X" with the words "buried gold" scrawled (almost illegibly) somewhere near the x.
Maybe they'll find their way to some swap meet someday. You might be responsible for giving some hopeless dreamer a reason to live.
> Changed out some furniture in the office this week/ tonight. Out with old drafting table (probably 50 years old) and in with a new to me one (it's 21 years old but in really good shape) anyway-= the old table had a sheet drawer that I kept all my quad maps in- back when We'd actually get the quad maps.
Well, if the online "store" at the US Geological Survey weren't there to faithfully serve up 10Mb tiffs of the older quad sheets how would you access the information such as roads, place names, and cultural features that may not show up in the modern digital edition-du-jour?
that's a good point Kent. [sarcasm]On the other, I need to check policy- possessing a map that says "Squaw Peak" is probably an EEO violation and I'll need to self-report and sign-up for "Sensitivity Training"...
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I collect old stuff of all sorts (uh, Mrs. Cow doesn't count)and have a tendency to never toss anything that might have some value to someone else. I have paid real dollars for stuff that most people toss out simply because it is old. Books, newspapers, magazines, maps, rural directories, telephone books, etc. For those of us interested in things like genealogy and/or local history, anything like that may be a gold mine. Even when there is some modern way of accessing something, it is just better to be able to possess it.
> I collect old stuff of all sorts (uh, Mrs. Cow doesn't count)and have a tendency to never toss anything that might have some value to someone else. I have paid real dollars for stuff that most people toss out simply because it is old. Books, newspapers, magazines, maps, rural directories, telephone books, etc. For those of us interested in things like genealogy and/or local history, anything like that may be a gold mine. Even when there is some modern way of accessing something, it is just better to be able to possess it.
Holy Hoarder Batman !!!
He's not a hoarder, he's an accumulator...
For the reasons above, you can fold and store them in manila envelopes. They won't take up that much space.
You can donate them to some library or historical society somewhere.
You can decoupage the drafting table or wallpaper the bathroom too. 😉
Last year I did a project where deeds referenced a road. Let it suffice to say the road name is not something one would publish in this day and age.. It is printed clear as day on the old paper quads..
There are things on those old paper maps that you will not find most places on-line. If they have age they have value...
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This past winter I was up in my attic and discovered my old hanging files of Quad maps. "Oh, that's what happened to them ..." They're still up there and in another few months I'll forget about them again.
And again and again ...
I agree with keeping them. There are things you will "see" or notice on a paper map that may never occur to you on a digital version.
BTW a good buggy whip might come in handy on occasion too.
In the coming apocalypse the digital age will end all that remains will be those maps.... 😀
Keep them. I had a guy come in not too long ago and was railing about the other surveyor he'd had do work for him that the plat didn't have contours on the and all surveyors HAVE to put contours on the map (it was like 100 acres).
So, I was nice, plotted his deed on the quad sheet and he then had contours. He was so happy with it, that we ended up doing work for him.
Otherwise, they are of VERY little use in today's market.
Our clients love to find their property on the bathroom wall quad maps. Also have one wall of the conference room wallpapered with quad maps, makes for quick access to the big picture during a meeting.
Aloha, RF:
Sell them on ebay!
For a time before tax mapping, we used quad sheets to index our jobs. Rather than throw them out, we scanned them and keep them digitally for reference purposes.
