VOLUME 12

NUMBER 1

JANUARY 1986

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CARTOGRAPHIC

CONFERENCE

Dr. Meredith (Buzz) Ostrom, StateGeologist and Art Ziegler, StateCartographer, attended the U.S.Geological Survey Mid-Continent MappingCenter's Regional Mapping Workshop inRolla, MO on November 14 and 15, 1985.Attendees included representatives from14 Midwestern states, the NationalMapping Center headquarters, variousregional offices of the U.S.G.S. andother federal agencies.

The workshop consisted of briefings bythe Geological Survey staff and otherfederal agencies, reports by all staterepresentatives and a caucus of stateswhich documented their "requirements of"and "problems with" the mappingprograms.

Highlights of the workshop inrelationship to Wisconsin were:

1. Approximately half of the statesin the 14-state region includingWisconsin had completed or werenearing completion of the 7.5-minutetopographic quad program and allexpressed the need for an increasedmaintenance program to continuallyupdate this map series;

2. Five of the fourteen states hadpublished their own single "sheet"style topographic index andrecommended to the National MappingDivision of U.S.G.S. that they returnto this distribution vehicle;

3. Approximately half the statesexpressed an interest in pursuing acounty format topographic mappingprogram similar to Wisconsin's (seeWMB, page 1, October 1985);

4. At the completion of the briefingon automated cartography, the statesexpressed concern that the Survey'sdigital capability was, for the nextseveral years, dedicated to servicingother federal agencies and not stateneeds.

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Mr. Rupe Southard t Chief of the NationalMapping Division of the GeologicalSurveYt attended the entire conference.He informed the state representatives offuture programs including metrication,digital products and cooperative effortswith the Bureau of Census.

This was the first such conference in 6years. The state participants consideredthe workshop extremely informative andrecommended that the Mid-ContinentMapping Center host similar workshops ona 2-year cycle, alternating with theNational Cartographic Information Centerworkshops.

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On October 15, 1985 the StateCartographer exhibited the Office'scartographic display at the WisconsinTowns Association in Oconomowoc. Healso gave a cartographic briefing to theGeography Department, UW-Milwaukee onOctober 16. On November 20, he gave abriefing on automated cartographicapplications and mapping resources tothe Burnett County Board and staff inSiren, WI.

Oconto County has scheduled avisit/briefing on January 30-31, 1986.

The plans for Regional CartographicConferences are being finalized. An EastCentral Conference is tentativelyscheduled for April and a CentralConference for June.

Notices on dates and places ofconferences will be sent torepresentatives in the respective countyareas. If your agency, organization ordistrict is interested in a cartographicbriefing, contact Art Ziegler, StateCartographer, 608/262-6852 .

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COMMITTEE ON STATE CARTOGRAPHY

The Committee decided to hold 3 meetingsper year instead of 2 during Fiscal Year'86. This will reduce the length ofeach meeting and give members theopportunity to review the operations ofthe state Cartographer's Office morefrequently.

The winter meeting was held January 15,1986 at the new Wisconsin Geological andNatural History Survey facility, 3817Mineral Point Road, which has ampleparking space.

The 7-member Committee discussed:1. Current state of the Office'sbudget, and expenditure plan for theremainder of the year;2. Potential prototype/developmentprojects to be considered; and3., University procedures and policieson Academic Staff personnel.

The spring meeting will review aproposed budget for FY-87 and recommendpolicy direction for the Office. i

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A final date for a commemorizationceremony for the completion of the 7.5­minute topo map program has not beenset. We are awaiting the final datewhich is being negotiated between theGovernor's Office and the U.S.Geological Survey.

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POINTS AND LINES

IT'S A BOYBrenda, our secretary of six years,gave birth to an 8 lb. 5 oz. boy,Brandon, on December 2nd. She, thebaby and Brent, the father, are doingfine. Brenda will be back at her deskon February 3rd.

PIERCE COUNTY IS "ISSINGOops, on our October mailing covergraphic, we inadvertently left outPierce County. Jim Clements, PierceCounty Zoning Administrator, pointedout our error. We regret theoversight. It's nice to know someoneread the whole thing.

GEODETIC COORDINATORThe National Geodetic Survey has 14regional geodetic coordinators whoprotect and assess the conditions ofcontrol marks. They also provideliaison, training, and assistance tolocal, state and federal agencies.Wisconsin is part of Region 7. Thecoordinator is Ronald L. Ramsey,Lansing P.O. and Federal Bldg., Room

,215A, 315 West Allegan Street,Lansing, MI 48933; phone 517/377­1510.

HAP DRY CLEANINGDo you have a dirty, torn map you'dlike restored? The Wisconsin StateHistorical Society's ConservationService Center can help you preservethat fragile map. The map'scondition, age and material willdetermine the cost of the treatment.Contact Joanne Hohler, WCSC Archivist,State Historical Society of Wisconsin,816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706;phone 608/262-8975 for a brochure andfee schedule.

AN ACRE IS AN ACREAn acre originally totaled as muchland as a yoke of oxen could plow in aday. But in the 13th century, anacre's measure--still official today-­was set by law at 4840 square yards.The word comes from Old English aecer;akin to Old High German ackar field,Old Norse akr arable land, Latin ager,Greek agros and Sanskrit ajra, allmeaning field, especially arable orpasture land.

KEEP THOSE "APS DRYYou can protect your valuable mapsfrom bad weather by slipping them intoa plastic POLY-PAK bag. There are twosizes to choose from with no minimumorder required. A 50-bag roll of 36"long, 1.5 mil plastic is $7.00. A 36­bag roll of 48" long, 2.0 ~il plasticis also $7.00. Include $2.00 forshipping and handling. Mail to PeepSquirrel Poly-Pack, 4886 CandlewoodLane, Stone Mountain, GA 30088, phone404/469-0876

SCIENCE HALL

Science Hall has been sittiny at thebottom of Bascom Hill (a glacialdrumlin) for 99 years. (The originalbuilding burned in 1884.) The buildingonce housed all of the Universitysc ience departments. It is nowprimarily the home of the Geography(Cartography) Department, theCartographic Lab, the Arthur RobinsonMap Library, the Geography Library andthe State Cartographer's Office.

WISCONSINMAP COLLECTIONS

The Arthur H. Robinson Map Library,University of Wisconsin-Madison, and theWisconsin state Cartographer's Officesponsored a Mini-Conference forWisconsin Map Librarians on November 16,1985, at the Robinson Map Library inMadison. Fifteen librarians who workwith maps attended.

The program included the followingpresentations:

"Acquisition and De-Acquisition"Mary Galneder, UW-Madison MapLibrarian

"Cataloging and Classification"Charley Seavey, Instructor,School of library and InformationStudies, UW-Madison

"Topographic Mapping of Wisconsin"Christopher Baruth, Map andImagery librarian, AmericanGeographical Society Collection,Golda Meir Library, UW-Milwaukee

"The State Cartographer's Office"Christine Reinhard, AssistantState Cartographer.

In addition, Michael Edmonds, MapCurator, hosted a tour of the Map Roomof the State Historical Society ofWisconsin. Following that, attendeeswatched a demonstration of mappreservation methods by Robin Carlson ofthe Historical Society's WisconsinConservation Service Center. Afterreturning to Science Hall, the groupvisited the office of the History ofCartography Project for a briefing byProfessor David Woodward, Director.

The day provided an opportunity forWisconsin librarians with mapcollections to meet and exchange ideas.It may become a regular event.

A Directory of Map Collections inWisconsin, 1985 was prepared for theconference. Copies of the Directory areavailable, free-of-charge, from theState Cartographer's Office, 144 ScienceHall, University of Wisconsin, 550 N.Park St., Madison, WI 53706-1404, phone608/262-3065.

SOIL MAPPING LEGISLATION

In March 1985, twenty-five StateRepresentatives along with sixcosponsoring State Senators introducedAssembly Bill 202 to increase soilmapping activity in the state. The billdirects the Wisconsin Geological andNatural History Survey (WGNHS), underthe direction of the State Geologist, tosupervise a soil survey programproviding assistance in theinterpretation and use of soil surveyinformation and completing and updatingcounty soil surveys, in cooperation withthe federal government. The bill alsodirects the WGNHS to administer aprogram of financial assistance for soil~

survey activities. An appropriationwould be created.

The soil survey program would be aninteragency effort, and would consist oftwo components: basic soil survey­related services, and completion andmapping of county soil surveys. Themapping component would require anestimated one and one-half years ofprogram development, followed by sixyears of peak personnel committment tocomplete and update county soil surveysand mapping. At the end of that time,the mapping component will be phased outto a level needed to keep surveyscurrent; the soil survey will continueat a level of basic services which willinclude research, education, laboratorysupport, and computer assistance.

The Committee on Tourism, Recreation andForest Productivity recommended passageof the bill in August and referred it tothe Joint Committee on Finance.

INDEX OF U.S.G.S. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLES

* Available from the Wisconsin Geological andNatural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road,Madison, WI 53705, ATTN: Map Sales,phone 608/263-7389. All others are availablefrom the U.S. Geological Survey, Mid-ContinentMapping Center, 1400 Independence Road,Rolla, MO 65401, phone 314/341-0851.

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DELL ON THE MAP

The village of Dell in eastern VERNONCounty will be put on the map in January1987, according to State Senator BrianRude (R-Coon Valley).

Dell, located on County Trunk P east ofWestby, has a 120-year history as atrading center for the agriculturalareas around the village. But, thevillage has never received recognitionon the official state highway map.

Mrs. Vergie Snustead, who represents theDell area on the Vernon County Board,contacted Senator Rude this summer andasked him to work with the Department ofTransportation to put Dell on the map.An initial request to the Department wasturned down because of strictconstraints limiting placement ofunincorporated villages on the map.

Rude personally appealed to SecretaryLowell Jackson, who has agreed to make.an exception to the general policiesregarding placement of unincorporatedmunicipalities, citing the historicinterests in Dell and available space onthe map. Jackson promised Dell will goon the revised version of the map,scheduled for printing in January 1987.

"Since the first general store went upin 1866, Dell has served commercial andsocial needs of the people of that area.Many people would love to visit andexplore communities like Dell, but thelack of information on the map mayprevent it. So Dell will now get someattention when visitors travel to VernonCounty, and the pride of the people ofthe area should be enhanced," Rude said.

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P.L.S.S. QUIZ

To cap off the 200th anniversary of thePubl~c Land Survey System (PLSS), here'sa qU1Z on some unusual aspects of thePLSS in Wisconsin.

Question 1: We are all aware of theFrench Long Lots and Indian Lands notsurveyed in the PLSS in Brown, Calumetand Crawford Counties. There isanother little known lot not in thePLSS in another county. Name thelocation and county.

Question 2: We all know that the 4thPrincipal Meridian forms the boundarybetween Grant, Lafayette and IowaCounties at its junction with the baseline. At only one other place, as itheads north, does it become a countyboundary again. Name the counties andtownship north.

Question 3: Township and Range lines,rivers and lakes form the majority ofcounty boundaries. However, in moreinstances than you realize, sectionlines form county boundaries. Can youguess the number of counties which havesection lines as part of theirboundaries?

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NEW MAPS

WGS is compiling a series of maps (andreports) on groundwater studies forBARRON and CHIPPEWA Counties.

Glacial mapping: 1:100,000Pleistocene maps (with texts) forPORTAGE, FLORENCE and LANGLAOECounties will be ready in the nearfuture.

FORTHCOMING FROM THE WGSBedrock maps for WOOD and PORTAGECounties at a scale of 1:100,000 willbe ready for the upcoming LakeSuperior Institute meeting in April.

Bedrock geology of Wisconsin, regionalmap series: sheets for east central,northwest and west central areexpected in early fall. The maps arein full color, at a scale of 1:250,000and measure 28" x 38".

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For up-to-date information, contactMike Czechanski at the WisconsinGeological Survey, 3817 Mineral PointRoad, Madison, WI 53705, phone608/263-7393.

PHOTOREVISED 7-1/2' QUADS

A Subsurface Study of the st. PeterSandstone in Southern and EasternWisconsin, Information Circular 47,1985. Two black-and-white foldoutplates (three maps) by H. Mai(1:50,000 scale) detail the structurecontour and the paleogeology of thepre-st. Peter Sandstone surface andthe thickness of the st. PeterSandstone. The price is $5.00.(Ordering information below.)

Ice Age Deposits of Wisconsin.Reprint of the 1960 (Glacial Depositsof Wisconsin) page-size map. Scale is1:2,730,000; price is 10¢ each or 8for $1.00.

The above maps can be ordered from MapSales, Wisconsin Geological Survey,3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI53705, phone 608/263-7389. Postageand handling charges are extra.

RECENT WGS HAPSPleistocene Geology of Vilas County,Wisconsin. This full color map(1:100,000 scale) accompanies WGSInformation Circular 50, by J.W.Attig, 1985. It is availableseparately for $3.00 or with thepublication for $5.00. (Orderinginformation below.)

SPOONER GEOLOGIC HAPPreliminary Quaternary Geolo~ic Map ofthe Spooner Quadrangle, NW Wlsconsin,

. at 1:62,500 scale (black-and-white)with an 8-page report by J.L.Drinkwater. This is an open-filereport (OF) publication which can beobtained by sending a check or moneyorder, payable to the U.S. GeologicalSurvey and specifying number OF 85­0235 WISCONSIN to: Open-File ServicesSection, Western Distribution Branch,U.S.G.S., Box 25425, Federal Center,Denver, CO 80225. Paper copies cost$3.50 each; microfiche is $4.75.

AG 'CENSUS HAPSGraphic Summary, 1982 Census ofAgriculture, Vol. 2, Part 1. Thesummary comprises over 300 computer­drawn maps, dot and multi-colored,with county level data on farmproduction and characteristics of thenation's 2.2 million farms. Copies ofthe publication (GPO Stock No. 003­024-06362-0) can be purchased for$9.50 (prepaid) from theSuperintendent of Documents,Government Printing Office,Washington, DC 20402; phone 202/783­3238.

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LAND USE/LAND COVERThe following land use, land cover andassociated maps are available as open­file (OF) publications from the USGS,Mid-Continent Mapping Center, 1400Independence Road, Rolla, MO 65401:

GREEN BAY, WI; Lat 44° to 45°, Long88° to 90°; OF #80-0497 WISCONSIN.

DULUTH, MN, WI; Lat 46° to 47°, Long92° to 94°; OF #80-0630 MINNESOTA &WISCONSIN.

IRON MOUNTAIN, MI, WI; Lat 45° to 46°,Long 88° to 90°; OF #82-0243 MICHIGAN&WISCONSIN.

RICE LAKE, WI; Lat 45° to 46°, Long90° to 92°; OF #82-0245 WISCONSIN.

LA CROSSE, WI, lA, MN; Lat 43° to 44°,Long 90° to 92°; OF #84-0033WISCONSIN, IOWA &MINNESOTA.

IRON RIVER, MI, WI; Lat 46° to 47°,Long 88° to 90°; OF #84-0178 MICHIGAN&WISCONSIN.

Each data set for the abovequadrangles consists of four mapskeyed to the appropriate U.S.G.S.topographic map at 1:250,000. Themaps are coded for statisticaldevelopment and include (1) land useand land cover, (2) political unit,(3) hydrological units, and (4) censuscounty subdivision maps, each costing$4.00. A film positive of theappropriate cultural base (1:250,000)may be purchased for $45.00. Theopen-file number and title given aboveand prepayment are required to order.

TOPOGRAPHIC AND OTHER HAP INDEXESThe Index to National High-AltitudePhotography (July 1, 1985), the Indexto Intermediate-Scale Mapping (April1, 1985), and the Index toOrthophotoguad Mapping (April 1, 1985)are available free by writing theEastern Distribution Branch, U.S.G.S.,1200 South Eads Street, Arlington, VA22202.

ICE AGE TRAIL HAPA new National Park Service brochuredescribing the Ice Age National ScenicTrail has been published. The four­color brochure was prepared with thehelp of the Ice Age Park and TrailFoundation, the Wisconsin GeologicalSurvey, the U.W. Cartographic Lab andthe Wisconsin Department of NaturalResources. To obtain the brochuresend a self-addressed stamped (39¢)envelope to: ICE AGE TRAIL COUNCIL,2302 Lakeland Avenue, Madison, WI53704.

WAUSHARA COUNTY SOIL SURVEY HAPSField sheets are now available at ascale of 1:20,000 using a 1977 aerialphoto base. A final published versionwill be available in 1988. Fieldsheets can be ordered by contactingDaniel E. Chelmo, Waushara CountyDistrict Conservationist, 118 No. st.Marie Street, P.O. Box 458, Wautoma,WI 54982-0458; phone 414/787-3828.Copies are free to Waushara Countyland owners and government offices, or$1.00 per copy for others.

ATLAS SOFTWAREAtlas puts a full-color, 3D globe onyour computer screen; centers andmagnifies states, provinces andcountries up to 5 times; and givesinformation on 2500 cities.Requirements are an IBM PC, PCjr or100% compatible; 128K of memory; acolor graphics, color monitor orHercules monochromatic board. Theprice is $69.95. Write to SoftwareConcepts, P.O. Box 3323, Wallingford,CT 06494.

U.S. Atlas locates 32,000 cities,federal and state parks on a precodeddisk. Color graphics and monochrome.Great-Circle distance to any point.Ten by forty mile strip map display.Locates all towns within a givencircle. Nine options. Uses IBM PC,192K, 1 disk drive, PC DOS 2.00 orlater. Price is $39.95. Write toIllston PC-Programs, 1930 HayseltonDrive, Jefferson City, MO 65101;phone 314/635-3417.

.~~PAST AND COMING EVENTS

ANNUAL SURVEYORS' INSTITUTEJanuary 22-24, stevens Point, WI. TheWisconsin Society of Land Surveyorsheld its 36th Annual Surveyors'Institute for three days in January.A variety of speakers were scheduledwith topics ranging from "Husband andWife --- A Team in Business" to"Megatrends --- A Base for the NorthAmerican Adjustment."

INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESSEMINAR

January 24-May 9, University ofWisconsin, Madison. This weeklyseminar, available for credit, willmeet from 1:20-3:30 p.m. Fridays atthe Commerce Building on the Madisoncampus. The topic is "MultipurposeLand Information Systems: ModernizingLand Information in North America,"and is being offered by the Institutefor Environmental Studies. For moreinformation contact Professor BenNiemann, 25 Ag Hall, Madison, WI53706, phone 608/263-6506.

WGS OPEN HOUSEJanuary 30, Madison, WI. TheWisconsin Geological and NaturalHistory Survey celebrated its moveinto new quarters with an Open Houseat the new location on Mineral PointRoad.

COLUMBUS AND EARLY VOYAGERS TO AMERICAFebruary 5, Milwaukee, WI. ProfessorClinton Edwards of UW-Milwaukeepresented a slide lecture of the earlyEuropean discoveries in the New Worldentitled "Co lumbus and Early Voyagersto America." An exhibition ofselected maps and illustrations fromthe period were also on display,including the famous Giovanni Leardoworld map of 1452 and the facsimileBehaim globe of 1492. (See relatedstory on page 10.)

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MICROCOMPUTER HAPPING WORKSHOPFebruary 22, Madison, WI. A one-dayworkshop at the Wisconsin Center inMadison is being sponsored by theSouthern Lake Michigan Section of theAmerican Congress on Surveying andMapping (ACSM). Offering hands-onexperience, the workshop will be teamtaught by Frank Beatty (USGS NationalSpace Technology Labs) and Bill Tolar(Computer Sciences Corporation). Itshould appeal to state and countymapping personnel, cartographystudents and computer-orientedinstructors in the mapping sciences.Fees are $49 for SLM Section membersand students, $59 for others.Enrollment is limited, so send yourname, address &phone number alongwith a check payable to Southern LakeMichigan Section to: Dick Corbett,Treasur~r, 334 W. Crystall Street,Mundeleln, IL 60060.

IOAA HAPPING SEMINARMarch 13-14, Houston, TX. "PropertyOwnership Mapping: Approaches forAssessors" is the topic of theInternational Association of AssessingOfficers' mapping seminar. Seminarswill be held at two locations ondifferent dates: March 13-14, 1986 inHouston, Texas and October 30-31, 1986in Orlando, Florida. For registrationinformation contact IAAO MappingSeminar, P.O. Box 94573, Chicago, IL60690-4573.

URISA HILWAUKEEApril 17, Milwaukee. A local Urbanand Regional Information SystemsAssociation conference will focus ongeographic information systems,particularly in Wisconsin. Adescriptive brochure and registrationform are attached to this issue of theWisconsin Mapping Bulletin.

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SURVEYORSJune 1-11, Toronto, Canada. The 18thCongress of the InternationalFederation of Surveyors (F.I.G.)convenes in Toronto, for the firsttime in Canada. It will undoubtedly

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be many years before the Congress willbe held again on the North AmericanContinent. Members of the AmericanCongress on Surveying and Mapping(ACSM) are also members of F.I.G. andcan exchange ideas with surveyors fromalmost every country in the world.For more information, contact FIGCONGRESS 186, P.O. Box 186, Station Q,Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4T 2Ml,phone 416/963-0030.

NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE CENSUSAugust 5, Wausau, WI. The Bureau ofthe Census will hold a regionalmeeting with Native Americanorganizations in Illinois, Michigan,Minnesota and Wisconsin to discuss1990 census plans. For moreinformation, contact the DecennialPlanning Division, Bureau of theCensus, Washington, DC 20233, phone301/763-4358.

URISA ANNUAL CONFERENCEAugust 10-14, Denver, CO.The Urban and Regional InformationSystems Association will hold its 24thannual conference at the Marriot Hotelin Denver. The conference theme,"What's The Difference?", stressesevaluation of information systemstechnology. For more information,write to URISA 86, 319 C Street SE,Washington, DC 20003.

BURNETT COUNTY

PROPERTY NUMBERING SYSTEM

Burnett County, working with the CountyFire Association and its townships,recently secured funding for a uniformproperty numbering system which willmake central dispatching of governmentservices and emergency equipment moreefficient. The County and the WisconsinDepartment of Natural Resources fundedthe project.

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The Northwest Regional PlanningCommission (NWRPC) began fieldwork inSeptember aimed at creating a uniformnumbering system. The Commissionprepared a base map for each townshowing housing units and businesses. Adistance measuring device is being usedto plot precise address locations.NWRPC staff is working with the towns toreview the maps as they are finished.When the addressing is complete, BurnettCounty will receive a set of base maps.Commission staff will also work withemergency and county personnel in theuse of the system. The targetcompletion date is April of 1986. Formore information contact the NWRPC at302 Walnut Street, Spooner, WI 54801;phone 715/635-2197.

AMERICA'S HEARTLAND

The exciting discovery of America'sheartland will be examined in a pilotprogram being planned by the MilwaukeePublic Library and the University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee's Golda MeirLibrary. The library system has beenawarded a planning grant of $14,982 fromthe National Endowment for theHumanities to develop with the UW­Milwaukee library "The Many Discoveriesof America: The Impact in America'sHeartland." In this pilot program,Professor Clinton Edwards of UW­Milwaukee's Geography Department willintroduce the concept that the continentcontinued to be "discovered" byexplorers, settlers and immigrants asthey ventured into America's heartland.

Included will be a display of historicmaps showing the first results ofexplorations made after Columbus'voyages. Howard Deller, LiteratureAnalyst with the UW-Milwaukee Golda MeirLibrary's American Geographical SocietyCollection, will assist in providingglobes, maps and other materials forthis program. Items to be put ondisplay include the 1452 manuscript mapof the world by Giovanni Leardo and afacsimile of Martin Behaim's globe of1492. After the program, a mounteddisplay of maps and related materialswill circulate to the Milwaukeeneighborhood libraries during the monthof February.

Congressional Districts Atlas (1985) Anew edition is now available, withupdated state and county maps and·geographic reference tables fordistricts of the 99th Congress. Theatlas is identical to the one for the98th Congress with the addition of twofeatures: new maps and lists for thestates that underwent redistricting forthe 99th Congress; and tables listingfunctioning minor civil divisions(MCD's) for 17 states and showing thecounty and congressional districts inwhich each MCD is located. Order "TheCongressional District Atlas, Districtsof the 99th Congress," from theSuperintendent of Documents, U.S.Government Printing Office, Washington,D.C. 20402 (GPO SIN 003-024-06132-5).·The price is $15.

Exemplary Systems in Government 1985-86,The State of the Art (1986) describesthe 29 federal, state, provincial andlocal systems submitted for the 1985-86ESIG Award competition. The reportcontains six major groups of systems:Land Records and Geoprocessing;Integrated, Multi-purpose Systems;Statistical and Interactive Systems;Planning and Location Analysis;Automation of EXisting Procedures; andFinancial Administration. The report isavailable for $32.00 (prepaid) fromURISA, 319 CSt. S.E., Washington, DC20003.

State and Local Government Systems, TheState of the Art (1985), is alsoavailable from URISA at the addressabove for $32.00. The documentdescribes twenty-two public informationsystems submitted to URISA by state,federal and local governments for the1984 Exemplary Systems in GovernmentAward. These systems vary widely interms of specific applications, computersupport and community setting.

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G.P.S. AND D.O.T.

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The Wisconsin Department ofTransportation (DOT) recently obtainedthe services of Geophysical Service,Inc., a subsidiary of Texas Instrumentsin establishing precise horizontal andvertical control on 74 control pointsaround the state. The method ofmeasurement is referred to as the GlobalPositioning System (GPS) and utilizesseven satellites now orbiting the earth.The DOT contracted to have measurementsmade at seven separate sites around thestate. Work began in Eau Claire onDecember 5th and ended in Madison onDecember 18th. (Editor: As you mayrecall, this was a very cold and snowyperiod.) The total cost for the GPSwork was $96,000. Similar work usingconventional surveying techniques wouldhave cost $152,000.

GSI used the TI 4100 GPS Navigator whichis very productive, portable andprovides on-site results. In less than30 minutes, data collected from twosystems tracking the same satellites canbe produced to attain accuraciesexceeding 1 part in 100,000. The systemproduces both horizontal and verticalcontrol. By the end of the decade thenumber of orbiting satellites isexpected to increase to 18, thusdecreasing the time spent at eachstation and at the same time increasingthe accuracy. The potential and use ofthis system has far-reachingimplications for the surveyingprofession and for land informationsystems. For more information contactBob Holdridge, D.O.T. Special Services,phone 608/267-9639.

source: Wisconsin Professiona7 Surveyor,December 1985. and persona7 correspondence

WISCONSIN'S BOUNDARIES

The following history and description of Wisconsin's boundaries are taken fromBoundaries of the United States and the Several States by F. K. Van Zandt,U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 909 (1976). .

Wisconsin was organized as a TerritorvJuly 3, 1836, and admitted as a State·May 29, 1848.

When the Territory of Wisconsin wasorganized, it was supposed that therewas an almost continuous water-boundaryline between Michigan and Wisconsin franGree.T1 Bay to Lake SUperior. Congress in1838 ordered the running and marking ofthis boundary (5 Stat. L. 244), but itwas soon discovered that the line couldnot be run as described, for the head ofthe M:mtreal River is more than 50 milesfram the Lake of the Desert (now calledLac Vieux Desert), which was supposed tobe its source. It was thereforerecommended that the boundary locationbe changed to the pesition laterdescribed in the Wisconsin enabling actof 1846 (9 Stat. L. 56-57), and ingreater detail in the Michiganconstitution of 1850, which reads asfollCMs:

••• through Lake Superior to the mouth ofthe Montreal river; thence through themiddle of the main channel of the saidriver Montreal to the head watersthereof; thence in a direct line to thecenter of the channel between Middle andSouth islands in the Lake of the Desert;thence in a direct line to the southernshore of Lake Brule; thence along saidsouthern shore and down the river Bruleto the main channel of the Menomineeriver; thence down the center of themain channel of the Menominee river;thence down the center of the mainchannel of the same to the center of themost usual ship channel of the Green Bayof Lake Michigan.

As originally constituted its areacomprised all that part of the formerTerritory of Michigan which lay west ofthe present limits of the State ofMichigan. The limits are defined in theact for its organization as follows (5Stat. L. 11):

Bounded on the east, by a line drawn

from the northeast corner of the Stateof Illinois, through the middle of LakeMichigan. to a point in the middle ofsaid lake. and opposite the main channelof Green Bay; and through said channeland Green Bay to the mouth of theMenomonie river; thence through themiddle of the main channel of saidriver. to that head of said rivernearest to the Lake of the Desert;thence in a direct line to the middle ofsaid lake; thence through the midd1p ofthe main channel of the Montreal river,to its mouth; thence with a direct lineacross Lake Superior to where theterritorial line of the Lnited Stateslast touches said lake northwest; thenceon the north with the said territorialline to the White-earth river; on thewest, by a line from the said boundarvline following down the middle of the­main channel of White-earth river to theMissouri river. and down the middle ofthe main channel of the Missouri riverto a point due west from the northwestcorner of the State of Missouri; and onthe south, from said point, due east tothe northwest corner of the State ofMissouri; and thence with the boundariesof the States of Missouri and Illinoisas already fixed by acts of Congress. '

In 1838, all that part of the territorvlying west of the Mississippi and of a·line drawn due north from its source tothe internatio!lal boundary-that is, allthat part which was origi~~lly co~rised

in the Louisia."1a Purchase and the RedRiver drainage basin south of the 49thparallel-was organized as the Territoryof Iowa.

The enabling act dated August 6, 1846,provided for the admission of Wisco~sin

as a State. The boundaries weredescribed as follows:

Beginning at the northeast corner of theState of Illinois, that is to say, at a (point in the center of Lake Michiganwhere the line of forty two degrees andthirty minutes of north latitude crossesthe same, thence running with the

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boundary line of the State of Michigan,through Lake Michigan, Green Bay, to themouth of the Menominee River; thence upthe channel of said river to the BruleRiver, thence up said last mentionedriver to Lake Brule; thence along thesouthern shore of Lake Brule in a directline to the channel between middle andsouth islands in the Lake of the Desert;thence in a direct line to theheadwaters of the Montreal River, asmarked upon the survey made by CaptainCramm; thenceCdown the main channel ofthe Montreal River to the middle of LakeSuperior; thence through the center ofLake Superior to the mouth of the St.Louis River; thence up the main channelof said river to the first rapids in thesame, above the Indian village,according to Nicollet's map; thence duesouth to the main branch of the RiverSt. Croix; thence down the main channelof said river to the Mississippi; thencedown the main channel of that river tothe northwest corner of the State ofIllinois; thence due east with thenorthern boundary of the State of

( Illinois to the place of beginning ••.

The straight parts of the boundary weresurveyed and marked, in 1847, from apoint where the Balsam River and thePine River un;te to form the Montreal,S. 74 0 27 'E. to the Lal(:e of the Desert,a distance of 50 miles 67 chai~s 6Links , The southern part of the linebegins at the lCMer end of Lal<e Brulea~d rQ~S N. 59 0 38 ' W. for 13 miles 37chains 66 lin:~s to an intersection withthe former line in the Lake of theDesert. The notes pertaining to thisline can be found in the Gel'l.eral LandOffice files.

SUit was commenced by Michigal'l in theU.S. Supreme Court in October 1923 for aredetermination of the tv'.ichigan­Wisconsin boundary, the claim being madethat the surveys of 1840-47 were not inaccord with the descriptions. Tnechange from the previously acceptedboundary to that proposed by Michiganwould have resllted in a loss toWisconsin of about 255,000 acres ofIand, but the Court by decree dated~~ch 1, 1926 (270 U.S. 295; 272 U.S.398), confirmed Wisconsin's title to thedisputed area, principally because

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The rule, long settled and never doubtecby this court, is that long acquiescenceby one State in the possession ofterritory by another and in the exerciseof sovereignty and dominion over it isconclusive of the latter's title andrightful authority.

A resurvey of the Michigan-Wisconsinline was completed in 1929 bycommissioners representing the twoStates. There are now 160 concretemonuments on this 65-mile line. Thiswork was executed in accordance with theSUpreme Court decree of November 22,1926.

The boundary from the Lake Brule to themouth of the Menominee is practicallythat described in the enabling act and

follows the channels of the Brule andMenominee wherever they are free fromislands; ••• wherever islands areencountered above Quinnesec Falls theline follows the channel nearest theWisconsin main land, so as to throw allsuch islands into Michigan; and ..•wherever islands are encountered belowQuinnesec Falls the line follows thechannel nearest the Michigan main land,so as to throw all such islands intoWisconsin.

Through Green Bay the line was fixed asclaimed by Wisconsin and includes inthat State Washington, Detroit, Plum,Rock, and some smaller isla'1Os.

A further decree of tb.e SUpreme Court,handed down in 1936 (297 U.S. 547),confirmed the earlier decree and definedthe boundary through Green Bay to themiddle of Lake Michiga~ by bearings anddistances. Following this, the Statesof Michigan, Wisconsin, a~d Mi~.esota

entered into a compact to define a~gle

points along their COTl'Jl1Or>.OOtL'1dar:'esthat fall in the Great La~es or baysadjoining them, and to reference thesepoints by suitable marks along theshore, the geodetic positions of whichwere to be determined.

To define the boundary between Michiganand Wisconsin in the middle of LakeMichigan, as required by the a'1abling

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The geodetic coordinates of the sevenpoints are:

Point Latitude (N.) Longitude (W. )

A 47°17'30" 89°57'00"B 47°18'35" 90°39'15"C 46°54'10" 91°31'25"D 46°42'39.875" 92°00'24.571"

acts admitting these States, sevenpoints were selected and named A to G,and their geodetic positions werepublished. Point A is on an eastwardcontinuation of the Illinois-Wisconsinboundarv. Point G is at the centerlineof the iake where the boundary throughGreen Bay intersects it.

Point Latitude (N. ) Longitude (W. )

A 42°29'37" 87°01'15"B 43°22'50" 87°08'50"C 43°42'00" 87°07'20"D 44°07'55" 81°00'45"E 44°52'50" 86°41'00"F 45°05'20" 86°29'30"G 45°14'10" 86°14'55"

On March 3, 1847, a supplementary actfor the admissi~Tl of Wisconsin waspassed try Congress, in which the westernboundary of the proposed States wasdescribed as follows:

That the assent of Congress is herehvgiven to the change of boundary proposedin the first article of saidconstitution, to wit: leaving theboundary line prescribed in the act ofCongress entitled "An Act to enable thePeople of Wisconsin Territory to form aConstitution and State Government, andfor the Admission of such State into theUnion," at the first rapids in the riverSt. Louis; thence in a direct linesouthwardly to a point fifteen mileseast of the most easterly point of LakeSt. Croix; thence due south to the mainchannel of the Mississippi River or LakePepin; thence down the said mainchannel, as prescribed in said act.

All these points representing thecenterline of Lake Michigan or LakeSUperior are defined as equidistant fromtwo points on the opposite shorelines,except point G, which had been fixed ~aU. S. SUpreme Court decree of March 12,1936. The true azimuths and distances,in statute miles between successivepoints, are given in the compact.

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A second constitution dated February 1,1848, with the boundaries also asdescribed in the act of August 6, 1846,

This agreement on the boundaries of thethree States was approved by Congress in1948 (62 Stat. 1152).

Had this act been accepted, it W1uldhave given the State an areaconsiderably less than it now has.The first constitution, completedDecember 16, 1846 accepted theboundaries as described in the enablingact of August 6, 1846, but proposed thatCongress consent to the change asdescribed in the later act abovereferred to. This constitution wasrejected ~ popular vote April 5, 1847(14,119 ayes, 20,231 noes)-not, however,because of unsatisfactory boundaries.

Longitude (W.)

90°25'05"89°29'00"

Latitude (N.)

46°34'05"48°00'50"

Point

MN

Tw:> points were selected to define theboundary for Michigan, Wisconsin, andMinnesota in Lake Superior. This lineextends fran t.l1e international boundaryat the point where it enters Pigeon Bayto the point where the Michigan­Wisconsin boundary enters the MontrealRiver. These points were labeled N andM. Their coordinates are:

The line between Wisconsin andMinnesota, being described in theenabling act admitting Wisconsin aspassing "through the center of LakeSUperior to the mouth of the St. LouisRiver" is defined by four points, A toD. Point A is at the mid point of lineM-N. Point D is referenced to the endsof the breakwaters at the entra~ce tothe Duluth SUperior Harbor. Thegeodetic coordinates of these pointsare:

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was accepted by the people but with theproviso (art. 2, sec. 1) that, ifCOngress approved, the boundary lineshould run soutmJesterly fran the footof the rapids of the St. Louis River tothe mouth of the Rum River, thence downthe Mississippi River as previouslydescribed. This boundary WJuld haveadded materially to the area of theState had it been accepted by Congress.

Congress accepted the constitution datedFebruary 1, 1848, without action on theproviso end by act approved May 29, 1848(9 Stat. L. 233), adm1tted Wisconsin asa State.

The admission of Wisconsin to statehoodleft an area of more than 30,000 squaremiles west of the St. Croix River, eastand north of the Mississippi River,practically without a government. Thesettlers organized a temporarygovernment and elected a Delegate toCongress who was admitted as therepresentative of the "Territory ofWisconsin." This area became a part ofthe Territory of Minnesota bycongressional act of March 3, 1849.

The State of Minnesota in 1916instituted a suit against Wisconsin inthe U. S. Supreme Court to have that partof the State boundary line from St.Louis Bay up the St. LoW.s. River to the

falls near Fond du Lac finallydetermined. The Court handed down anopinion March 8, 1920 (252 U.S. 273),and on OCtober 11, 1920 (254 U.S. 14),appointed commissioners to survey andmark the line. The survey was made onice during the winter of 1920-21, andthe commissioners' report was confirmedby the Court February 7, 1922. The linesurveyed (258 U.S. 149) was 18.4 milesin length and was almost entirely overwater. Rectangular coordinates werecanputed for each a"1gle, and sui tablereference marks were established onshore.

In 1917, Wisconsin and Minnesota agreedto change their boundary in theMississippi River by the exchange of tw'Jislands. Wisconsin ceded Island No. 72oppesite troiS City of Winona to Minnesota(Wisconsin Laws" 1917). Minnesota, inreturn, ceded Baron's Island (nowPettibone Park) opposite the Ci ty of LaCrosse, to Wisconsin (Minnesota Laws,1917). Congress approved the exchange(40 Stat 959) .

The meridian boundary between Wisconsinand Minnesota from the St. Louis Riverto the St. Croix River was surveyed andmarked in 1852 under the General LandOffice, by George R. Stuntz, deputysurveyor. (General Land Office,Wisconsin field notes, v. 37,133.)

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ADAMS COUNTYfloodplain maps, no. 1, p. 11

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHYcamera, no. 2, p. 11catalog, no. 3, p. 6high-altitude program, no. 2, p. 3;

no. 4, p, 6large-format camera, no. 3, p. 1

ANCIENT EARTHWORKS SOCIETYno. 2, p. 8

BAY-LAKE RPCmaps, no. 3, p. 13

BROWN COUNTYGreen Bay history, no. 1, p. 7status report, no. 3, p. 131:100,000 map, no. 2, p. 7

CENSUS BUREAUmaps, no. 1, p. 6; no. 4, p. 7

COUNTY CARTOGRAPHIC CATALOGScounties available, no. 1, p. 2;

no. 3, p. 6; no. 4, p. 10

CRAWFORD COUNTYcatalog, no. 3, p. 6

DANE COUNTYatlas, no. 1, p. 6erosion mapping, no. 3, p. 10Madison lake map, no. 2, p. 7

DOOR COUNTYTM map, no. 3, p. 3

EARTH DAYno. 2, p. 2

FLORENCE COUNTYhistorical maps, no. 3, p. 9

GEODETIC CONTROLmark maintenance, no. 2, p. 8North American datum, no. 4, p. 11report, no. 1, p. 12

GRANT COUNTYgeologic map, no. 3, p. 13

ILLINOISMapping Committee, no. 1, p. 1

JUNEAU COUNTYfloodplain maps, no. 1, p. 11

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KENOSHA COUNTYRandall project, no. 4, p. 8topo mapping, no. 4, p. 3

LAND RECORDScommittee, no. 4, p. 6facilitator, no. 4, p. 11UW-Madison award, no. 2, p. 3

LANDSATaerogramme, no. 2, p. 8commercialization, no. 2, p. 9EOSAT, no. 4, p. 15funding, no. 3, p. 14; no. 4, p. 11TM scenes/archives, no. 3, p. 14

MADISONlake map, no. 2, p. 7street map, no. 1, p. 6

MAP FESTIVALno. 1, p. 3

MAPS, AUTOMATIONAutocad, no. 3, p. 18DOT, no. 1, p, 1educational software, no. 4, p. 8Randall project, no. 4, p. 8remote sensing, no. 1, p. 7 &16SCO program, no. 1, p. 9Sheboygan, no. 3, p. 6thematic mapping, no. 2, p. 2;

no. 3, p. 10

MAPS, GENERAL (see also TopographicMaps)bedrock geology, no. 1, p, 2;

no. 2, p . 7census no. 1, p. 6; no. 4, p. 7Clean Air Act protection areas, no. 1,

p. 8education, no. 3, p. 6erosion, no. 3, p. 10floodplain, no. 1, p. 11globes, no. 3, p. 13Great Lakes, no. 1, p, 3 & 8;

no. 4, p. 7Madison lakes, no. 2, p. 7magnetic north, no. 3, p. 8mental, no. 4, p. 10metropolitan statistical areas,

no. 4, p. 7mineral distribution, no. 1, p, 6oil maps, no. 3, p. 6

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road maps, no. 2, p. 7Sturgeon Bay, no. 2, p. 2; no. 3, p. 3TM image map, Door Co., no. 3, p. 3wetlands, no. 1, p. 11; no. 2, p. 4;

no. 4, p. 10

MAPS, HISTORICALAztec, no. 2, p. 12county surveys, no. 3, p. 9Green Bay, no. 1, p. 7Lake Michigan, no. 3, p. 11Library of Congress maps, no. 4, p. 11Wisconsin, no. 1, p. 13; no. 2, p. 14;

no. 3, p. 15; no. 4, p. 17

MARINETTE COUNTYhistorical maps, no. 3, p. 9

MILWAUKEE COUNTYsurvey records, no. 4, p. 16

MINNESOTAno. 2, p. 8

NATIONAL CARTOGRAPHIC INFORMATION CENTERaffiliate meeting, no. 2, p. 10

NORTH AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONSOCIETY (NACIS)

no. 3, p. 12

OCONTO COUNTYhistorical maps, no. 3, p. 9

ORIENTEERINGno. 2, p. 4

PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM (PLSS)anniversary, no. 1, p. 2, 7, 8;

no. 3, p. 11

PUBLICATIONS OF INTERESTarticles, no. 3, p. 6cadastre, no. 2, p. 13cartography, no. 2, p. 13computer mapping, no. 2, p. 13

no. 4, p , 14digital cartography, no. 2, p. 13geodetic control, no. 1, p. 12;

no. 4, p, 14Lake Michigan, no. 1, p. 12map collections, no. 2, p. 13;

no. 4, p. 14mapping history, no. 4, p. 14muIt il i ngua1 dict ionary, no. 1, P. 12National Geodetic Survey (NGS), no. 4,

p. 11remote sensing, no. 1, p. 12

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surveying, no. 1, p. 12Thematic Mapper, no. 4, p. 14travel guide, no. 4, p. 14treasure atlas, no. 2, p. 13U.S. Geological Survey, no. 1, p. 6;

no. 2, p. 7WI Geological Survey, no. 2, p. 7WI travel guide, no. 1, p , 12

PORTAGE COUNTYmeetings, no. 1, p, 2

REMOTE SENSINGAriane rocket, no. 4, p. 10meetings, no. 1, p. 7; no. 2, p. 6

& 7; no. 4, p. 13microcomputers, no. 1, p. 16multilingual dictionary, no. 1, p. 12publications, no. 1, p. 12Thematic Mapper, no. 3, p. 10

RICHLAND COUNTYcatalog, no. 4, p. 10

RUSK COUNTYcatalog, no. 4, p. 10

SAUK COUNTYmapping, no. 3, p. 7

SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICEno. 1, p, 18

SPEAKERSno. 1, p. 3

STATE CARTOGRAPHER'S OFFICEautomated system, no. 1, p. 9Committee on State Cartography, no. 2,

p. 2Land Record s Comm it tee, no. 4, p. 11map postcards, no. 1, p. 2Mapping Bulletin, no. 1, p. 3meetings, no. 2, p. 2per sonne1, no. 3, p. 6; no. 4, P. 10

& 11regional conferences, no. 2, p. 2;

no. 4, p, 2

SURVEYINGadverse possession, no. 3, p. 11archeoastronomy, no. 2, p. 12North American datum, no. 4, p. 2Public Land Survey System anniversary,

no. 1, p, 2, 7, 8; no. 3, p, 11records, no. 4, p. 9 & 16surveyors, no. 1, p. 3; no. 2, p. 3;

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TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING COMMITTEEcooperative programs, USGS, no. 2

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no. 3, p. 4topo brochure, no. 3, p. 6to po quad completion, no. 1, p. 8;

no. 3, p. 1; no. 4, p. 1WI history, no. 1, p. 13; no. 2,

p. 14 ; no. 3, p, 15; no. 4, p. 17WI topo map, 1984, no. 3, p. 131:100,000, no. 3, p. 13; no. 4, p, 7

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYdigital products, no. 2, p. 10;

no. 4, p. 9geographic names, no. 1, p. 10mineral maps, no. 1, p. 6publications, no. 2, p. 71:24,000, no. 1, p. 5; no. 2, p. 5;

no. 3, p, 4 & 13

VERNON COUNTYcatalog, no. 3, p. 6

WAUPACA COUNTYsoil survey, no. 2, p. 7

WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (see alsoMaps)

map postcard, no. 2, p. 4map prices, no. 1, p. 4new location, no. 2, p. 4publications, no. 1, p, 6; no. 2, p. 7

WISCONSINmap libraries, no. 3, p. 6;

no. 4, p. 13mapping history, no. 1, p. 13;

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WISCONSIN COUNCIL FOR GEOGRAPHICEDUCATI ON (WCGE)

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WAUKESHA COUNTYtopo mapping, no. 4, p. 3

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