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<P>Hi!!</P>
<P>If you are ever in Maine, you should visit the DeLorme "map shop". It is just before you get to Freeport where LL Bean has their big store. The giant revolving globe map is absolutely amazing - truly memorable!!<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>----Original Message Follows----
<DIV></DIV>From: Crystal <CVER1001@YAHOO.COM>
<DIV></DIV>Reply-To: The Charles Village Chat List <CHAT@CHARLESVILLAGE.INFO>
<DIV></DIV>To: langwidge@erols.com,The Charles Village Chat List <CHAT@CHARLESVILLAGE.INFO>
<DIV></DIV>Subject: RE: [Chat] Chat news needed
<DIV></DIV>Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:49:57 -0700 (PDT)
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I use a computer program at work called TopoUSA from
<DIV></DIV>DeLorme (www.delorme.com) that includes 6 CD-ROM disks
<DIV></DIV>covering the whole U.S. It has streets, highways,
<DIV></DIV>railroads, bike paths, hills, valleys, rivers, ponds
<DIV></DIV>and all sorts of good stuff for printing your own
<DIV></DIV>hiking maps, if you choose. It sells for between $70
<DIV></DIV>and $100, depending on whether there's a sale on.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>It's a lot cheaper to get topo maps from the MGS, if
<DIV></DIV>you don't need maps of the whole country. I think
<DIV></DIV>you'll want both the east and west quadrangles and
<DIV></DIV>they sell for $6 each.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I also used the program (in off hours of course) to
<DIV></DIV>help select the location for our home purchase -- I
<DIV></DIV>thought 190+ ft above sea level was pretty safe for
<DIV></DIV>the 100 year flood plain, but it's not for the 500
<DIV></DIV>year. So we can expect to get flooded at least once in
<DIV></DIV>every 500 year period. ;) The highest point in CV is
<DIV></DIV>around 29th and Vineyard at 225 ft, unless you count
<DIV></DIV>275 ft above sea level near the lacross statue on the
<DIV></DIV>Hopkins Campus. Also, folks on Ilchester might like to
<DIV></DIV>know that they are more or less the same height above
<DIV></DIV>sea level as Abell.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Near as I can tell, the highest point in Baltimore
<DIV></DIV>City is near the intersection of Park Heights Ave and
<DIV></DIV>Slade Ave in the northwest corner (1888 boundary
<DIV></DIV>line)at 473 ft above sea level. There's also a high
<DIV></DIV>point in the Cylburn Park at 434 ft.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>One of the interesting things that Dr. Reger told me
<DIV></DIV>about was the transition from the Piedmont mountains
<DIV></DIV>(if I remember correctly), north and western part of
<DIV></DIV>Baltimore City, to the coastal plain, toward the south
<DIV></DIV>and eastern parts. He said that some of the oldest
<DIV></DIV>Appalachian Mountains are actually buried beneath
<DIV></DIV>Baltimore. The ones that we call the Appalachians
<DIV></DIV>today are the "new" Appalachians. Also there are some
<DIV></DIV>weird dome things (Phoenix, Texas, Towson, and
<DIV></DIV>another) beneath the Baltimore region that are among
<DIV></DIV>the oldest rocks on the east coast but their origin is
<DIV></DIV>a mystery. At one point, scientists tried to drill all
<DIV></DIV>the way to the bottom of one of them and couldn't find
<DIV></DIV>the bottom.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Fortunately, all of the faults in our area are called
<DIV></DIV>"sealed" or "welded" faults, since later geologic
<DIV></DIV>activity filled them up or cut them off from the
<DIV></DIV>molten material below. Another neat thing that Dr.
<DIV></DIV>Reger told me about was that the gabbro rock which
<DIV></DIV>underlies a whole lot of Baltimore weathers into
<DIV></DIV>"sapprolite", which basically means "rotten rock," and
<DIV></DIV>it's the reddish clay stuff that can be found
<DIV></DIV>everywhere.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>:)
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Crystal
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>--- Christine Gray <LANGWIDGE@EROLS.COM>wrote:
<DIV></DIV>> Crystal,
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> Thank you for your message about the geological
<DIV></DIV>> society.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> Please let me know if you find or hear of a
<DIV></DIV>> topographical map of Baltimore
<DIV></DIV>> City .
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> Do you happen to know what the highest point in the
<DIV></DIV>> City is?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> Christine
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> -----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> From: Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info
<DIV></DIV>> [mailto:Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info] On Behalf
<DIV></DIV>> Of Crystal
<DIV></DIV>> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:28 PM
<DIV></DIV>> To: dawnacobb@mindspring.com; The Charles Village
<DIV></DIV>> Chat List
<DIV></DIV>> Subject: Re: [Chat] Chat news needed
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> Charles Village Treasure Unearthed!
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> A few days ago I was doing some internet searching
<DIV></DIV>> for
<DIV></DIV>> a project with the aim of finding maps of Baltimore
<DIV></DIV>> City that would give me an idea of the composition
<DIV></DIV>> of
<DIV></DIV>> the soil and rock beneath the city rather than the
<DIV></DIV>> normal topographic and street maps of which I
<DIV></DIV>> already
<DIV></DIV>> have several different versions. Lo and behold the
<DIV></DIV>> website popped up for the Maryland Geological Survey
<DIV></DIV>> which is mere blocks from my house, since it is at
<DIV></DIV>> 2300 St. Paul Street. I have passed by this building
<DIV></DIV>> many, many times and had figured that it was only
<DIV></DIV>> offices so I was very surprised to find out that it
<DIV></DIV>> is
<DIV></DIV>> also a public library! Typically, the library is
<DIV></DIV>> open
<DIV></DIV>> from 8:30 to 4 pm Monday through Friday, but I got
<DIV></DIV>> in
<DIV></DIV>> touch with Dr. Jim Reger who offered to give me a
<DIV></DIV>> personal tour beginning at 7 am so that I could
<DIV></DIV>> catch
<DIV></DIV>> my train to work afterward.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> Dr. Reger was a fountain of information about rock
<DIV></DIV>> formations and characteristics! He helped me to
<DIV></DIV>> identify 4 maps that I was able to purchase from the
<DIV></DIV>> library store and also showed me maps that depicted
<DIV></DIV>> the growth of the city from very early times.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> Some of these maps can also be found in the Maryland
<DIV></DIV>> Room in the Enoch Pratt library, but they don't have
<DIV></DIV>> nearly the variety, nor the expertise of the
<DIV></DIV>> Maryland
<DIV></DIV>> Geological Survey library.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> Visit their website at http://www.mgs.md.gov to get
<DIV></DIV>> info on the Crystal Grottoes and a walking tour of
<DIV></DIV>> Baltimore City Building Stones
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/features/walking/index.html.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
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