Patrick, Sounds like a great idea, and I wish I could participate. I start a tour of Kosovo this month until April. Then making a move from Germany to California in May. Maybe after the dust settles in Cali. Alan Maupin -----Original Message----- From: maupin [SMTP:patrick.maupin@enst-bretagne.fr] Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 2:51 PM To: MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAUPIN-L] Family mapping and the USGS database Dear Alan and cousins, Could it be interesting to map all these USGS toponyms ? We could also map the occurence of the name Maupin, for today but also for historical data (why not start with Gabriel and Marie). I am sure it could be a very interesting source of information to guide our genealogical efforts. I have all the required equipment for such a task (mainly GIS softwares and a couple of spatial analysis tools). If anyone is interested we could organize a special task force : ) of about 5 or 6 persons to go through all the data structuring process. Maybe by next summer we could have a product available to the Maupin community ... Cheers, Patrick Maupin (a french-canadian cousin) ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. <http://pml.rootsweb.com> Brought to you by RootsWeb.com