Around Sun,Feb 10 2002, at 05:53, cchouk, wrote: >Listers: > >But the page I have also bookmarked is still working for me. >http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form >They may close it if they find a ton of people using it. >Someone wrote me saying they could not access this page, but >I just did access it! > >The BLM site is closed. :-( The DOI got in trouble for failing to secure their machines. Late November or so they (DOI) severed all connections to the internet. Parts of the DOI have come back on line since then. I'm guessing that as a section proves their systems are secure, then they are allowed to go back on line with some of their data. Part of why it was taken off line: http://www.indiantrust.com/clips.cfm?news_id=158 -- Roger ---------------------------------------------------------------------------