NJDEP - NJGS - Bulletin 66, Mapping Digest for New Jersey, 1965

POLICY STATEMENT OF THE BUREAU OF GEOLOGYANDTOPOGRAPHYMeetings have been held with officials of the United States Coastand Geodetic Survey in an effort to resolve certain problems whichthis office has experienced in the distribution of Federal triangulationstation and bench mark information. The folIowing points were discussed:1. Reproduction of United States Government material for resale.2. Establishment of the New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topographyas an official sales agency of the United States Coast andGeodetic Survey.Reproducing Federal material for resale has not been recommended.In view of various problems and the availability of printed data inWashington, this practice therefore has been discontinued.The establishmen.t of this office as an official United States Coastand Geodetic Survey geodetic information sales agency is not possibleat this time due to the necessity of obtaining filing cabinets, personnel,office space, etc. for separate maintenance of Federal information.The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey has initiated a userchargesystem for geodetic information, and instructions for obtainingdata will be found on succeeding pages. The policy change as statedshould not detrimentally affect consumers since orders are quicklyprocessed.The office of the New Jersey Geodetic Control Survey will continueto provide geodetic information by telephone as follows:1. Two N.J.G.C.S. or U.S.C.&G.S. bench mark descriptions andelevations, or2. Two N.J.G.C.S. control monument descriptions, coordinates, andelevations, or3. Two U.S.C.&G.S. triangulation station descriptions and coordinates.Dissemination of geodetic data _y telephone suffers from a numberof disadvantages, the two following being the most important:1. The possibility of providing improper values.2. Disruption of office routine by prolonged telephone conversations.Those who so desire are welcome to visit this office at any time tohand-copy Federal eor_trol information. It must be emphasized that theabove statements do not apply to the sale o/New Jersey Geodetic ControlSurvey data which is distributed according to the policies outlinedin the previous article.32NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY