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Copyright Holder: Lindsey V. Maness, Jr.
Revised on February 22nd, 2,006

LEGEND of PRICE LIST

This price list is divided into six distinct general categories <Letter Code 9> of products:
Letter codes define the "what," "where," and "form" of the products and services. Number codes define the "format" available. Letter codes used are generally the same abbreviations used in naming computer files.

1. Existing Hardcopy Study [H] (no longer available) products were 1:2,000,000 scale maps in a colored transparent mylar form (10½'x6½') and texts (on 8½"x11" paper). The political map was an exception: it was printed on an opaque mylar, since it was meant to underlay the transparent maps. Maps generally had corresponding texts and vice–versa, with the exception of the Ancillary Maps (which had no corresponding texts) and the Analysis Text (which had no corresponding map). The Ancillary Maps varied in dimension and scale. Each of the transparent mylars was individually colored in a single color: for examples, the Hydrology mylar map had blue ink; the Basin mylar map had purple ink; etc. Every new hardcopy map edition had been reproduced on a vacuum–frame using stable mylar: this contact–process, while much more expensive, practically eliminated reproduction distortions of all types {e.g., photogrammetric}. The advantages of the Hardcopy Maps & Texts included bilinguality, immediate availability, quality of map reproduction and utility for display on Boardroom walls.

2. Applications Hardcopy Study [A] (no longer available) products of digital maps were provided at various scales, generally on paper media ~3'x5' in dimension, etc., as described previously herein.

3–4. Digital Study [D] products consist of digitized vector maps and texts in a variety of computer languages and use several mostly Windows–based programs. Digital Raster maps [R] are available. The products are designed to be usable primarily within Microsoft Windows© operating systems; however, they can usually be adapted to run also on other operating systems. Digital maps are manipulable on any system which can run the specified software, etc.

5. Special [S] is self–explanatory, in contexts used.

6. Upgrade [U] of digital products are available under the separate "Maintenance Upgrade" contract. Purchasers receive one year of free upgrades of the products purchased.

In the price list, digital products are assumed to be for AutoCAD® R13 (*.DWG) format; to order ESRI® (*.DXF) format instead, change the number code from 200 to 300. Other formats are as specified. For Applications Hardcopy products, for example, the number code was 700. If the number code varies in 2mn (e.g., 210), it means two (or more) options in category: if the number code varies in 2mn from 200 (e.g, 201), it means that only the particular theme is provided.
 

PRODUCT ORDER NUMBERS
Letter & Number Code Legend
 

Thematic Letters


Product Codes 1–2
AN=Analysis Text
AC=Ancillary Maps
BC=Basins Combined
BS=Basins (Oil & Gas)
CL=Coal
DN=Drainage (Changed to HY)
GC=Geochemical
GD=Geodynamic (Changed to SR)
GY=Geological
GM=Geomorphic
GP=Geophysical
HY=Hydrology (Drainage)
IM=Satellite Imagery
IS=Isopachous
MM=Metamorphic Stage
MN=Minerals
PG=Photogeological/Remote Sensing
PO=Political
RS=Resources
SR=Structural/Tectonic/Geodynamic
TO=Topographic/Bathymetric
TR=Transportation (Logistics)
 



Regional Letters

Product Codes 3–5
ACH=All China (i.e., ACH = TOT – AES – CIS)
AES=Adj. E. Asia (i.e., AES = TOT – ACH – CIS)
CIS=CIS (Russia) (i.e., CIS = TOT – ACH – AES)
TOT=Total Region (i.e., TOT = ACH + AES + CIS)
YYY=other area
 


Chinese Province Letters


Product Codes 6–8
ANH=Anhui
BEI=Beijing
FUJ=Fujian
GAN=Gansu
GUN=Guangdong
GUX=Guangxi
GUZ=Guizhou
HAI=Hainan Dao
HEB=Hebei
HEI=Heilongjiang
HEN=Henan
HUB=Hubei
HUN=Hunan
JIL=Jilin
JIN=Jiangsu
JIX=Jiangxi
LIA=Liaoning
NEI=Neimenggu
NIN=Ningxia–Huizu
QNG=Qinghai
SHA=Shaanxi
SHD=Shandong
SHH=Shanghai
SHX=Shanxi
SIC=Sichuan
TIJ=Tianjin
HKX=Xianggang (Hong Kong)
XIN=Xinjiang–Weiwur Zizhiqu
XIZ=Xizang (Tibet)
YUN=Yunnan
ZHE=Zhejiang
TAI=Taiwan (Formosa)
 


CIS "Republic" Letters (former USSR)


Product Codes 6–8
AHB=Aghinsk Buryat
ALT=Altai
BYT=Buryatia
CIS=Russia, etc.
JEW=Birobijan
KGS=Kirghizstan
KKS=Khakassia
KZS=Kazakhstan
SKK=Sakhalin & Kuril Islands
TAD=Tadzhikistan
TZK=Tuva
USO=Ust–Orda
UZB=Uzbekistan
YKT=Sakha (Yakutia)
 


Country Letters


Product Codes 6–8
ACH=All China (Inclusive)
AES=Adjacent E. Asia (Exclusive of China & Russia)
AFG=Afghanistan
BAN=Bangladesh
BHU=Bhutan
CIS=CIS (Russia or Russian Federation)
IND=India
JAP=Japan
KON=Korea, North
KOS=Korea, South
LAO=Laos
MON=Mongolia
MYA=Myanmar (Burma)
NEP=Nepal
PAK=Pakistan
PHL=Philippines
PRC=People's Republic of China
TAI=Taiwan
THA=Thailand
TOT=Total Region
VIE=Vietnam
 

Product/Service "Format" Letter


Product Code 9
A=Applications HC (no longer available)
D=Digital
H=Hardcopy (HC) (no longer available)
R=Raster
S=Special
U=Upgrade
 
3–Digit Numerical Legend: Codes 10–12
000 = Existing Hardcopy Reproduction, Mylar (no longer available)
1mn = Raster Digital
2mn = AutoCAD® (Windows 95 R13 version, *.DWG Vector) Digital
3mn = ESRI® <e.g., ARC–Info> (*.DXF Vector) Digital
7mn = Applications Hardcopy (Appl. HC) Paper Reproduction (no longer available)
 
 
(Order No.)* = In–Process