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Temple Act Maps Coast to Coast Topographic Survey
John Dickinson Sherman details the Temple act to finish the United States topographic survey within twenty years. He highlights the Geological Survey led by George Otis Smith and Col. C. T. Birdseye, the value of accurate quadrangle maps, funding needs, and the shift toward aerial surveying for efficiency.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Uncle Sam
Washington, D. C
Sam
Geological Survey
George Washington
Lord Fairfax
Virginia
Birdseye
Kilauea
Hawaii National Park
Pele
Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier National Park
Grand Canyon
Colorado
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
George Otis Smith
Maine
United States Coal Commission
Col. C. T. Birdseye
New York State
Engineering Council
Congress
Smith
Scientific American