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This is a map of historical ("presettlement") vegetation for the state of Oregon, created with Arcview 3.2 by merging digital data from different sources: H. J. Andrews, General Land Office (GLO), Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO), BLM, Oregon Gap analysis. The H. J. Andrews map forms the background into which more detailed coverages were incorporated. The data consist of an ArcView shapefile. Scale varies throughout the coverage, depending on the source of the data; the overall scale is 1:100,000.
This story has been created to engage with audiences while at conferences and events. The story map is an interactive way to teach audiences about the records in the GLO collection. It also directs users to view the original records on the GLOrecords. This story map is about some of the treasures in the collection. The General Land Office (GLO) was an agency of the United States government responsible for the survey and sale of public domain lands in the United States. It was created as an independent agency in 1812 to take over responsibilities previously conducted by the Department of the Treasury. Owing it’s origins to the Land Ordinance of 1785, the GLO executed the survey of the Public Land Survey System, a...
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