Day: February 20, 2025💾

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NY State Topographic Map Index

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This is an index of all the 1:24k or 1:24,000 scale topographic maps for New York State. You can use this index to download high-resolution maps, both the traditional DRG topographics and the latest all-digital version based on the National Map project.

Download Topographic Maps (Newest National Map - PDF or GeoTIFF)

Download Historical Topographic Maps (PDF - Traditional DRG Raster/"Hand Drawn" Maps, going back to 1880s to Present)

Download Historical Topographic Maps (GeoTIFF - Traditional DRG Raster/"Hand Drawn" Maps, going back to 1880s to Present)

 
Thematic Map: Primary Direction of Hillsides in NYS - Aspect
Map: Grass River - Tooley Pond Area

DOGE breaking contracts for convenience 💸

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I can only imagine government procurement officers are rolling they’re eyes everywhere as are government contractors, seeing how the government is quiting contracts for political reasons. Nobody likes to get stiffed on a contract, especially not for reasons of convenience – actually it’s even more dubious then that – it’s reasons of political messaging by the newest administration.

Contractors I’m sure will be demanding every right they have for full payments under contract breaking for convenience terms, and going forward they’ll insist both on higher prices from governments and tougher language relating to early termination of contracts – if they don’t entirely get out of the business of government contracting.

Heck of it is, it will raise costs not just for the federal government but also every little town and village because the risk of government breaking contracts is higher now. It could even push up interest rates in unrelated markets like mortgages and auto loans.