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Santa Clara County California USGS Topographic Maps on CD

This USGS Topo CD will change the way you view your county! This easy to use USGS topo CD is a great way to print your own maps of anyplace in your County. These are the highest detailed USGS maps available. A scale of 1:24,000 allows considerable detail to be shown; 2.64 inches = 1 mile. All maps have been joined together into one digital file without the text in the borders. Land Owners, Farmers, & Ranchers - quickly create accurate maps of your property. Hunters, Fishermen, Sportsmen, & Outdoor enthusiasts - no need to carry multiple USGS maps into the backcountry. Print just your area, even if it falls on the corner of the original paper map. Our digital maps do not have corners or edges. Real Estate, Developers, Planners & Property Management - a topo map shows the area around a property and can greatly enhance marketing material, reports, presentations or make a fascinating display in the office. Teachers, Professors, and Education Professionals (K-12 & College) - USGS topographic maps are a interesting addition to any classroom, it will bring your lessons to life fascinating everyone involved. Engineers, Planners, and Environmental Professionals - visualize and evaluate site locations prior to your visit. Get more out of a site visit with the USGS Topo Map you print out. This will save you time and money! Geographic Information System (GIS) professionals - the USGS DRGs are mosaiced into one MrSID image file in UTM NAD83 Meters coordinate system. Everything is there for use in you favorite GIS software - All ESRI products, (ArcView, ArcInfo, ArcMap, etc.), Erdas, MapInfo, any other GIS software that reads MrSID format.

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Holiday Trimmings: A Non-Exhaustive Roundup of Fireplaces Well Suited to Santa

Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Thursday, December 23, 2010, by Rob

With the exception of our final Gift Guide 2010 selection, which will go live tomorrow at noon, this is our last post until Monday. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

However you slice it, Christmas revolves around the hearth. It's where family members warm up from the cold, where Christmas stories are told, and where a one mister Claus makes his point of entry. To commemorate this space in the home, we've rounded up 26 of the best, worst, and most in-need mantels we've ever seen. Have a look at the photogallery above, which kicks off with the festively festooned fireplace at the Vanderbilt family's Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C. (above). Ho, ho, ho!

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