Fix for Access MDE Create Failure

Microsoft Office Access was unable to create an MDE database: "Re: Microsoft Office Access was unable to create an MDE databasehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
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It is a bit tedious but it worked for me and it might work for you…
-You have to start in the same Office version as the one that it was created in, or converted into
-Open your database (the one you want to convert to ‘.mde’), using the bypass key (shift)
-Open the VB Editor and choose from the menu: Debug – Compile . Correct all the bugs in your code (if any), close VB Editor.
-Run the ‘Compact and repair database’ utility, and close the database
-Create a shortcut to your database on your desktop. In the target of the shortcut type in after the database path the switch: /decompile
-Open the database using the shortcut and convert your database to .mde

Good luck… ;-) "

Shaded Relief

Shaded Relief

Tom Patterson, at the US National Park Service, has an excellent site full of great articles, links, software, and other resources focusing on map presentation, with an emphasis on relief.

The goal of this site is to assist practicing cartographers with the presentation of shaded relief and related raster art on maps. I developed the techniques to support my work as a cartographer for the US National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center. Attractively presented shaded relief has long been a hallmark of Park Service maps—a tradition that I attempt to continue.

National Park Service Map Symbol Set

Harpers Ferry Center: NPS Maps

The US National Park Service has made available a very nice set of map symbols and patterns, which are used on NPS maps.

The symbol sets are available to download on the linked site in both PDF and Illustrator format.