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    Re: 2002 Bowditch review
    From: Cliff Sojourner
    Date: 2002 Nov 11, 10:26 -0800

    Ken, thanks for your reply about this.
    
    just wondering, did you or someone at Parcay complain to NIMA about the
    low-res scanned images in the PDFs?  (who would we talk to there?)
    
    regards,
    Cliff
    --
    these are the good old days
    Cliff Sojourner          cls@employees.org
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Ken Gebhart" 
    To: 
    Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 11:42
    Subject: Re: 2002 Bowditch review
    
    
    > To the list,
    >
    > Since Cliff opened the door on this one, I feel compelled to respond.  He
    is
    > correct that some of the photos and diagrams are of questionable quality,
    but
    > if he thinks our Paradise Cay/Celestaire edition is bad, he should see the
    > Government's edition.  Most of its photos have severe moire patterns in
    > addition to the pixillation problems.  Its Beaufort photos are vastly
    inferior
    > to ours.  In producing our book, we went back to previous editions to get
    the
    > best photos to scan.  We carried forward 60 color diagrams and photos that
    the
    > Government dropped the color from altogether, and printed only in black
    and
    > white.  If and when we do another printing, we will correct the remaining
    > photos and diagrams to bring them up to a high standard.
    >
    > Needless to say, we welcome further comments from any list members.
    >
    > Ken Gebhart
    
    
    

       
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