From: Gregory Reis
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 5:34 PM
Subject: Mono Basin Clearinghouse Updates for 4/29/01


Dear Friends,

NEW SERVER; GOOGLE SEARCH
We have switched to a new server that not only offers us additional space and bandwidth, but additional features that will be useful for monolake.org and livinglakes.org (and possibly monobasinresearch.org in the future). Unfortunately, the new server does not support the Excite search engine we used to search individual directories, and I haven't yet fully investigated our new options available to us. However, in the interim, the new search engine we are using is nothing to complain about! It is Google's University Search. It uses Google's excellent search engine (free to educational
institutions) and even searches Adobe PDF files, a quality we've been looking for in a search engine for a while! You can also search the rest of the World Wide Web from the same page with the click of a button!

One possible drawback is that the search is only as fresh as Google's index of our site. Google says they refresh their index approximately every 30 days, so if you read about something new in this (approx. monthly) update, chances are you won't find it in a search for another 30 days. Another possible drawback is that Google doesn't guarantee full coverage of an entire site, but from what I can tell they don't miss much. Email me if you notice any problems or have any suggestions or ideas. I will continue researching better search methods. See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/search.htm

LIST OF MONO COUNTY GIS COVERAGES
Thanks to Nate Greenberg of Talon & Associates who provided a list of Mono County's GIS coverages. He said he'll be gone in about two weeks until August, so if you want any of these coverages contact him now or then. See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/gis/

REAL TIME HYDROLOGIC DATA COMPANION PAGE
Last year LADWP finally launched their real-time data Website, which is a great way to check on current hydrologic conditions along the L.A. Aqueduct. In order to make this data more understandable to those not intimately familiar with the hydrology, infrastructure, and legal requirements that shape the streamflows and reservoir levels, we have created a frames page with explanations to help you understand each Mono Basin hydrologic station. It also mentions some of the more common errors you might see in the data. If you have ideas for something else you'd like to see explained or added, let me know. See http://www.monobasinresearch.org/data/mbrtdframes.htm

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Thanks for your interest in Mono Basin Research!
Greg


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Greg Reis, Information Specialist, (760) 647-6386 x41
Mono Lake Committee, 647-6595, fax: 647-6377
Mono Lake: www.monolake.org
Living Lakes: www.livinglakes.org
Lee Vining Chamber: www.leevining.com
Mono Basin Clearinghouse: www.monobasinresearch.org
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