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Subject: RE: Re: Map Database / Reference Resources?
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 10:23:37 -0400
From: Craig Haggit <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
David (et al.)
Very interesting project! I'm currently researching for an article on
that topic (maps in books/periodicals) and it's a much broader issue
than I first envisioned. As part of this project, I'm also developing a
database intended to be online that other librarians can contribute to,
though the platform isn't determined yet. Utilizing PHP with an SQL
database seems to offer the best hope for flexibility and integration
with other standards and resources. The potential is truly amazing!
It's definitely high time a database like this existed.
Craig Haggit
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Craig Haggit, Sr. Librarian
GeoNova Publishing, Inc.
147 W. Airport Road
Lititz, PA 17543-9260
717-735-1506
717-735-7495 (FAX)
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Subject: Re: Map Database / Reference Resources?
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Subject: Re: Map Database / Reference Resources?
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:06:53 -0400
From: David J. Bertuca <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Maps are finding their way into some journal databases, and databases of
encyclopedic data sometimes have them listed.
Interestingly, I have found this a challenge as we get requests for maps
all the time that I know appear in journals, newspapers, or books. I
have been compiling an index of maps in these sources and have been
considering the idea of getting other map librarians to assist. My
current database is small, but I am starting to put together a list of
titles that I review that have maps regularly. I am always on the
lookout for maps wherever I go and keep notes to input into my index.
It has come in handy as often I can send someone to a journal that has a
good map for their particular topic.
I do not know what form this will take in the end but it will start as a
simple index/database that will be electronic at first.
David J. Bertuca, Map Librarian
225 Capen Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-1672
716-645-2947 x229
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--On Friday, April 27, 2007 2:29 PM -0500 Maps-L <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Subject: Map Database / Reference Resources?
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:56:53 -0400
> From: Matthew Matthias <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> CC: Matthew Matthias <[log in to unmask]>
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>
> Dear List,
> I am currently an MLS student at the University of Maryland.
> In a current class we are assessing electronic reference resources and
> databases. The topic of maps surfaced recently and I am wondering
> what electronic resources and databases of maps are available and most
> popularly used.
>
> Does a commercial database exist that indexes maps and map
> collections, such as those that allow one to search for relevant
journal articles?
>
> Thank you,
> Matthew Matthias
> Government Documents and Maps
> McKeldin Library
> University of Maryland - College Park
>
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