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Subject: Re: National Atlas of India]
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 15:06:20 -0700
From: Tony Meadow <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: National Atlas of India
>Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:21:24 -0700
>From: Matthew Parsons <[log in to unmask]>
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>I struggling to understand how the plates from the National Atlas of India
>are arranged.  I've have several dozen loose plates, all have National Atlas
>of India in the upper left and a plate number in the upper right.  However,
>the plate numbers rarely match the plate titles according to the two lists I
>was able to find via the Internet.
>
>One list was printed from the National Atlas and Thematic Mapping
>Organisation (NATMO) Web site a few months back.  It is for the 8 volume set
>and lists 300 plates.  Unfortunately, the NATMO Web domain (www.natmo.org)
>has recently expired and I can't go back and access it for any more
>information.

Actually you can - you need to go to the "Wayback machine" located at
<http://www.archive.org/>. This started as a project by Brewster
Kahle (known for his earlier work with wais and gopher) and is an
attempt to preserve much of the past of the www. You can look up any
web site and see earlier versions of it. It does apparently download
pdf's or any other files like that - just html, etc. And it doesn't
do dynamic content very well. Never the less it's quite a useful
place. Highly recommended.

>The second list I have is from Vedams Books from India
>(www.vedamsbooks.com/no31476.htm) and is for the Abridged Edition (English),
>listing 30 plates.
>
>Some of the plates I have in hand match up with the Abridged edition and
>some of with the 8 vol. set.  However, most don't seem to match either at
>all.  The plate number is different or the plate title is wrong (depending
>on how you look at it).  Has anyone tackled this frustrating set of maps?
>Are there other editions of the Atlas out there with numbering systems that
>will map to the numbers I have?  Any insight would be most appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Matthew Parsons, Map Librarian
>Map Collection and Cartographic Information Services Unit
>University of Washington Libraries
>206-543-9392


Tony Meadow, Bear River Associates
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