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Subject:        RE: What would you do with a 70 ton map?
Date:   Thu, 7 Oct 2010 10:03:48 +0100
From:   Williams, Paula <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Hi all,

the answer is… raise local support to clean, restore and refurbish…!

The campaign to save this large concrete map of Scotland has just been
launched – thought you all might be interested

http://www.makers.org.uk/place/Maczek

It’s pretty spectacular!

Paula Williams

Map Curator

National Library of Scotland

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*From:* Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Angie Cope
*Sent:* 06 October 2010 19:59
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*Subject:* Re: What would you do with a 70 ton map?

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Re: What would you do with a 70 ton map?

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Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:44:48 -0700

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Roger Wheate <[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
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  This is interesting as we also have a homeless dino-map here in

British Columbia  .. and also once claiming the title of world's largest map

see:http://www.challengermap.org/home.htm



Like the 70 ton map, anyone who saw it in its prime, considered it

spectacular and worthy of preserving: not as handy as a digital online

equivalent but superior visually. We need to find a sponsor such as

Google to create aJurassic  Map  Park  for these pre-digital giant monster

maps.



Roger Wheate

GIS coordinator, UNBC



On 10/6/2010 8:43 AM, Angie Cope wrote:

>

>  -------- Original Message --------

>  Subject:        [MapHist] Fw: What would you do with a 70 ton map?

>  Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:00:24 -0500

>  From:   Christina Dando<[log in to unmask]>  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>  Reply-To:       Discussion group for map history<[log in to unmask]>  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>  To:     Discussion group for map history<[log in to unmask]>  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>

>  Any ideas for saving what may be the world's largest map??

>

>

>  ----- Forwarded by Christina Dando/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR on 10/06/2010 09:59

>  AM -----

>

>  From:

>  Joseph Kerski<[log in to unmask]>  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>  To:

>  [log in to unmask]  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

>  Date:

>  10/05/2010 09:56 PM

>  Subject:

>  What would you do with a 70 ton map?

>  Sent by:

>  Geography Education List<[log in to unmask]>  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

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>

>

>  Folks:

>

>  Our colleague Matt Rosenberg (mrgeog) tweeted about this and I just

>  had to

>  share it with all of you:

>

>  Weighs 70 tons!  No takers for this giant map:

>

>  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/02/BAB41FI4PD.DTL

>



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