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Subject: Re: Medieval 'projection'
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:17:41 +0000
From: Dennis J. Moser <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
Paul,
I, for one, would be VERY interested in a copy of the MS Word document
if you're willing to share it one more time.
I've been keenly following this discussion for several reasons one being
that I early on experienced David Rumsey's Yosemite map in Second Life
(and others) and have been using it as a reason for why we need to be
investigating the use of virtual reality. The other is that we have hi-res
scans of the majority of our historical maps and I am looking into a
number of future projects for these files.
Best to all,
Dennis
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Dennis Moser, Digital Resources Librarian || W. R. Coe Library, University
of Wyoming || Laramie, WY 82070 || Phone: 307.766.5592 || Email:
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On 19.01.12 09:56:36, "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,
UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>Subject: Re: Medieval 'projection'
>Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:44:30 -0500
>From: Paul B. Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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>- Hi Jacob,
>
>What you need to do with your map to make it useful is to georeference
>it. This link from the Harvard Graduate School of Design presents a
>method of doing this to old maps using ArcGIS and Google Earth.
>
>http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/gis/manual/georeferencing/index.htm
>
>The presentation is a little hard to follow since it is in something
>like flash, but if you are interested in a version of it that I broke
>up and placed in a MS Word Document contact me off list and I will
>give you a copy.
>
>Take Care,
>Paul B Anderson FCCS (USN, Retired)
>Kingsport, TN native living in Norfolk, VA
>Student and GIS Teaching Assistant at Old Dominion University
>My Map Projection Material:
>http://www.csiss.org/map-projections/index.html
>
>On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical
>Society Library, UW Milwaukee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> attachment (jpeg)
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>> Subject: Medieval 'projection'
>> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:10:39 -0600
>> From: Thornton, Jacob <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a unique request that Iım working on and thought the list might
>> be a great source. Iım the GIS guy in the Vanderbilt Library and am
>> giving an instruction session in a French Lit class that is studying
>> Mandevilleıs travels in the 1300s. They want to map the locations he
>> went as part of a digital humanities section of the course. Weıre going
>> to geocode modern place names that he was known to have traveled to, but
>> weıd like to be able to use a map from that time period. Naturally, the
>> modern projection didnıt exist.
>>
>> Hereıs a map they want to work with:
>>
>>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Europe_Mediterranean_C
>>atalan_Atlas.jpeg
>>
>> Iıve attached my shot at georeferencing that map. I used the Mercator
>> projection, which I eyeballed to be the closest fit, but it is certainly
>> not perfect. The blue areas are modern landmasses that Iım using and you
>> can see how the map does or doesnıt line up. I donıt expect to ever get
>> a perfect fit, but I wonder if I could get a better one at least.
>>
>> Has anyone here done work in this realm? Creating ³projections² for the
>> way maps were drawn in medieval times, or at least choosing a modern
>> projection that has a closest fit? The time period is 1357-1371. The
>> goal is to get our geocode of modern place names to line up as well as
>> possible with the Medieval map.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> -Jacob
>>
>> :::...:::...:::...:::...:::...:::...:::...:::...:::
>>
>> Jacob B. Thornton
>>
>> GIS Coordinator
>>
>> Vanderbilt University
>>
>> Jean and Alexander Heard Library
>>
>> 419 21st Avenue South
>>
>> Nashville, TN 37240
>>
>> http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/gis
>>
>> 615.343.7542
>>
>> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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