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Subject:        RE: Schmaps
Date:   Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:57:35 -0700
From:   Matthew Parsons <[log in to unmask]>
To:     'Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum' <[log in to unmask]>


I'll second Alice's comments.

Several features and neighborhoods for the Seattle area are wrongly located
on the map portion.

For instance:
The Henry Art Gallery (located on the UW campus--not downtown);
Green Lake (located in north Seattle--not Mount Lake Terrace);
Inglewood (located near Kenmore--not near Newcastle).

Even though the descriptions are adequate and geographically accurate, the
map locations are all off by several miles.  Looks like some field checking
is in order.

Matthew Parsons, Map Librarian/Earth & Space Sciences Librarian
Map Collection and Cartographic Information Services Unit
University of Washington Libraries
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-9392
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Subject:        Re: Schmaps
Date:   Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:15:53 -0400
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Quick review, not impressed. Did not list NYPL in its midtown section, or
as a distinct place to visit, ala Grand Central, built also in 1911.
Almost every major guide book mentions this Beaux Arts building, notable
for its architecture, and its contents, not to mention lecture series,
shop, exhibitions, etc. etc.

Very broad, very thin.


Alice C. Hudson
Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
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New York, NY 10018-2788

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This looks pretty interesting. Does anyone have any experience with
this? Care to offer us a reveiw??

http://www.schmap.com/

Angie