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Subject: ProQuest Press Release: ProQuest(r) Sanborn Maps Geo Edition
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Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 15:17:37 -0400
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*ProQuest Accelerates Research with Geo-Referenced Sanborn Maps*
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*/Geo Edition is now world’s largest collection of historical
GIS-enabled urban maps/*
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 18, 2010 - ProQuest is using a proprietary
geo-referencing technology to significantly enhance discovery in its
Sanborn Map collection, one of libraries’ most consulted sources of
historical maps. ProQuest® Sanborn Maps Geo Edition makes map research
faster by enabling users to instantly pinpoint historical locations
using modern geographic information. The collection is now the world’s
largest source of historical GIS-enabled urban maps.
“Sanborn Maps are the go-to historical U.S. maps in academic and public
libraries. Now with this new geo-referenced content and layering
technology, they are exponentially more useful for research,” said Chris
Cowan, ProQuest, Vice-President. “The technology conquers traditional
map research bottlenecks, where comparative reviews and data connections
are difficult and time-consuming. This is a significant advancement for
not only geographers, but social scientists, environmentalists, urban
planners, and genealogists.”
Founded in 1867, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American
publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. Popular among
researchers because of their detailed descriptions of streets,
buildings, and properties in U.S. towns and cities, the maps were
digitized by ProQuest to make them more accessible and searchable. Now,
the geo-referencing in ProQuest® Sanborn Maps Geo Edition overcomes the
challenges of finding historic areas that have been renamed, remodeled
or wiped away over time by enabling users to search and compare these
locations using modern addresses, geographic coordinates and geographic
maps.
Geo Edition includes a new search interface that enables users to access
more than 60,000 geo-referenced maps, covering some of the most populous
and historical cities in the United States. Maps can be viewed
individually in greater detail with rotation, panning, cropping, and
dynamic zoom in/out features. An integrated dynamic overlay map viewer
allows maps to be compared and contrasted over time with multiple maps
from the same city and against modern day street, satellite, and hybrid
views. Geo Edition also connects with other geo-spatial content through
GeoTIFF files that can be used to import data into the map files.
Geo Edition is an all-new product that’s available through subscription
or permanent site license. Learn more at www.proquest.com
<http://www.proquest.com/>. It is part of ProQuest’s larger initiative
to continually innovate with technology, unlocking the full potential of
legacy research tools.
*About ProQuest**
*ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies
that propel successful research, discovery, and lifelong learning. A
global leader in serving libraries of all types, ProQuest offers the
expertise of such respected brands as Chadwyck-Healey™, UMI®, SIRS®, and
eLibrary®. With Serials Solutions®, Ulrich's™, RefWorks®, COS™, Dialog®
and now Bowker® part of the ProQuest brand family, the company supports
the breadth of the information community with innovative discovery
solutions that power the business of books and the best in research
experience.
More than a content provider or aggregator, ProQuest is an information
partner, creating indispensable research solutions that connect people
and information. Through innovative, user-centered discovery technology,
ProQuest offers billions of pages of global content that includes
historical newspapers, dissertations, and uniquely relevant resources
for researchers of any age and sophistication—including content not
likely to be digitized by others. Inspired by its customers and their
end users, ProQuest is working toward a future that blends information
accessibility with community to further enhance learning and encourage
lifelong enrichment.
For more information, visit www.proquest.com <http://www.proquest.com/>
or the ProQuest parent company website,
www.cambridgeinformationgroup.com
<http://www.cambridgeinformationgroup.com/>.
©2010, ProQuest LLC All rights reserved
*Ms. Lanell James, Master of Science in Information (MSI)*
*Market Development Manager*
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