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Re: raised relief maps
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Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:41:56 -0600
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: [MAPS-L] raised relief maps
Date:   Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:39:13 -0500
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To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



Visually impaired persons, in my limited experience, also have alot to
gain from access to materials of this type.

Best,
Tom

Tom Elliott, Ph.D.
Director, Pleiades Project
Ancient World Mapping Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Quoting Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Balancing out these 'issues' is the unique and quite fascinating
> perspective you get on a landscape when using raised relief maps. It's a
> wonderful way to see the land in three dimensions, second only to a
> window seat in a low flying airplane!

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