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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:15:17 GMT
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Subject: Rumsey GIS Browser
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David Rumsey Collection announces a new GIS Browser available online at www.davidrumsey.com <http://www.davidrumsey.com>. The GIS Browser allows integration and interaction of historical maps with current geospatial data and other historical maps.

Eleven historical maps of the San Francisco Bay area from 1851 to 1926 from the David Rumsey Collection are now available for viewing in the GIS Browser. Additional historical maps of U.S. cities will be added in the near future, including New York, Boston, Washington, Los Angeles, and others.  It is anticipated that regional, state, country and continental maps will be added as well.

The current geospatial data that can be overlaid and compared to the historical maps includes roads, lakes, parks, state boundaries, digital orthophotos (aerial photography), topographic mapsheets, digital elevation  models and satellite imagery.  The GIS Browser is available in two versions on the site, a GIS Basic Browser for those new to GIS and a GIS Professional Browser for those familiar with GIS conventions.



Phil Hoehn, Librarian
David Rumsey Collection
San Francisco
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http://www.davidrumsey.com
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