People are emailing me privately rather than the list ... so fyi ...

One of the main people involved in Humphrey Southall, University of
Portsmouth (UK). Here is a basic description:
http://visionofbritainblog.wordpress.com/


There was a recent workshop announced with the launch of the project:
http://www.maphist.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=84 .



http://www.port.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/frontpagenews/title,151011,en.html


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Subject: Old Maps Online Portal
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:16:15 -0600
From: Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
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This hasn't been promoted heavily (that I recall) nor do I know who the
individuals are who are involved with coordinating this, but it looks
like they're looking for additional institutions to participate. It's a
very nice site (IMHO) - so check it out.

The OldMapsOnline Portal is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in
libraries around the world.

It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across
numerous different collections via a geographical search. Search by
typing a place-name or by clicking in the map window, and narrow by
date. The search results provide a direct link to the map image on the
website of the host institution.

http://www.oldmapsonline.org



Angie
AGS Library
Milwaukee