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Subject:        Re: GIS and libraries
Date:   Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:01:11 -0400
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Martin,

I very recently saw a presentation given by the Map Librarian at Yale
University, Abraham Parrish, regarding the creation of map indexes and
sheet-level (item level) records using GIS techniques. What he and the
team at Yale are doing is phenomenal, and fast! They are still working
out some minor "bugs" but apparently the couple of series they have
worked on to date has been a success. I'd urge you to contact Abraham
for assistance since it sounds like you all are possibly heading down a
similar path.

Paige

On 10/28/2010 8:58 AM, Angie Cope wrote:
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> Subject: GIS and libraries
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:03:14 +1100
> From: Martin Woods <[log in to unmask]>
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> The National Library of Australia has been digitising its older sheet
> maps for 8 years, and has digitised over 15,000 items to date. We are
> now commencing to digitise our holdings of Australian imperial series
> mapping, created in the first half of the twentieth century and
> desirable for family and community history and a variety of
> environmental and other uses. Australian nationally produced layers are
> mainly,
> 8 inch – 1940s
> 4 inch – 1940s-50s
> 2 inch – 1932-41, 1949
> 1 inch – 1912-1940s
> In all possibly somewhat less than 20,000 sheets. Included in the total,
> each map sheet within a series may have editions, and there are
> sometimes states within editions, a complicating factor.
> It is likely that for the time being, these will simply be linked to a
> bibliographic record as we have done previously, providing good textual
> access, however as we are in the mood for experimenting with online
> indexes, I am interested in whether people think it is worth using GIS
> to develop and deliver series maps, vs a simpler HTML index approach,
> and if they have preferred software. One approach is obviously more
> labour intensive, but gives potentially more applications, layers etc,
> the other is easier to deliver and less costly. In very brief, is that
> about it?
> I have been able to find very little on the topic actually assessing
> alternatives other than Chris Fleet’s very useful paper in 2006:
> _http://www.e-perimetron.org/Vol_1_2/Fleet/Fleet.pdf_
> *With apologies for cross-posting
> Dr Martin Woods,Curator of Maps
> National Library of Australia
> Tel: +61 2 6262 1280 Fax: +61 2 6262 1653
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