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Subject: Re: Digitizing the William Smith map
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 09:09:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paige G. Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Hmmmmm. I am seeing a trend here, having to do with the preservation of
very large format historical maps (which could be used for contemporary
ones too if needed). Thanks for sharing what has been done at UNH Thelma
in comparison to Stanford's efforts. I know LC has similar experiences.
It makes me wonder, and probably other readers, what other similar
projects have been done, or are being thought about, at other
institutions. And then -- why doesn't someone pull together an overview
of these and get an article published about these. Of course I am
inviting anyone interested to work with my co-editor, Kathy Weimer, and
I on such a project to be delivered in our /Journal of Map & Geography
Libraries/. Anyone interested?
Paige
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Subject: RE: Digitizing the William Smith map
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0000
From: Thompson, Thelma <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Folks:
You might be interested in these William Smith documents (including the
map) digitized by UNH Professor Emeritus, Cecil Schneer.
http://www.unh.edu/esci/WilliamSmiths-StrataIdentified/index.html�
UNH has a full scale replica of the map on display in James Hall.� The
Library was considered as a place for the replica, but we had no tall �
wall with good accessibility.
Unfortunately, the website does not record the details of the
digitization, but like Stanford’s effort, it was pretty complex.
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Closer to home for us in NH is this video about the restoration of
Charles Hitchcock’s relief map, also located in James Hall:
http://vimeo.com/8972779
And some information from our library website about Hitchcock.� Sometime
in the next year we will be changing the interface for the digital
version of the Hitchcock atlas used as source document for the relief
map restoration (Hitchcock’s original geology on the relief map was
“updated” in the 1930’s. http://docs.unh.edu/Hitchcock/pages/index.htm
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Best,
Thelma Thompson
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Thelma B. Thompson
Government Information and Maps Librarian
Liaison to Departments of Earth Sciences, Geography,
� � � History of Science, and Natural Resources and the Environment
Associate Professor
Dimond Library, 18 Library Way
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
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Phone: 603-862-1132, Fax 603-862-0247
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Digitizing the William Smith map
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Thu, 3 Apr 2014 17:20:13 -0700 (PDT)
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Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi, all,
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I thought you'd be interested in this blog post about the digitization
of the William Smith map in our map scanning lab.
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http://library.stanford.edu/blogs/digital-library-blog/2014/03/how-big-big-map-digitizing-william-smiths-stratified-map-england
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Enjoy!
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Best,
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Julie
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Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data &
Services
Head Librarian, Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
Stanford University
397 Panama Mall; MC 2211
Stanford, CA 94305
(650)725-1102
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