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This message is from Pat McGlamery.------------------------------Johnnie
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>Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 09:54:36 -0400
>From: Pat McGlamery <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Historical Map and Chart Collection
Collegues;
I discovered this remarkable site. A great resource for those of us on
a coast.
Patrick McGlamery
http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/ocs/text/MAP-COLL.HTM
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<h1><center><i>Historical Map and Chart Collection</i></h1>
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The Office of Coast Survey is making available its extensive collection of historical maps
and charts in digital scanned form to the general public through this site as well as selected
NOAA Libraries.<p>
The Coast Survey's Historical Collection contains a wide variety of documents including nautical charts from the mid-1800's through the early 1900's, sketches of coastlines including James A. Whistler's sketch of <a href="../historic/whist1s1.gif">Anacapa Island of 1854</a>; a Civil War collection; a Washington, DC topographic series; and early exploration maps of the Pacific Northwest. These documents serve as excellent examples of 19th Century cartography.<p>
The collection is being scanned via state-of-the-art color scanning techniques at 800 dpi (dots per inch) and resampled for public use at 300 dpi. The result is a crisp, clear raster image of the original document which can be used for educational and research purposes and geo-referenced for GIS use. The Office Of Coast Survey requests only a bibliographic citation for use of its materials in other publications.<p>
The Collection is available to the public in two ways:<p>
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<LI>All images are available for viewing on this Home Page at 100 dpi. The images are sorted by region or type and can be viewed on Browsers at reduced resolution. All images can be downloaded at 300 dpi and will plot back (if equipment is available) at full size or can be incorporated into other graphics or word processing software. See <a href="mid-bstn.htm">Examples</a> for samples of each file type and their differences in resolution. A searchable metadata catalog for researching image availability will be available in the future. Select <a href="http://anchor.ncd.noaa.gov">Image Catalog</a> to go directly to the images.<p>
<h3><Center><a href="http://anchor.ncd.noaa.gov"><FONT COLOR="Green">Image Catalog</FONT></a></center></h3><br>
<LI>All images (at 300 dpi) are available for viewing and plotting NOAA Libraries throughout the United States (data of availability if given in parenthesis).<br></ul>
<Blockquote>Silver Spring, MD (1997)<br>
Miami, FL (1998)<br>
Seattle, WA (1998)<br>
Charleston, SC (1999)</blockquote>
This project is a three-year effort funded in part by NOAA's Earth Science Data and Information Management Program and supplemented by the Office of Coast Survey. For additional information concerning the Historical Collection, contact:<p>
<Blockquote> Curtis C. Loy<br>
Chief, Cartographic Technology Programs<br>
Coast Survey Development Laboratory<br>
1315 East West Highway, Station 7107<br>
Silver Spring, MD 20910<br>
Phone: 301-713-2645, Extension 180<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a><p>
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<i>Last Updated January 12, 1998</i><p>
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