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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:18:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: more comments on Sanborn <fwd>
Sender: Ernest L Woodson <[log in to unmask]>



 Hello,  thanks for the info. Here in Buffalo we have
 the microfilm for the city of buffalo. Students use
 this alot and are happy to have the plans.
   I dont think we can afford even the state of new york.
    Ernie Woodson U. of Buffalo suny

On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 11:25:42 -0400
> From: mike furlough <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: more comments on Sanborn
> Sender: mike furlough <[log in to unmask]>
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> A little late, but....
>
> We have subscribed to Virginia for the year; I hope to round  up
> the funds for purchase  this year.
>
> I recognize the problems with this database that others have
> raised, but I apparently had very low initial expectations because
> I am less concerned about some of them than others are.  Partly
> this is because user response  has been good, and because we do not
> have an extensive collection of originals to work with.
>
> Overall the users have been *very* pleased just to have these
> resources available in a digital format.   The planners and
> architects have been very glad to have the PDF versions because
> they can open these in Photoshop, edit them or incorporate  them in
> other documents, scale them to larger print sizes, etc.
>
> We'd  all like to have them in color, but that is many years off
> now that the LC project has been abandoned.  Considering that these
> are scans of microfilm, I think the quality is actually pretty
> good--and much better  than when Chadwyck Healy initially offered
> this.  And no matter how irritating or lacking you find the
> interface or search methods, it beats the interface of the
> microfilm reader.
>
> So the users are happy, and that makes me happy.  BUT, I think the
> cost is way too high for us to be able to get much more than
> Virginia.  Like David, we have users  requesting cities areas all
> over the east  coast, and seeing Virginia  makes users  wonder  why
> they can't get New York too.  I would like to be able to aquire on
> a locality basis (eg cherry pick major cities), but that was not an
> option last I checked.
>
> One other thing to keep in mind--these are the maps included in the
> LC checklist, which were published on microfilm by Chadwyck Healy a
> while back.  The B&H product does NOT include  the maps on the
> UPA/CIS/Lexis-Nexis/Whoeveritisthisweek Microfilm reels.
>
> mike
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> Mike Furlough
> Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
> University of Virginia Library
> http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu
> (434) 924-3169
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