--- Begin Forwarded Message --- 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: > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > 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]> > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > Mike Furlough > Geospatial and Statistical Data Center > University of Virginia Library > http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu > (434) 924-3169 > > --- End Forwarded Message --- > > --- End Forwarded Message ---