-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Baltimore mapfest Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:11:47 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> I plan to be at the Walters around noon, accd to my ticket that is when I need to show up. From what I hear it is well worth the visit, even if one has seen the Chicago mapfest, because there are significant differences. I look forward to overdosing on maps, finding my way in and out of Fells Point, and hopping back on the train to NY, sated with map/harbormania. Alice C. Hudson Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division The Humanities and Social Sciences Library The New York Public Library 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 New York, NY 10018-2788 [log in to unmask], 212-930-0589, fax 212-930-0027 Hours: 1-7:30 Tu & Wed, 1-6 Thurs-Sat. Closed Sun, Mon. http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html Sunday is the last day to see the Maps exhibit in Baltimore Angela R Cope to: MAPS-L 06/06/2008 02:07 PM Sent by: "Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum" <[log in to unmask]> Please respond to "Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum" ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Nikolas R. Schiller" <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps-L Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2008 6:19:54 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Sunday is the last day to see the Maps exhibit in Baltimore Friends, This e-mail is a brief reminder that this Sunday is the last day to see the largest & most important collection of maps currently display in the United States. Anyone living on the East Coast of the United States can take the Amtrak train to Baltimore this weekend and walk 10 minutes down Charles Street to the Walters Museum and check out the exhibit. I *highly* recommend going before it's too late! http://www.amtrak.com If you are unable to make it, I made a Google Earth layer for the Walters Museum last year that features some of the maps on display overlaid on to the surface of the Earth. However, I'll be honest, nothing compares to seeing the maps up close! The staff at the Walters Museum also produced a second layer for Google Earth which shows the artifacts & artwork in their permanent collection displayed in Google Earth. http://www.thewalters.org/maps/world.html http://www.thewalters.org/maps/ge/world_at_walters.zip [Google Earth layer] http://www.thewalters.org/maps/ge/maps_findingourplace.zip [Google Earth layer] ====/==== I am proud to share a little discovery I made because of my experience at the Walters Museum: http://www.nikolasschiller.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/04/11/1360/ Also, a couple weeks ago I made "A New & Arabesque Map of the Hirshhorn Museum" which features the border from Willem Janszoon Blaeu’s "Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula," which was published in Amsterdam in 1606. I can now add this beautiful 400-year-old border to any of my previously made maps to create a retro/future decorative map. Think about it about the possibilities... http://www.nikolasschiller.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/05/23/1403/ Lastly, I hope you've made it to Artomatic. My exhibit is up until June 15th! Did you see everything when you were there last? I dissected the base map for you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50898153@N00/2529435579/ Cheers, Nikolas R. Schiller Washington, DC #202-460-0032 [log in to unmask] http://nikolasschiller.com ps I submitted a book proposal this week. Maybe I will have good news for you in the next e-mail! (or not..... but think happy thoughts for me okay?) =================================================== =================================================== =================================================== ____reply with REMOVE to not get another e-mail from me___ =================================================== ===================================================