-------- Original Message -------- Subject: NLS Maps API - online historical mapping of Great Britain for use in mashups Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 11:33:40 +0100 From: Fleet, Christopher <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]> We are pleased to launch a new historical mapping application, allowing anyone to include selected historical geo-referenced maps of Great Britain in their own websites. Sets of Ordnance Survey mapping relating to Scotland, England and Wales, dating from the 1920s to 1940s, have been seamed together and geo-referenced, then specially prepared for use in external websites. For more information, please view http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/ The maps have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence, allowing free use and adaptation of the mapping, provided it is properly attributed. The maps were scanned and geo-referenced by the National Library of Scotland, and rendered on the Amazon EC2 computer cluster by Klokan Technologies GmbH, based on a customised version of the MapTiler application. The maps can be used for many purposes - they can be integrated with other mapping, used for research purposes, used as a backdrop for bespoke markers or mapping data, or used to create other copyright free maps (such as OpenStreetMap). The application will also run on many mobile devices, including the iPhone, iPad or Google Android based phones. The historical map API homepage - http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/ - provides simple instructions for how to embed the mapping in websites, and use it with the most popular free web-mapping services, including Google, Bing, and Openlayers. View the historical map API homepage - http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/ - for more information on: * how to display the historic map in your mobile device or phone * how to embed the map in your website * licence and terms of use * what map series are used * how the seamless map was prepared In the future, we hope to add more mapping - of other countries, and at more detailed scales. We'd be very keen for any comments or feedback on this at: [log in to unmask] Many thanks, Chris Fleet (NLS) and Petr Pridal (Klokan Technologies GmbH) Klokan Technologies GmbH - http://www.klokantech.com/ National Library of Scotland - online maps - http://www.nls.uk/maps Chris Fleet National Library of Scotland 33 Salisbury Place EDINBURGH EH9 1SL United Kingdom. Tel. 0131 623 3973 Fax. 0131 623 3971 E-mail: [log in to unmask] *********************************************************************** Visit the National Library of Scotland online at www.nls.uk *********************************************************************** Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the Information Services Helpdesk on +44 131 623 3789 or [log in to unmask] and delete this e-mail. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Library of Scotland. The National Library of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity. Scottish Charity No. SC011086. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and has been scanned by Webroot. ***********************************************************************