This is good to hear. Color is very useful with these maps.
However, you will take all the fun out of coloring for us! I was looking forward to doing pink, yellow, and blue…
David J. Bertuca, Map Librarian
Science and Engineering Information Center
116 Lockwood Memorial Library
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-2200
716-645-1332 / 716-645-3859 (fax)
Liaison to the Geography Department for GIS and Physical Geography
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Subject: Re: OS Colouring book -- Also Sanborns
There's no need to recolor B&W scans of the maps, Historical Information Gatherers has digitized over 500,000 sheets of fire insurance maps and real estate atlases
in color. Many of them are in the 1923-1963 time period and include all 50 states. While we are still months away from having a subscription service available to access them on-line, the scans and reproductions are available right now. Please contact me
directly if you'd like to find out about our collection.
Cheers.
David
limiting liability with relevant environmental
research
David Hodnefield, President
Historical Information Gatherers
952-253-2004 ext 111
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Hi Virginia,
We are in the process of copyright checking our collection and the preliminary finding is that about half were not renewed.
Good news, the 1923 maps come out of copyright in three years.
Those of you with Sanborns, how do you assist remote patrons with in copyright maps? How do you provide access if at all?
Thanks in advance,
Heather Ross
Manager, Donald W. Hamer Maps Library
Penn State University Libraries
1 Pattee Library
University Park, PA 16802
814-863-1349
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Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 12:34:24 AM
Subject: OS Colouring book
How kewl is this? Is anybody from USGS listening?
I'd be interested in spending some time this summer or next with my colored pencils and coloring Olympic National Park (NP), Mount Rainier NP, and Grand Canyon NP, as well as Death Valley NP, Joshua
Tree NP, and Guadeloupe Mountains NP, plus one of the cave systems, whether Carlsbad NP or Mammoth NP. And, I'd probably find some others.
I love Louise's idea of doing Sanborns as well; it would be a huge help to urban planning, architecture, and urban geography students as well. I had a close encounter with a senior architecture
student at the LAPL, home of some of the kewlest early maps of LA. He hadn't a clue about the Sanborns (he does now and actually looked through several)! Personally, they're my second most favorite US originated maps in the LC after powder horn maps.
Not to dump cold water on the Sanborns, but does anybody know the current status of copyrights on them?
This will be KEWL!
virginia