----------------------------Original message---------------------------- a message relevant to Maps-L pulled from another listserve RS ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:28:49 -0400 Send reply to: IMAGELIB <[log in to unmask]> From: Judi Zidar <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: color scanners To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <[log in to unmask]> > a local historical society asked me >about color flatbed scanners for old maps. The size would have to accomodate >maps as large as 36" by 48". Does anybody know of a source? Baton Rouge is >just too tiny to sell such a rarified item. Thanks >Merle Suhayda >LSU >Hill Memorial Library >Electronic Imaging Lab. >Baton Rouge LA 70803 You might look into the large-format scanners used for architectural and engineering drawings and E-size maps. They come in b&w and also in color, with a range of resolutions. They handle up to about 35 by 45, and your 36 by 48's might just make it. Sept 1994 Imaging Magazine mentions (p. 58) ANA Tech (303-973-6722) and Vidar (1-800-471-7226) as having such scanners, ranging in price from $15,000 to $65,000. I'm sure there are others on the market, too. Good luck! % Judith A. Zidar, Coordinator % Internet: [log in to unmask] % % Natl. Agric. Text Digitizing Program % Phone: (301) 504-6813 % % National Agricultural Library, USDA % Fax: (301) 504-7473 % % 10301 Baltimore Blvd. - Rm. 013 % % % Beltsville, MD 20705-2351 % %