--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 15:58:17 -0500 From: "Elaine L. Westbrooks" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Digital Sanborn Maps Sender: "Elaine L. Westbrooks" <[log in to unmask]> Dear Kay, At the University of Pittsburgh, we have mounted G M Hopkins maps, which are not the same as Sanborn Maps, but they contain quite a bit of detail. First, check out Historic Pittsburgh at: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/ You can direct questions to [log in to unmask] Hope this helps > _______________________________________________________________________________ > Subject: Digital Sanborn maps > From: <[log in to unmask]> at {ucsdhub} > Date: 12/15/99 1:33 PM > > Greetings > I am interested in acquiring the digital Sanborn maps for our collection. > I have visited with Chadwyck Healy and received a sample disk from them. > It appears that the data is pretty raw and that we would need to do quite > a bit of modifying/customizing to make it useful to library patrons. I am > nervous about investing in something that may be problematic down the > road. > > Have any of you attempted to mount the digital Sanborns? Are you having > problems or is it a decent product? > > Please respond to the list--I'm sure others will be interested in this > product also. > > Thanks! > Kay Logan-Peters > Architecture Librarian > University of Nebraska-Lincoln > > > > --- End Forwarded Message --- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Elaine L. Westbrooks Digital Research Librarian and Cataloger University Library System, University of Pittsburgh G20-P Hillman Library Pittsburgh, Pa 15260 412/648-7883 email: [log in to unmask] --- End Forwarded Message ---