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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 09:47:28 -0700
From: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: RGS and Historical Maps (fwd)
Oops, forgot to mention - the website for the commercial
firm did give a price per CD - something like ?560 pounds?
for a single-user license.
I didn't see any indication of number of maps per CD
but could have just missed it.
/7/00 -0400, you wrote:
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>Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 10:12:25 -0400
>From: HelenJane Armstrong <[log in to unmask]>
>To: 'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum' <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: RGS and Historical Maps (fwd)
>
>Cognations to Francis Herbert and the Royal Geographical Society on the
>successful completion of their scanning project of the British Ordnance
>Survey, large scale topographic maps. The availability of these valuable
>maps on CD-ROMS will be a welcome addition to any Library whose patrons
>conduct historical research. The detail on the 19th Century maps at this
>scale is incredible.
>
>The University of Florida Map & Imagery Library is very interested in
>purchasing the CD's. I could not find any order information on the RGS
>website. Would someone please provide the cost, order address, date of
>availability, etc. or a website with this information.
>Thank you Helen
>
>
>HelenJane Armstrong, PhD
>Head, Map & Imagery Library
>George A. Smathers Library
>University of Florida
>P.O.Box 117011
>Gainesville, FL 32611-7011
>EMAIL: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 3:00 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: RGS and Historical Maps (fwd)
>
>
>
>
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>Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 18:06:57 +0100
>From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>,
> "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>,
> "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RGS and Historical Maps
>
>Dear Lis-map, MapHist, and Maps-L subscribers,
>
>Please find attachment containing no images, but text press-release only,
>concerning the availability of scanned versions on CD-ROMs of nearly 56,000
>map sheets of our [British] Ordnance Survey 1:10,560-scale topographical
>maps from 1842 to 1949. Enjoy (and please purchase)!
>
>Yours sincerely
>Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG)
>[log in to unmask]
>http://www.rgs.org
>
> >
> >
> > <<RGS draft press release4.doc>>
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Mary Lynette Larsgaard
Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA 93106
telephone: 805/893-4049
fax: 805/893-8799
email: [log in to unmask]
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