[Talk-us] Fwd: [agade] WEBS: Digitized maps

[Elliott Plack]

These are great, thanks for sharing!


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Tod Fitch <Tod at fitchdesign.com> wrote:

> This might be of interest:
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> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: [agade] WEBS: Digitized maps  Date:
> Sun, 6 Apr 2014 10:29:22 -0500  From: Jack Sasson
> <jack.m.sasson at vanderbilt.edu> <jack.m.sasson at vanderbilt.edu>  Reply-To: Jack
> Sasson <jack.m.sasson at vanderbilt.edu> <jack.m.sasson at vanderbilt.edu>  To: The
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> >From <http://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/03/28/open-access-maps?sf2438789=1> <http://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/03/28/open-access-maps?sf2438789=1>:
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> Open Access Maps at NYPLby Matt Knutzen, Stephen A. Schwarzman
> Building, Map DivisionMarch 28, 2014
>
> The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division is very proud to
> announce the release of more than 20,000 cartographic works as high
> resolution downloads. We believe these maps have no known US copyright
> restrictions.* To the extent that some jurisdictions grant NYPL an
> additional copyright in the digital reproductions of these maps, NYPL
> is distributing these images under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0
> Universal Public Domain Dedication. The maps can be viewed through the
> New York Public Library's Digital Collections page, and downloaded
> (!), through the Map Warper. First, create an account, then click a
> map title and go. Here's a primer and more extended blog post on the
> warper.
>
> Plan of Bay Ridge Parkway, Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot Landscape
> Architects, 1895What's this all mean?
>
> It means you can have the maps, all of them if you want, for free, in
> high resolution.We've scanned them to enable their use in the broadest
> possible ways by the largest number of people.
>
> Though not required, if you'd like to credit the New York Public
> Library, please use the following text "From The Lionel Pincus &
> Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library." Doing so
> helps us track what happens when we release collections like this to
> the public for free under really relaxed and open terms. We believe
> our collections inspire all kinds of creativity, innovation and
> discovery, things the NYPL holds very dear.
>
> Sanitary and social chart of the Fourth Ward of the City of New York,
> to accompany a report of the 4th Sanitary Inspection District. 1864A
> little background on how we got here... We've been scanning maps for
> about 15 years, both as part of the NYPL's general work but mostly
> through grant funded projects like the 2001National Endowment for the
> Humanities (NEH) fundedAmerican Shores: Maps of the MidAtlantic to
> 1850, the 2004 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)funded
> Building a Globally Distributed Historical Sheet Map Set and the 2010
> NEH funded New York City Historical GIS.
>
> Through these projects, we've built up a great collection of: 1,100
> maps of the Mid-Atlantic United States and cities from the 16th to
> 19th centuries, mostly drawn from the Lawrence H. Slaughter
> Collection; a detailed collection of more than 700 topographic maps of
> the Austro-Hungarian empire created between 1877 and 1914; a
> collection of 2,800 maps from state, county and city atlases (mostly
> New York and New Jersey); a huge collection of more than 10,300 maps
> from property, zoning, topographic, but mostly fire insurance atlases
> of New York City dating from 1852 to 1922; and an incredibly diverse
> collection of more than 1,000 maps of New York City, its boroughs and
> neighborhoods, dating from 1660 to 1922, which detail transportation,
> vice, real estate development, urban renewal, industrial development
> and pollution, political geography among many, many other things.
>
> We in the Map Division are all very excited about this release and
> look forward to seeing these maps in works of art, historical
> publications, movies, archaeological reports, novels, environmental
> remediation efforts, urban planning studies and more... Enjoy!
>
> * The maps may be subject to rights of privacy, rights of publicity
> and other restrictions. It is your responsibility to make sure that
> you respect these rights.
>
>
>
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