Tony:
After spending about 12 minutes looking over this new addition to the site I
have to say that I am very impressed. I found the information well
presented and complete. I looked mostly at the sections on the technical
aspect of digitization and distribution. Your information jives nicely with
what I've been finding out and experiencing in practice. Congratulations.
I'll look forward to reading any additional comments.
Best regards
Ralph Salomon
WorldView Maps
113 Todd Rd.
Katonah, NY 10536, USA
Tel: 914-232-6142
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www.worldviewmaps.com
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From: "Campbell, Tony" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: Listing of map image sites
> [posted to MapHist, Maps-L, lismaps, carta, carto-soc, LIBER GdeC]
>
>
> Announcing < http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/webimages.html > 'Images of early
> maps on the web'.
>
>
> This is the first systematic listing of web sites containing early map
> images. While some sites are well known, others can be found only with
> difficulty. Please notify me - now or later on - of any omissions or
> mistakes. This new page is the companion to <
> http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/webtexts.html > 'Web articles and commentaries
on
> specific topics in the History of Cartography'. Both contain several
hundred
> links. Both form part of the 100-page 'Map History' site, the gateway to
> the subject - which celebrates its official fourth birthday today.
>
> If you have a moment, please take a look at the explanatory page <
> http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/aboutim.html > 'ABOUT the listing of early map
> image sites on the web (and about web images in general)'. I would
> appreciate suggested improvements to this text, especially to the
'Technical
> matters' sub-sections.
>
> The last two sub-sections - 'A plea to map image hosts' and 'The future? -
> issues and suggestions' - are intended to be provocative. Please be
> provoked! I am arguing, for example, that map image sites should have a
> clear purpose, present maps in sufficient detail for every single name to
be
> legible, be provided with helpful internal navigation, and, for the larger
> sites at least, have their own index. Webmasters also have an irritating
> habit of moving their pages, without leaving a 'forwarding address'
behind.
> The majority of the sites I list fail on one, or several, of those counts.
> Others are, rightly, loaded with praise. I also touch (again!) on the
> question of an overall index to *individual* images. This is a listing of
> *sites*.
>
> If you subscribe to more than one of the lists given at the head of this
> message, please accept my apologies. If you feel like responding
publicly,
> rather than off-list, MapHist would be the best place to do this.
>
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> Tony Campbell, Map Librarian
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>
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> Please bookmark and PROVIDE LINKS to:-
>
> 1. The British Library Map Library homepage:
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>
> 2. Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject:
> http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/
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