Dear Martin de Haan,
I am a worried man. Worried, because this (hard copy) publication ought to
be on the open shelves of your shiny new Map Library - as described in a
message of 16 March 2005 to internet discussion list 'MapHist' from your
shiny new Map Curator, Marco van Egmond:-
"I am pleased to announce some new developments concerning the map library
of the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. Since September 2004,
the map library of the Faculty of Geosciences has moved across the street to
the new building of the University Library Utrecht. This building also
contains the general library, and the library of Geosciences. The atlas
collection of the general library in the centre of the city has also moved
out to the new library. The new building will officially be opened on
Thursday 17th of March 2005. The former location of the map library of the
Faculty of Geosciences in the Van Unnik building did no longer suit the
requirements, amongst other things due to the lack of space. In the new map
room there is now more space available to expand the collection.
Furthermore, the collection has been made more user-friendly and accessible
to the public. Some innovative projects aim to make the map room even more
attractive to map-enthusiasts in the near future. One of these projects
includes the addition of the cartographic collection to the university
digital catalogue. The cartographic material will also be digitized and put
on the web. At the moment, one can find seventy of our rare maps on the
cumulative website 'Gedigitaliseerde kaarten'
(http://kaarten.library.uu.nl). These maps were part of the exhibition
Tooneel des Aerdrijcx, held in 1983. The digitized maps are annotated (still
in Dutch) and can be viewed in detail by the use of advanced software
(MrSID). In the last two years there have also been changes in the
composition of the staff of the map library. Ineke Harms, assistant map
curator, retired in 2003. In 2005 Marco van Egmond took over the position of
the map curator, Roelof Oddens. Roelof however continues to be active as a
map curator in the map library.
The map room is located on the sixth floor of the University Library
Utrecht. Visiting address: 3 Heidelberglaan 3584 CS Utrecht
Snail mail address:
P.O. Box 80.124
3508 TC Utrecht
Netherlands
Tel.: (+31) 30-2534401 or (+31) 30-2535156
Websites:
kaartenzaal.geog.uu.nl/
(map library)
oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.php
(Oddens' Bookmarks)
Opening hours:
Monday till Friday, 9.00 pm.-5.00 am."
This is not to say that I am unwilling to photocopy/fax pages 188-192
(People's Democratic Republic of Korea) and pages 193-196 (Republic of
Korea) for you in Utrecht, if this is more helpful. I am sure, too, that
you will find on the 6th Floor Map Library a copy of 'World mapping today',
2nd edition, by R.B. Parry & C.R. Perkins (London [etc.] : Bowker-Saur,
2000), ISBN 1-85739-035-0 with updates info and URLs. Not to mention the
Utrecht-born, and maintained, gateway site: 'Oddens' Bookmarks'!
PS to Tinho and 'Lis-maps' chaps and chappesses: I've been so bold to quote
Marco van Egmond's 'MapHist' message in full in order that you may be aware
of this development.
Yours from the Casino,
Francis Herbert
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http://www.rgs.org [see 'Collections' - including some online catalogues
(e.g.: maps to 1940)]
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin de Haan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 April 2005 15:22
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: book; 'Inventory of World Topographic Mapping'
Dear lis-mappers,
I'm trying to find information concerning North Korean maps.
According to a contact in the US there is some information in a book with
the title
'Inventory of World Topographic Mapping' by Rolf Bohme published by the
International Cartographic Association and Elsevier. The information is
published in volume 3.
It has a two page history and three pages of examples and index sheets.
Is there anyone who can get me a copy, digital or analog, of these pages?
(If digital, please send it to [log in to unmask])
Best regards,
Martin de Haan
(Student geo-informatica)
Bolognalaan 27 N
3584 CJ Utrecht
the Netherlands
phone; +316 46 13 99 32
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