This Is a Real Quest for Maps
This Is a Real Quest for Maps
David Rumsey's online map collection has introduced a revolutionary, accessible way for people to experience old maps by comparing them to modern geospatial data. By Kendra Mayfield.
By Kendra Mayfield
2:00 a.m. March 7, 2002 PDT
When David Rumsey decided to take his pr...more...Easy Does It
...direction is less than razor sharp, you can type in a
street address anywhere in the United States or Canada, and lickety-split,
MapBlast will draw a map of where you are. You can zoom in to see the street or zoom out to see where you stand relative to the continent. Once you figure out where you ar......more... Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
...t them on the Internet.
The site was built from 350,000 photos taken at different points in
Paris and superimposed onto a navigable grid. With a city map, users can
select a starting point, click onto the image and then weave their way
through the streets as if they were there.
It is not Riven meets......more... Digital Maps Help You Take a High-Tech Hike
...ons, the companies have thus far focused their mapping efforts in those states. But later this year Wildflower has plans to release a boundary-waters map, and will work its way east from there.
Heller said engineering firms, land surveyors, and a variety of other people call with suggestions for map......more... |