The use of extracting data from old paper maps is growing in popularity as a method to understanding historical geography. David Ramsey popularized the method of georectifying historical maps and draping those maps over a DEM to create a 3D view. Pastmapper is a project that digitizes historical maps in […]
library of congress
GIS Learning
Geospatial Data Preservation
The Library of Congress and Columbia University are teaming up to create a a web-based clearinghouse with the purpose of providing information about preserving geospatial data. The Library of Congress’ National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program will fund the development of the clearinghouse which will be hosted at Columbia’s […]
Maps and Cartography
The Waldseemuller Map of 1507 and the View of the World
The Waldseemueller Map of 1507 was the first map to use the label “America”.