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NEMO Newsletter Quarterly Newsletter of the North East Map Organization © 2003 North East Map Organization DJB NUMBER 49 January 2003 From the Bridge NEMO: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/nemo.html David Bertuca Captain NEMO Daisy says woof! Photo of a U.S. Army survey team, ca. 1862. McGlamery would be happy to hear from you on any presentations that you would like to make or leads on other possible presenters. Call or e-mail Pat: mailto: [email protected] I had planned on continuing my train of thought from the last issue, asking the question, “is the map dead?” which would actually be providing proof of why maps are still very much alive. This will be taken up perhaps in the future. If there is anything that you think of that we can do to make NEMO better, or if you have any com- ments, etc., please let me know. Until then we are Sailing through the icy seas on route to spring! H appy new year! Already 2003 and the 21st century is well underway. So many changes in the World and in mapping. First, a change of our own: the NEMO Web site has moved to: http:// ublib.buf falo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/nemo.html . This is a much shorter URL and is the first step toward making the site faster loading and easier to remember. I am working on getting a domain name. NEMO member Eric Riback made a great suggestion: NorthEastMap.org, which will make it even easier to remember and to give out to the map world. Once this is taken care of, I will let you all know. I found out that NEMO appears in hundreds of places. How many NEMOs are there in the world? If you want to find out some of the many ways NEMO appears on the Internet, visit NemoWorld: http://www .nemoworld.com/ NemoLinks.htm There are a few links that are not in existence anymore, but the ones that are there, vary from ordinary to the extraor- dinary, and yes, we appear on this page. As an ex- ample, take a look at this: http://disney .go.com/ disneypictures/findingnemo/ index.html Planning for the NEMO 2003 meeting is under way. We will meet June 12-13, in the Boston area, at either Simmons College or Tufts. Full de- tails will arrive as soon as we have them. Pat

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Page 1: NEMO Newsletter - University at Buffalodbertuca/nemo/news/nemo49.pdfNEMO Newsletter 3 Members in Focus Rand McNally & Co. Financial Woes Debt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally & Co. said

NEMO NewsletterQuarterly Newsletter of the North East Map Organization

copy 2003 North East Map Organization

DJB

NUMBER 49 January 2003

From the Bridge

NEMO httpublibbuffaloedulibrariesaslmapsnemohtml

David BertucaCaptain NEMO

Daisy says woof

Photo of a US Army survey team ca 1862

McGlamery would be happy to hear from you onany presentations that you would like to make orleads on other possible presenters

Call or e-mail PatmailtoPatrickMcGlameryuconnedu

I had planned on continuing my train of thought fromthe last issue asking

the question ldquois themap deadrdquo which

would actually beproviding proof of

why maps are still very much alive This willbe taken up perhaps in the futureIf there is anything that you think of that we can

do to make NEMO better or if you have any com-ments etc please let me know Until then we are

Sailing through the icy seas

on route to spring

Happy new year Already 2003 and the 21stcentury is well underway So many changesin the World and in mapping First a change

of our own the NEMO Web site has moved to http

ublibbuffaloedulibrariesaslmapsnemohtml

This is a much shorter URL and is the first step towardmaking the site faster loading and easierto remember I am working on getting adomain name NEMOmember Eric Ribackmade a great suggestion

NorthEastMaporg which willmake it even easier to rememberand to give out to the map worldOnce this is taken care of I willlet you all know I found out thatNEMO appears in hundreds ofplaces

How many NEMOs are therein the world If you want to find out some of the manyways NEMO appears on the Internet v i s i tNemoWorld

httpwwwnemoworldcom

NemoLinkshtm

There are a few links that arenot in existence anymore butthe ones that are there varyfrom ordinary to the extraor-dinary and yes we appear on this page As an ex-ample take a look at this

h t t p d i s n e y g o c o m

disneypicturesfindingnemo

indexhtml

Planning for the NEMO 2003meeting is under way We willmeet June 12-13 in the Bostonarea at either Simmons College or Tufts Full de-tails will arrive as soon as we have them Pat

NEMO Newsletter2

Current Officers (2002-2003)

Captain David J Bertuca mailtodbertucabuffaloeduCapt-Elect Patrick McGlamery mailtpatrickmcglameryuconneduSecretary Thelma Thompson mailtothelmatcisunixunheduTreasurer Heather Hoffman mailtojaquiththecianet

NEMO Online httpublibbuffaloedulibrariesaslmapsnemohtml

Mapping Helps Solve Crimeby Pierre Ravaccedilon

For the diehard NEMO members who attendedthe 1997 meeting in Swarthmore PA the recent Philadelphia Inquirer headline might sound

very familiar It announced that the ldquoCity is mappingthe roots of crimerdquo

Attenders at the lsquo97 NEMO heard

Charles ldquoChuckrdquo Boenecke make a presentation on ldquoGIS forCampus Securityrdquo which was his Masterrsquos thesis appliedpractically to the Temple University campus policeChuck described how he had developed a database usedin conjunction with AutoCad aerial photos ArcCad andArcView in order to assist campus police in analyzingindividual criminal incidents as well as to determine patternswhich could help proactively prevent criminal activity

Philadelphia police have been successfully using such asystem now for more than five years to track crime trendsand deploy troops to the point that commanders rely heavilyon the system to plan their daily operations The systemrsquoslevels of detail including distinguishing between the sunnyor shady side of a street (depending on time of day) orproximity of a street light (at night) has given the policesignificant crime fighting information

Now Philadelphiarsquos social service departments are alsostarting to use the same technology which has revolution-ized policing Although social service workers are incorpo-rating the police crime information in their database theyare also mapping behaviors which have often been found toprecede criminal activity

The cityrsquos Managing Director Estelle Richman statesthat social services and health departments are recordingreports of sexually transmitted diseases among teens thelocations of after-school programs places where childrenhave been wounded by gunfire per capita immunizationstruancy rates and blighted buildings All of these factorscan be easily mapped and the resulting databases sharedamong the participating city departments Analysis of thedata is already helping city departments determine whereto locate additional after-school clubs and where to em-phasize preventive health care programs

These practical applications of mapping show onceagain that maps support and enrich our lives in manyways every day

Visit the Philadelphia Police Departmentrsquos GIS site

httpwwwppdonlineorgppd2_tech_mappinghtm

On the WebThe GIS Notebook by Bill Thoen

httpwwwgisnetcomnotebookindexhtml

This site has ldquosummaries of short trips into the webresearching various subjects related to GeographicInformation Systems (GIS)rdquo

TopicsLinks include A Guide to Unusual Maps on theWeb Searching for Government Information The BestGIS Resource Lists Mailing Lists Related JournalsOnline Jobs resources Genetic Algorithms in GIS Distance Learning Resources for GIS and others

An example of one of these sections is the Guide toUnusual Maps on the Web Some of the links are deadbut most go to a variety of great places Therersquos theSherlock Holmes Atlas httpwwwevoorgsherlock

a visual and text gazetteer of places mentioned in thefamous novel series the Geography Joke Page ldquoA col-lection of jokes and sillies from around the classroomand the internetrdquo httpwwwzephryusdemoncouk

educationgeogjokeshtml the Atlas of Cyberspaceshttpwwwcybergeographyorgatlasatlashtmltraditional maps showing the Internet http

wwwtelegeographycommapsinternet

indexhtml Great links to check out

Need a Compass RoseHere are a few sitesVisit Cathy Weberhttpwwwcathywebernet

recentworkhtm

Or visit the Map Tools Web sitehttpwwwmaptoolscomindexhtml

and look at the compass rose areahttpwwwmaptoolscomFreeToolsCompashtml

While there peek at their other stuff The Free Toolspage has some decent graphic pdfrsquos for tools you canuse httpwwwmaptoolscomFreeTools

Donrsquot forgetNEMO Annual Meeting Boston

June 12-13 2003

NEMO Newsletter 3

Members in Focus Rand McNally amp Co Financial WoesDebt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally amp Co said lateTuesday that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcyprotection next month and will seek approval of a pre-packaged restructuring plan to cut debt and spur new in-vestment

The closely held 147-year-old Skokie company said ithas reached an agreement with its lenders to convertroughly $300 million of debt into private equity The re-capitalization plan would give Los Angeles-based buyoutfirm Leonard Green amp Partners LP which holds 60 ofRand McNallyrsquos debt a majority stake in the company

In a press release late Tuesday the company said itexpects its creditors to approve the plan by early Febru-ary and it expects to file a prepackaged Chapter 11 re-structuring plan to a Chicago court soon after

Rand McNally has been faltering since the McNallyfamily sold the company in 1997 for about $500 millionto New York-based venture capital firm AEA InvestorsInc The company which sells printed maps atlasesguidebooks and satellite mapping tools among otherthings had sought bids for itself on Sept 12 2001 butthe auction was scrapped after the Sept 11 terrorist at-tacks according to Reuters Soon after Leonard Greenbegan acquiring the companyrsquos debt eventually takingpossession of about $180 million of the companyrsquos $300million of loans That debt has been a problem for RandMcNally but the company did manage to turn a profit in2002 a spokesman said The privately held company doesnot disclose financial results

Rand McNally employs 1000 workers and operates25 stores - four in the Chicago area Normal businessoperations will continue throughout the financial restruc-turing process and no store closings or layoffs are ex-pected the spokesman saidSubmitted by David Cobb tothe Maps-L list Quoted from Crainrsquos Chicago BusinessNewsroom and via Roadmaps-L

ldquoDigital Drive ThroughComputer Simulation Offers

Preview of the Finished Big DigrdquoIn the Boston Globe (Sat Dec 14 2002 p B1) therewas a short article about a computer simulation createdby the Human Performance Laboratory at UMASS-Amherst The simulation provides the user the opportu-nity to ldquodriverdquo parts of the Big Dig as it will be when itis completed The URL to get to the simulation is

httpwwwecsumasseduhpl

Looking for Article SubmissionsPaige Andrew Co-Editor of the brand new (Premiereissue will be published in early 2004) Journal of Mapand Geography Libraries Advances in GeospatialInformation Collections amp Archives is seeking articlesfor the journal As the title of the journal indicatesthe scope is rather broad and we are looking for ar-ticles pertaining to both the digital geospatial realmas well as the hardcopy realm If you would like toshare your knowledge research and expertise withyour colleagues internationally this refereed journalis the place to do so Please contact Paigemailtopga2psuliaspsuedu or by phone 814-865-1755 with questions andor submissions

URISA ConferencePortland OregonJuly 20-22 2003

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association(URISA) will be holding a conference from July 20-22 2003 atPortland State University in Portland Oregon on the subject ofpublic participation GIS Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) refersto a range of topics raised by the intersection of communityinterests and GIS technology The PPGIS Congress will bringtogether participants with a rich diversity of experience

httpwwwurisaorgPPGISppgishtml

David Rumsey Introduces Online GamingTechnologies to Web Browser-Based GIS

Adds Lewis amp Clark Expedition to 3D WebMapping Experience

The Collection announces a new feature Introducing a Webbased 3D GIS viewer that allows users to experience thepower and flexibility of desktop 3D GIS using only theirWeb browsers and 3D video card capabilities Four proto-type 3D GIS maps are offered here based on historic mapsthat have been combined with current digital elevation mod-els (DEMS) of the same locations The resulting solutioncombines the power and realism of historical maps Geo-graphic Imaging (GI) and Geographic Information Systems(GIS) technologies with the high performance interactivityease-of-use and overall visual engagement found in cuttingedge online gaming and virtual reality simulations

Continued on page 4

Visit the Manhattan Neighborhoods Map httpublibbuffaloedulibrariesaslmapsnycnyneighborhoodshtml

NEMO Newsletter4

Phil Hoehn Librarian of the David RumseyCollection writes the following

ldquoPlease note that the 3D tools work with allversions of Internet Explorer and Netscape47 and earlier They do not work with Netscape6 or 7 yet but will in the near future All ver-sion of Windows and MacOSX are supportedMacOS9 and earlier are not supported A videocard of at least 32megs is suggested since the 3Dtools rely heavily on video card capabilities

A new suite of gaming and simulation techniquesavailable at

httpwwwdavidrumseycomgis3dhtm

gives Web-based GIS and map enthusiasts the uniqueopportunity to fly through and interact with late 1800smaps of Californiarsquos most scenic and dynamic land-scapes Yosemite Valley Lake Tahoe and Los AngelesA 3D mosaic of Lewis and Clarkrsquos legendary early 1800sexpedition of the Western territory of the US is alsoincluded

ldquoOur gaming tools add a new twist to 3D Web GISrdquosaid David Rumsey Cartography Associates PresidentldquoThe realism and sense of playfulness typically expe-rienced with virtual reality and simulation technologyis now possible with a Web-browser based GISrdquo

Launching the 3D map viewer is simple Once thefull 3D map file is downloaded to the userrsquos desktopthey can move through the map at varying speeds andangles stopping to inspect various points Rumsey andTelemorphic Inc created the browser-based interactive3D visualization capability with support from Knightcap

Productions and ID8Media Inc Launch-ing the 3D mapviewer is simpleOnce the full 3Dmap file is down-loaded to theuserrsquos desktopthey can movethrough the mapat varying speeds

and angles stopping toinspect various

points ldquoPeoplecan flythrough andexperiencehistory fromany vantagepoint andany angle in

spacerdquo saidRumsey ldquoThe

Lewis and Clarkmosaic allows stu-

dents and teachers to visually ex-perience maps that detail the topography and

changing landscape along the expedition route over aperiod of about 100 years and compare those changeswith current geospatial informationrdquo

3-D Maps Continued from page 3

Mapping and Lewis and Clarkhttpndwaterusgsgovlewisandclarkmappinghtml

Many European explorers one of the earliest and most famousbeing Columbus sought a water routefrom Europe to Asia that was more eco-nomical than sailing around Africa Asthe New World was colonized Ameri-cans and Europeans still used the tradi-tional African route or sailed around thetip of South America Both of theseroutes were slow dangerous and expen-sive and the search for a water route toEurope and Asia became a search for awater route across North Americaknown as the Northwest Passage

For hundreds of years the fabled Northwest Passage inspiredexplorers as they tried to find a navigable route through NorthAmerica President Thomas Jefferson still envisioned such awater route when he instructed Meriwether Lewis ldquoThe ob-ject of your mission is to explore the Missouri river amp suchprincipal stream of it as by itrsquos course amp communication withthe waters of the Pacific Ocean may offer the most direct amppracticable water communication across this continent for thepurposes of commercerdquo (DeVoto 1953)

At the time of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discoverymaps were ldquorare expensive and available only to theleaders of societyrdquo The process required to make a mapinvolved a great deal of time and skill and most avail-able maps actually were published in England or France(Ehrenberg 2000) Jefferson ensured that Lewis and Clarkhad access to the most recent maps and exploration nar-ratives of their time

Many of the rare maps that shaped the plans of Jeffersonand Lewis and Clark have been preserved Thisweb site presents some of those maps aswell as the map Clark produced after hisjourney and later maps up until thepresent time Some of the maps are fromthe Library of Congress and can be ex-amined more closely by following thelinks

NEMO Newsletter 5

20th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

June 15-20 2003Harvard Map Collection Harvard University Cambridge

MA (June 15-17 2003)Osher Map Library University of Southern Maine

Portland ME (June 18-20 2003)

The biennial international conferences on the history of car-tography (ICHC) held under the auspices of Imago MundiLtd bring together a wide array of scholars who are interestedin all aspects of the production and consumption of maps his-torians of cartography historians of science art historiansgeographers cartographers literary scholars librarians archi-vists other historians students in other cognate disciplinesmap collectors and map dealers

Full details of these activities together with information aboutconference fees hotels and other accommodations and thesocial program together with registration forms will be foundat httpwwwichc2003org (updated regularly) Questionsabout the conference should be addressed toinfoichc2003org

Fellowships for 2002-2003The American Geographical Society Collection University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries welcomes applicants for Helenand John S Best Research Fellowships Stipends of $375 perweek for periods up to 4 weeks will be awarded to supportresidencies for the purpose of conducting research that makesdirect use of the Collection The Fellowships will be tenablebetween December 2 2002 and November 28 2003

The Collection the former research library and map collectionof the American Geographical Society of New York has strengthsin geography cartography and related historical topics

Applications must be postmarked by September 16 2002 Forfurther information write call or e-mail the AGS CollectionPO Box 399 Milwaukee WI 53201-0399 (414) 229-6282email agscleardolibuwmedu

Web site httpleardolibuwmeduChristopher Baruth AGS Collection

Carto Clips

Maps of Ground ZeroWe have additional copies of the Ground Zero maps ofthe World Trade Center area after the attacks and duringthe cleanup If you are interested in obtaining copies theyare available for a modest cost that includes shippinghandling Please send your request with a check (makecheck out to North East Map Organization) for $400per map to David Bertuca (address on page 8) Requestsfor 2 or more maps are $300 a map (Foreign requestsplease send payment in US funds and add $200 for thefirst map and $75 for additional maps)

Please make sure to include your return address withthe request You must specify whether you want the Dec2001 or the March 2002 map (or if you want both)

These are available on a first comefirst served basisuntil we run out You may tell your friends if you want

Mapping The Northand NortheastBoundaries of theUnited States1798-1843

Maps of the Thomas Barclay Collection (Coll 26)at the Maine Historical Society Portland Maine

In 2002 a grant was awarded to the Maine Historical Societyby the Historical Collections Grant Program funded by theNew Century Community Grant Program and the NationalHistorical Publications and Records Commission to catalogthe maps of the Thomas Barclay collection (Coll 26) Thiscollection includes papers of Thomas Barclay 1753-1830Anthony Barclay 1792-1877 Ward Chipman 1748-1824his son Ward Chipman 1787-1851 and Robert Pagan all ofwhom worked on the commissions assigned to mapping anddetermining the boundaries between British Canada and theUnited States of America

The maps of this collection cover the areas ofPassamaquoddy Bay the region around the NewBrunswick and Maine borders the St John River north-westerly to the St Lawrence River westward throughthe Great Lakes region to Lake of the Woods in OntarioMost of the maps are the surveyorsrsquo work in the fieldThree are Native American maps A few are the printedmaps of the day on which are handwritten notes refer-ring to the boundaries Dates range from 1798-1843

The 100+ maps have been cataloged at item level andthe bibliographic descriptions can be found on the onlinedatabase MINERVA httpursus2ursusmaineedu

Search the Author category for Barclay Thomas Aselection of digital map images may be seen at

httpwwwmainememorynet

Use the search words Northeast Boundary In thesummer of 2003 some of these maps will be on publicdisplay at the Museum of the Maine Historical Societyin the Exhibit lsquoThe Shape of Mainersquo

Synopsis Mapping the Northeast Boundary of theUnited States 1798-1843 mdash 129 maps

Bibliographic descriptionshttpursus2ursusmaineedu

Select digital imageshttpwwwmainememorynet

Museum exhibit ldquoThe Shape of MainerdquomdashSummer 2003

For more information contactMaine Historical SocietyResearch Library489 Congress StPortland Maine 04101207-774-1822 x 209httpwwwmainehistoryorg

NEMO Newsletter6

Meeting notices worldwide visit this site httpuserssupernetcompagesjdocktor

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NEMO Newsletter 7

Aztec Map of Technochtitlan (future Mexico City)httpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsaztec4_ljpg

BelowJohn Smithrsquos Map of Virginiahttpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsvirginia_ljpg

Historical MapsOnline

Here are reproductions of a fewunique maps from Web sites TheURLs will help you to locate these

Links to more historic maps canbe found at the Perry-CastantildeedaLibrary U of Texashttpwwwlibutexasedu

m a p s m a p _ s i t e s

hist_siteshtml

See alsoImages of Early Maps on the Web

httpihrsasacukmaps

webimageshtml

NEMO Newsletter

North East Map Organizationco David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianArts and Sciences Libraries225 Capen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-2200

First Class Mail

The NEMO Newsletter

Published quarterly by the North East Map Organization(NEMO) all rights reserved Contact the editor for permissionto reproduce material The views expressed in this newsletterdo not necessarily reflect those of NEMO nor its members

We invite and welcome contributions and suggestions Pleasesubmit materials to the editor using e-mail 35rdquo disk (PCor Macintosh (Word RTF or ASCII tif jpg)) CD-ROMor by sending a typewritten document Submissions andquestions on submissions should be directed to

Editor David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianScience and Engineering LibraryCapen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-1672

phone 716-645-2947 x229 fax 716-645-3710

mailtodbertucabuffaloedu

NEMO (North East Map Organization) is dedicated to serving asa unifying body for all who use produce collect and market mapsand cartographic information in the Northeast increasingcommunication between all interested in maps and workingwith state regional and national organizations and governmentagencies in dissemination of maps and cartographic informationNEMOrsquos principal region is CT DE ME MA NH NJ NYPA RI VT

Newsletter Subscriptions are included with NEMOmembership which is fifteen dollars per year Back issues areavailable at the NEMO Web site

Membership inquiries should be addressed to

Eric RibackNational Geographic Maps2504 Kerry LaneCHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901

phone 434-975-6423

fax 509-461-4285

email mailtonemomapvillecomweb httpwwwmapvillecom

8

Return address requested

Number 49 January 2003

June 15-20 200320th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

For information registration visit httpwwwichc2003orge-mail infoichc2003org telephone +1 (207) 780-5951 De-partment of Conferences University of Southern Maine 68 HighStreet Portland ME 04101 USA

NEMO 2003Upcoming Details

We will meet in the Boston area June 12-13 2003Place and program to be announced soon Alldetails in the April 2003 Newsletter

Page 2: NEMO Newsletter - University at Buffalodbertuca/nemo/news/nemo49.pdfNEMO Newsletter 3 Members in Focus Rand McNally & Co. Financial Woes Debt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally & Co. said

NEMO Newsletter2

Current Officers (2002-2003)

Captain David J Bertuca mailtodbertucabuffaloeduCapt-Elect Patrick McGlamery mailtpatrickmcglameryuconneduSecretary Thelma Thompson mailtothelmatcisunixunheduTreasurer Heather Hoffman mailtojaquiththecianet

NEMO Online httpublibbuffaloedulibrariesaslmapsnemohtml

Mapping Helps Solve Crimeby Pierre Ravaccedilon

For the diehard NEMO members who attendedthe 1997 meeting in Swarthmore PA the recent Philadelphia Inquirer headline might sound

very familiar It announced that the ldquoCity is mappingthe roots of crimerdquo

Attenders at the lsquo97 NEMO heard

Charles ldquoChuckrdquo Boenecke make a presentation on ldquoGIS forCampus Securityrdquo which was his Masterrsquos thesis appliedpractically to the Temple University campus policeChuck described how he had developed a database usedin conjunction with AutoCad aerial photos ArcCad andArcView in order to assist campus police in analyzingindividual criminal incidents as well as to determine patternswhich could help proactively prevent criminal activity

Philadelphia police have been successfully using such asystem now for more than five years to track crime trendsand deploy troops to the point that commanders rely heavilyon the system to plan their daily operations The systemrsquoslevels of detail including distinguishing between the sunnyor shady side of a street (depending on time of day) orproximity of a street light (at night) has given the policesignificant crime fighting information

Now Philadelphiarsquos social service departments are alsostarting to use the same technology which has revolution-ized policing Although social service workers are incorpo-rating the police crime information in their database theyare also mapping behaviors which have often been found toprecede criminal activity

The cityrsquos Managing Director Estelle Richman statesthat social services and health departments are recordingreports of sexually transmitted diseases among teens thelocations of after-school programs places where childrenhave been wounded by gunfire per capita immunizationstruancy rates and blighted buildings All of these factorscan be easily mapped and the resulting databases sharedamong the participating city departments Analysis of thedata is already helping city departments determine whereto locate additional after-school clubs and where to em-phasize preventive health care programs

These practical applications of mapping show onceagain that maps support and enrich our lives in manyways every day

Visit the Philadelphia Police Departmentrsquos GIS site

httpwwwppdonlineorgppd2_tech_mappinghtm

On the WebThe GIS Notebook by Bill Thoen

httpwwwgisnetcomnotebookindexhtml

This site has ldquosummaries of short trips into the webresearching various subjects related to GeographicInformation Systems (GIS)rdquo

TopicsLinks include A Guide to Unusual Maps on theWeb Searching for Government Information The BestGIS Resource Lists Mailing Lists Related JournalsOnline Jobs resources Genetic Algorithms in GIS Distance Learning Resources for GIS and others

An example of one of these sections is the Guide toUnusual Maps on the Web Some of the links are deadbut most go to a variety of great places Therersquos theSherlock Holmes Atlas httpwwwevoorgsherlock

a visual and text gazetteer of places mentioned in thefamous novel series the Geography Joke Page ldquoA col-lection of jokes and sillies from around the classroomand the internetrdquo httpwwwzephryusdemoncouk

educationgeogjokeshtml the Atlas of Cyberspaceshttpwwwcybergeographyorgatlasatlashtmltraditional maps showing the Internet http

wwwtelegeographycommapsinternet

indexhtml Great links to check out

Need a Compass RoseHere are a few sitesVisit Cathy Weberhttpwwwcathywebernet

recentworkhtm

Or visit the Map Tools Web sitehttpwwwmaptoolscomindexhtml

and look at the compass rose areahttpwwwmaptoolscomFreeToolsCompashtml

While there peek at their other stuff The Free Toolspage has some decent graphic pdfrsquos for tools you canuse httpwwwmaptoolscomFreeTools

Donrsquot forgetNEMO Annual Meeting Boston

June 12-13 2003

NEMO Newsletter 3

Members in Focus Rand McNally amp Co Financial WoesDebt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally amp Co said lateTuesday that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcyprotection next month and will seek approval of a pre-packaged restructuring plan to cut debt and spur new in-vestment

The closely held 147-year-old Skokie company said ithas reached an agreement with its lenders to convertroughly $300 million of debt into private equity The re-capitalization plan would give Los Angeles-based buyoutfirm Leonard Green amp Partners LP which holds 60 ofRand McNallyrsquos debt a majority stake in the company

In a press release late Tuesday the company said itexpects its creditors to approve the plan by early Febru-ary and it expects to file a prepackaged Chapter 11 re-structuring plan to a Chicago court soon after

Rand McNally has been faltering since the McNallyfamily sold the company in 1997 for about $500 millionto New York-based venture capital firm AEA InvestorsInc The company which sells printed maps atlasesguidebooks and satellite mapping tools among otherthings had sought bids for itself on Sept 12 2001 butthe auction was scrapped after the Sept 11 terrorist at-tacks according to Reuters Soon after Leonard Greenbegan acquiring the companyrsquos debt eventually takingpossession of about $180 million of the companyrsquos $300million of loans That debt has been a problem for RandMcNally but the company did manage to turn a profit in2002 a spokesman said The privately held company doesnot disclose financial results

Rand McNally employs 1000 workers and operates25 stores - four in the Chicago area Normal businessoperations will continue throughout the financial restruc-turing process and no store closings or layoffs are ex-pected the spokesman saidSubmitted by David Cobb tothe Maps-L list Quoted from Crainrsquos Chicago BusinessNewsroom and via Roadmaps-L

ldquoDigital Drive ThroughComputer Simulation Offers

Preview of the Finished Big DigrdquoIn the Boston Globe (Sat Dec 14 2002 p B1) therewas a short article about a computer simulation createdby the Human Performance Laboratory at UMASS-Amherst The simulation provides the user the opportu-nity to ldquodriverdquo parts of the Big Dig as it will be when itis completed The URL to get to the simulation is

httpwwwecsumasseduhpl

Looking for Article SubmissionsPaige Andrew Co-Editor of the brand new (Premiereissue will be published in early 2004) Journal of Mapand Geography Libraries Advances in GeospatialInformation Collections amp Archives is seeking articlesfor the journal As the title of the journal indicatesthe scope is rather broad and we are looking for ar-ticles pertaining to both the digital geospatial realmas well as the hardcopy realm If you would like toshare your knowledge research and expertise withyour colleagues internationally this refereed journalis the place to do so Please contact Paigemailtopga2psuliaspsuedu or by phone 814-865-1755 with questions andor submissions

URISA ConferencePortland OregonJuly 20-22 2003

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association(URISA) will be holding a conference from July 20-22 2003 atPortland State University in Portland Oregon on the subject ofpublic participation GIS Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) refersto a range of topics raised by the intersection of communityinterests and GIS technology The PPGIS Congress will bringtogether participants with a rich diversity of experience

httpwwwurisaorgPPGISppgishtml

David Rumsey Introduces Online GamingTechnologies to Web Browser-Based GIS

Adds Lewis amp Clark Expedition to 3D WebMapping Experience

The Collection announces a new feature Introducing a Webbased 3D GIS viewer that allows users to experience thepower and flexibility of desktop 3D GIS using only theirWeb browsers and 3D video card capabilities Four proto-type 3D GIS maps are offered here based on historic mapsthat have been combined with current digital elevation mod-els (DEMS) of the same locations The resulting solutioncombines the power and realism of historical maps Geo-graphic Imaging (GI) and Geographic Information Systems(GIS) technologies with the high performance interactivityease-of-use and overall visual engagement found in cuttingedge online gaming and virtual reality simulations

Continued on page 4

Visit the Manhattan Neighborhoods Map httpublibbuffaloedulibrariesaslmapsnycnyneighborhoodshtml

NEMO Newsletter4

Phil Hoehn Librarian of the David RumseyCollection writes the following

ldquoPlease note that the 3D tools work with allversions of Internet Explorer and Netscape47 and earlier They do not work with Netscape6 or 7 yet but will in the near future All ver-sion of Windows and MacOSX are supportedMacOS9 and earlier are not supported A videocard of at least 32megs is suggested since the 3Dtools rely heavily on video card capabilities

A new suite of gaming and simulation techniquesavailable at

httpwwwdavidrumseycomgis3dhtm

gives Web-based GIS and map enthusiasts the uniqueopportunity to fly through and interact with late 1800smaps of Californiarsquos most scenic and dynamic land-scapes Yosemite Valley Lake Tahoe and Los AngelesA 3D mosaic of Lewis and Clarkrsquos legendary early 1800sexpedition of the Western territory of the US is alsoincluded

ldquoOur gaming tools add a new twist to 3D Web GISrdquosaid David Rumsey Cartography Associates PresidentldquoThe realism and sense of playfulness typically expe-rienced with virtual reality and simulation technologyis now possible with a Web-browser based GISrdquo

Launching the 3D map viewer is simple Once thefull 3D map file is downloaded to the userrsquos desktopthey can move through the map at varying speeds andangles stopping to inspect various points Rumsey andTelemorphic Inc created the browser-based interactive3D visualization capability with support from Knightcap

Productions and ID8Media Inc Launch-ing the 3D mapviewer is simpleOnce the full 3Dmap file is down-loaded to theuserrsquos desktopthey can movethrough the mapat varying speeds

and angles stopping toinspect various

points ldquoPeoplecan flythrough andexperiencehistory fromany vantagepoint andany angle in

spacerdquo saidRumsey ldquoThe

Lewis and Clarkmosaic allows stu-

dents and teachers to visually ex-perience maps that detail the topography and

changing landscape along the expedition route over aperiod of about 100 years and compare those changeswith current geospatial informationrdquo

3-D Maps Continued from page 3

Mapping and Lewis and Clarkhttpndwaterusgsgovlewisandclarkmappinghtml

Many European explorers one of the earliest and most famousbeing Columbus sought a water routefrom Europe to Asia that was more eco-nomical than sailing around Africa Asthe New World was colonized Ameri-cans and Europeans still used the tradi-tional African route or sailed around thetip of South America Both of theseroutes were slow dangerous and expen-sive and the search for a water route toEurope and Asia became a search for awater route across North Americaknown as the Northwest Passage

For hundreds of years the fabled Northwest Passage inspiredexplorers as they tried to find a navigable route through NorthAmerica President Thomas Jefferson still envisioned such awater route when he instructed Meriwether Lewis ldquoThe ob-ject of your mission is to explore the Missouri river amp suchprincipal stream of it as by itrsquos course amp communication withthe waters of the Pacific Ocean may offer the most direct amppracticable water communication across this continent for thepurposes of commercerdquo (DeVoto 1953)

At the time of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discoverymaps were ldquorare expensive and available only to theleaders of societyrdquo The process required to make a mapinvolved a great deal of time and skill and most avail-able maps actually were published in England or France(Ehrenberg 2000) Jefferson ensured that Lewis and Clarkhad access to the most recent maps and exploration nar-ratives of their time

Many of the rare maps that shaped the plans of Jeffersonand Lewis and Clark have been preserved Thisweb site presents some of those maps aswell as the map Clark produced after hisjourney and later maps up until thepresent time Some of the maps are fromthe Library of Congress and can be ex-amined more closely by following thelinks

NEMO Newsletter 5

20th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

June 15-20 2003Harvard Map Collection Harvard University Cambridge

MA (June 15-17 2003)Osher Map Library University of Southern Maine

Portland ME (June 18-20 2003)

The biennial international conferences on the history of car-tography (ICHC) held under the auspices of Imago MundiLtd bring together a wide array of scholars who are interestedin all aspects of the production and consumption of maps his-torians of cartography historians of science art historiansgeographers cartographers literary scholars librarians archi-vists other historians students in other cognate disciplinesmap collectors and map dealers

Full details of these activities together with information aboutconference fees hotels and other accommodations and thesocial program together with registration forms will be foundat httpwwwichc2003org (updated regularly) Questionsabout the conference should be addressed toinfoichc2003org

Fellowships for 2002-2003The American Geographical Society Collection University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries welcomes applicants for Helenand John S Best Research Fellowships Stipends of $375 perweek for periods up to 4 weeks will be awarded to supportresidencies for the purpose of conducting research that makesdirect use of the Collection The Fellowships will be tenablebetween December 2 2002 and November 28 2003

The Collection the former research library and map collectionof the American Geographical Society of New York has strengthsin geography cartography and related historical topics

Applications must be postmarked by September 16 2002 Forfurther information write call or e-mail the AGS CollectionPO Box 399 Milwaukee WI 53201-0399 (414) 229-6282email agscleardolibuwmedu

Web site httpleardolibuwmeduChristopher Baruth AGS Collection

Carto Clips

Maps of Ground ZeroWe have additional copies of the Ground Zero maps ofthe World Trade Center area after the attacks and duringthe cleanup If you are interested in obtaining copies theyare available for a modest cost that includes shippinghandling Please send your request with a check (makecheck out to North East Map Organization) for $400per map to David Bertuca (address on page 8) Requestsfor 2 or more maps are $300 a map (Foreign requestsplease send payment in US funds and add $200 for thefirst map and $75 for additional maps)

Please make sure to include your return address withthe request You must specify whether you want the Dec2001 or the March 2002 map (or if you want both)

These are available on a first comefirst served basisuntil we run out You may tell your friends if you want

Mapping The Northand NortheastBoundaries of theUnited States1798-1843

Maps of the Thomas Barclay Collection (Coll 26)at the Maine Historical Society Portland Maine

In 2002 a grant was awarded to the Maine Historical Societyby the Historical Collections Grant Program funded by theNew Century Community Grant Program and the NationalHistorical Publications and Records Commission to catalogthe maps of the Thomas Barclay collection (Coll 26) Thiscollection includes papers of Thomas Barclay 1753-1830Anthony Barclay 1792-1877 Ward Chipman 1748-1824his son Ward Chipman 1787-1851 and Robert Pagan all ofwhom worked on the commissions assigned to mapping anddetermining the boundaries between British Canada and theUnited States of America

The maps of this collection cover the areas ofPassamaquoddy Bay the region around the NewBrunswick and Maine borders the St John River north-westerly to the St Lawrence River westward throughthe Great Lakes region to Lake of the Woods in OntarioMost of the maps are the surveyorsrsquo work in the fieldThree are Native American maps A few are the printedmaps of the day on which are handwritten notes refer-ring to the boundaries Dates range from 1798-1843

The 100+ maps have been cataloged at item level andthe bibliographic descriptions can be found on the onlinedatabase MINERVA httpursus2ursusmaineedu

Search the Author category for Barclay Thomas Aselection of digital map images may be seen at

httpwwwmainememorynet

Use the search words Northeast Boundary In thesummer of 2003 some of these maps will be on publicdisplay at the Museum of the Maine Historical Societyin the Exhibit lsquoThe Shape of Mainersquo

Synopsis Mapping the Northeast Boundary of theUnited States 1798-1843 mdash 129 maps

Bibliographic descriptionshttpursus2ursusmaineedu

Select digital imageshttpwwwmainememorynet

Museum exhibit ldquoThe Shape of MainerdquomdashSummer 2003

For more information contactMaine Historical SocietyResearch Library489 Congress StPortland Maine 04101207-774-1822 x 209httpwwwmainehistoryorg

NEMO Newsletter6

Meeting notices worldwide visit this site httpuserssupernetcompagesjdocktor

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NEMO Newsletter 7

Aztec Map of Technochtitlan (future Mexico City)httpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsaztec4_ljpg

BelowJohn Smithrsquos Map of Virginiahttpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsvirginia_ljpg

Historical MapsOnline

Here are reproductions of a fewunique maps from Web sites TheURLs will help you to locate these

Links to more historic maps canbe found at the Perry-CastantildeedaLibrary U of Texashttpwwwlibutexasedu

m a p s m a p _ s i t e s

hist_siteshtml

See alsoImages of Early Maps on the Web

httpihrsasacukmaps

webimageshtml

NEMO Newsletter

North East Map Organizationco David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianArts and Sciences Libraries225 Capen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-2200

First Class Mail

The NEMO Newsletter

Published quarterly by the North East Map Organization(NEMO) all rights reserved Contact the editor for permissionto reproduce material The views expressed in this newsletterdo not necessarily reflect those of NEMO nor its members

We invite and welcome contributions and suggestions Pleasesubmit materials to the editor using e-mail 35rdquo disk (PCor Macintosh (Word RTF or ASCII tif jpg)) CD-ROMor by sending a typewritten document Submissions andquestions on submissions should be directed to

Editor David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianScience and Engineering LibraryCapen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-1672

phone 716-645-2947 x229 fax 716-645-3710

mailtodbertucabuffaloedu

NEMO (North East Map Organization) is dedicated to serving asa unifying body for all who use produce collect and market mapsand cartographic information in the Northeast increasingcommunication between all interested in maps and workingwith state regional and national organizations and governmentagencies in dissemination of maps and cartographic informationNEMOrsquos principal region is CT DE ME MA NH NJ NYPA RI VT

Newsletter Subscriptions are included with NEMOmembership which is fifteen dollars per year Back issues areavailable at the NEMO Web site

Membership inquiries should be addressed to

Eric RibackNational Geographic Maps2504 Kerry LaneCHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901

phone 434-975-6423

fax 509-461-4285

email mailtonemomapvillecomweb httpwwwmapvillecom

8

Return address requested

Number 49 January 2003

June 15-20 200320th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

For information registration visit httpwwwichc2003orge-mail infoichc2003org telephone +1 (207) 780-5951 De-partment of Conferences University of Southern Maine 68 HighStreet Portland ME 04101 USA

NEMO 2003Upcoming Details

We will meet in the Boston area June 12-13 2003Place and program to be announced soon Alldetails in the April 2003 Newsletter

Page 3: NEMO Newsletter - University at Buffalodbertuca/nemo/news/nemo49.pdfNEMO Newsletter 3 Members in Focus Rand McNally & Co. Financial Woes Debt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally & Co. said

NEMO Newsletter 3

Members in Focus Rand McNally amp Co Financial WoesDebt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally amp Co said lateTuesday that it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcyprotection next month and will seek approval of a pre-packaged restructuring plan to cut debt and spur new in-vestment

The closely held 147-year-old Skokie company said ithas reached an agreement with its lenders to convertroughly $300 million of debt into private equity The re-capitalization plan would give Los Angeles-based buyoutfirm Leonard Green amp Partners LP which holds 60 ofRand McNallyrsquos debt a majority stake in the company

In a press release late Tuesday the company said itexpects its creditors to approve the plan by early Febru-ary and it expects to file a prepackaged Chapter 11 re-structuring plan to a Chicago court soon after

Rand McNally has been faltering since the McNallyfamily sold the company in 1997 for about $500 millionto New York-based venture capital firm AEA InvestorsInc The company which sells printed maps atlasesguidebooks and satellite mapping tools among otherthings had sought bids for itself on Sept 12 2001 butthe auction was scrapped after the Sept 11 terrorist at-tacks according to Reuters Soon after Leonard Greenbegan acquiring the companyrsquos debt eventually takingpossession of about $180 million of the companyrsquos $300million of loans That debt has been a problem for RandMcNally but the company did manage to turn a profit in2002 a spokesman said The privately held company doesnot disclose financial results

Rand McNally employs 1000 workers and operates25 stores - four in the Chicago area Normal businessoperations will continue throughout the financial restruc-turing process and no store closings or layoffs are ex-pected the spokesman saidSubmitted by David Cobb tothe Maps-L list Quoted from Crainrsquos Chicago BusinessNewsroom and via Roadmaps-L

ldquoDigital Drive ThroughComputer Simulation Offers

Preview of the Finished Big DigrdquoIn the Boston Globe (Sat Dec 14 2002 p B1) therewas a short article about a computer simulation createdby the Human Performance Laboratory at UMASS-Amherst The simulation provides the user the opportu-nity to ldquodriverdquo parts of the Big Dig as it will be when itis completed The URL to get to the simulation is

httpwwwecsumasseduhpl

Looking for Article SubmissionsPaige Andrew Co-Editor of the brand new (Premiereissue will be published in early 2004) Journal of Mapand Geography Libraries Advances in GeospatialInformation Collections amp Archives is seeking articlesfor the journal As the title of the journal indicatesthe scope is rather broad and we are looking for ar-ticles pertaining to both the digital geospatial realmas well as the hardcopy realm If you would like toshare your knowledge research and expertise withyour colleagues internationally this refereed journalis the place to do so Please contact Paigemailtopga2psuliaspsuedu or by phone 814-865-1755 with questions andor submissions

URISA ConferencePortland OregonJuly 20-22 2003

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association(URISA) will be holding a conference from July 20-22 2003 atPortland State University in Portland Oregon on the subject ofpublic participation GIS Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) refersto a range of topics raised by the intersection of communityinterests and GIS technology The PPGIS Congress will bringtogether participants with a rich diversity of experience

httpwwwurisaorgPPGISppgishtml

David Rumsey Introduces Online GamingTechnologies to Web Browser-Based GIS

Adds Lewis amp Clark Expedition to 3D WebMapping Experience

The Collection announces a new feature Introducing a Webbased 3D GIS viewer that allows users to experience thepower and flexibility of desktop 3D GIS using only theirWeb browsers and 3D video card capabilities Four proto-type 3D GIS maps are offered here based on historic mapsthat have been combined with current digital elevation mod-els (DEMS) of the same locations The resulting solutioncombines the power and realism of historical maps Geo-graphic Imaging (GI) and Geographic Information Systems(GIS) technologies with the high performance interactivityease-of-use and overall visual engagement found in cuttingedge online gaming and virtual reality simulations

Continued on page 4

Visit the Manhattan Neighborhoods Map httpublibbuffaloedulibrariesaslmapsnycnyneighborhoodshtml

NEMO Newsletter4

Phil Hoehn Librarian of the David RumseyCollection writes the following

ldquoPlease note that the 3D tools work with allversions of Internet Explorer and Netscape47 and earlier They do not work with Netscape6 or 7 yet but will in the near future All ver-sion of Windows and MacOSX are supportedMacOS9 and earlier are not supported A videocard of at least 32megs is suggested since the 3Dtools rely heavily on video card capabilities

A new suite of gaming and simulation techniquesavailable at

httpwwwdavidrumseycomgis3dhtm

gives Web-based GIS and map enthusiasts the uniqueopportunity to fly through and interact with late 1800smaps of Californiarsquos most scenic and dynamic land-scapes Yosemite Valley Lake Tahoe and Los AngelesA 3D mosaic of Lewis and Clarkrsquos legendary early 1800sexpedition of the Western territory of the US is alsoincluded

ldquoOur gaming tools add a new twist to 3D Web GISrdquosaid David Rumsey Cartography Associates PresidentldquoThe realism and sense of playfulness typically expe-rienced with virtual reality and simulation technologyis now possible with a Web-browser based GISrdquo

Launching the 3D map viewer is simple Once thefull 3D map file is downloaded to the userrsquos desktopthey can move through the map at varying speeds andangles stopping to inspect various points Rumsey andTelemorphic Inc created the browser-based interactive3D visualization capability with support from Knightcap

Productions and ID8Media Inc Launch-ing the 3D mapviewer is simpleOnce the full 3Dmap file is down-loaded to theuserrsquos desktopthey can movethrough the mapat varying speeds

and angles stopping toinspect various

points ldquoPeoplecan flythrough andexperiencehistory fromany vantagepoint andany angle in

spacerdquo saidRumsey ldquoThe

Lewis and Clarkmosaic allows stu-

dents and teachers to visually ex-perience maps that detail the topography and

changing landscape along the expedition route over aperiod of about 100 years and compare those changeswith current geospatial informationrdquo

3-D Maps Continued from page 3

Mapping and Lewis and Clarkhttpndwaterusgsgovlewisandclarkmappinghtml

Many European explorers one of the earliest and most famousbeing Columbus sought a water routefrom Europe to Asia that was more eco-nomical than sailing around Africa Asthe New World was colonized Ameri-cans and Europeans still used the tradi-tional African route or sailed around thetip of South America Both of theseroutes were slow dangerous and expen-sive and the search for a water route toEurope and Asia became a search for awater route across North Americaknown as the Northwest Passage

For hundreds of years the fabled Northwest Passage inspiredexplorers as they tried to find a navigable route through NorthAmerica President Thomas Jefferson still envisioned such awater route when he instructed Meriwether Lewis ldquoThe ob-ject of your mission is to explore the Missouri river amp suchprincipal stream of it as by itrsquos course amp communication withthe waters of the Pacific Ocean may offer the most direct amppracticable water communication across this continent for thepurposes of commercerdquo (DeVoto 1953)

At the time of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discoverymaps were ldquorare expensive and available only to theleaders of societyrdquo The process required to make a mapinvolved a great deal of time and skill and most avail-able maps actually were published in England or France(Ehrenberg 2000) Jefferson ensured that Lewis and Clarkhad access to the most recent maps and exploration nar-ratives of their time

Many of the rare maps that shaped the plans of Jeffersonand Lewis and Clark have been preserved Thisweb site presents some of those maps aswell as the map Clark produced after hisjourney and later maps up until thepresent time Some of the maps are fromthe Library of Congress and can be ex-amined more closely by following thelinks

NEMO Newsletter 5

20th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

June 15-20 2003Harvard Map Collection Harvard University Cambridge

MA (June 15-17 2003)Osher Map Library University of Southern Maine

Portland ME (June 18-20 2003)

The biennial international conferences on the history of car-tography (ICHC) held under the auspices of Imago MundiLtd bring together a wide array of scholars who are interestedin all aspects of the production and consumption of maps his-torians of cartography historians of science art historiansgeographers cartographers literary scholars librarians archi-vists other historians students in other cognate disciplinesmap collectors and map dealers

Full details of these activities together with information aboutconference fees hotels and other accommodations and thesocial program together with registration forms will be foundat httpwwwichc2003org (updated regularly) Questionsabout the conference should be addressed toinfoichc2003org

Fellowships for 2002-2003The American Geographical Society Collection University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries welcomes applicants for Helenand John S Best Research Fellowships Stipends of $375 perweek for periods up to 4 weeks will be awarded to supportresidencies for the purpose of conducting research that makesdirect use of the Collection The Fellowships will be tenablebetween December 2 2002 and November 28 2003

The Collection the former research library and map collectionof the American Geographical Society of New York has strengthsin geography cartography and related historical topics

Applications must be postmarked by September 16 2002 Forfurther information write call or e-mail the AGS CollectionPO Box 399 Milwaukee WI 53201-0399 (414) 229-6282email agscleardolibuwmedu

Web site httpleardolibuwmeduChristopher Baruth AGS Collection

Carto Clips

Maps of Ground ZeroWe have additional copies of the Ground Zero maps ofthe World Trade Center area after the attacks and duringthe cleanup If you are interested in obtaining copies theyare available for a modest cost that includes shippinghandling Please send your request with a check (makecheck out to North East Map Organization) for $400per map to David Bertuca (address on page 8) Requestsfor 2 or more maps are $300 a map (Foreign requestsplease send payment in US funds and add $200 for thefirst map and $75 for additional maps)

Please make sure to include your return address withthe request You must specify whether you want the Dec2001 or the March 2002 map (or if you want both)

These are available on a first comefirst served basisuntil we run out You may tell your friends if you want

Mapping The Northand NortheastBoundaries of theUnited States1798-1843

Maps of the Thomas Barclay Collection (Coll 26)at the Maine Historical Society Portland Maine

In 2002 a grant was awarded to the Maine Historical Societyby the Historical Collections Grant Program funded by theNew Century Community Grant Program and the NationalHistorical Publications and Records Commission to catalogthe maps of the Thomas Barclay collection (Coll 26) Thiscollection includes papers of Thomas Barclay 1753-1830Anthony Barclay 1792-1877 Ward Chipman 1748-1824his son Ward Chipman 1787-1851 and Robert Pagan all ofwhom worked on the commissions assigned to mapping anddetermining the boundaries between British Canada and theUnited States of America

The maps of this collection cover the areas ofPassamaquoddy Bay the region around the NewBrunswick and Maine borders the St John River north-westerly to the St Lawrence River westward throughthe Great Lakes region to Lake of the Woods in OntarioMost of the maps are the surveyorsrsquo work in the fieldThree are Native American maps A few are the printedmaps of the day on which are handwritten notes refer-ring to the boundaries Dates range from 1798-1843

The 100+ maps have been cataloged at item level andthe bibliographic descriptions can be found on the onlinedatabase MINERVA httpursus2ursusmaineedu

Search the Author category for Barclay Thomas Aselection of digital map images may be seen at

httpwwwmainememorynet

Use the search words Northeast Boundary In thesummer of 2003 some of these maps will be on publicdisplay at the Museum of the Maine Historical Societyin the Exhibit lsquoThe Shape of Mainersquo

Synopsis Mapping the Northeast Boundary of theUnited States 1798-1843 mdash 129 maps

Bibliographic descriptionshttpursus2ursusmaineedu

Select digital imageshttpwwwmainememorynet

Museum exhibit ldquoThe Shape of MainerdquomdashSummer 2003

For more information contactMaine Historical SocietyResearch Library489 Congress StPortland Maine 04101207-774-1822 x 209httpwwwmainehistoryorg

NEMO Newsletter6

Meeting notices worldwide visit this site httpuserssupernetcompagesjdocktor

Jim

Wal

sh r

ecen

tly f

ound

this

unu

sual

map

of

the

Wor

ld f

rom

a p

ecul

iarl

y hu

mor

ous

pers

pect

ive

NE

MO

doe

s no

t end

orse

this

as

anac

cura

te s

tate

men

t of A

mer

ican

sen

timen

t bu

tit

is in

tere

stin

g to

see

uni

que

uses

of

map

sA

t lea

st th

e pr

ojec

tion

is fa

irly

acc

urat

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NEMO Newsletter 7

Aztec Map of Technochtitlan (future Mexico City)httpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsaztec4_ljpg

BelowJohn Smithrsquos Map of Virginiahttpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsvirginia_ljpg

Historical MapsOnline

Here are reproductions of a fewunique maps from Web sites TheURLs will help you to locate these

Links to more historic maps canbe found at the Perry-CastantildeedaLibrary U of Texashttpwwwlibutexasedu

m a p s m a p _ s i t e s

hist_siteshtml

See alsoImages of Early Maps on the Web

httpihrsasacukmaps

webimageshtml

NEMO Newsletter

North East Map Organizationco David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianArts and Sciences Libraries225 Capen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-2200

First Class Mail

The NEMO Newsletter

Published quarterly by the North East Map Organization(NEMO) all rights reserved Contact the editor for permissionto reproduce material The views expressed in this newsletterdo not necessarily reflect those of NEMO nor its members

We invite and welcome contributions and suggestions Pleasesubmit materials to the editor using e-mail 35rdquo disk (PCor Macintosh (Word RTF or ASCII tif jpg)) CD-ROMor by sending a typewritten document Submissions andquestions on submissions should be directed to

Editor David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianScience and Engineering LibraryCapen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-1672

phone 716-645-2947 x229 fax 716-645-3710

mailtodbertucabuffaloedu

NEMO (North East Map Organization) is dedicated to serving asa unifying body for all who use produce collect and market mapsand cartographic information in the Northeast increasingcommunication between all interested in maps and workingwith state regional and national organizations and governmentagencies in dissemination of maps and cartographic informationNEMOrsquos principal region is CT DE ME MA NH NJ NYPA RI VT

Newsletter Subscriptions are included with NEMOmembership which is fifteen dollars per year Back issues areavailable at the NEMO Web site

Membership inquiries should be addressed to

Eric RibackNational Geographic Maps2504 Kerry LaneCHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901

phone 434-975-6423

fax 509-461-4285

email mailtonemomapvillecomweb httpwwwmapvillecom

8

Return address requested

Number 49 January 2003

June 15-20 200320th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

For information registration visit httpwwwichc2003orge-mail infoichc2003org telephone +1 (207) 780-5951 De-partment of Conferences University of Southern Maine 68 HighStreet Portland ME 04101 USA

NEMO 2003Upcoming Details

We will meet in the Boston area June 12-13 2003Place and program to be announced soon Alldetails in the April 2003 Newsletter

Page 4: NEMO Newsletter - University at Buffalodbertuca/nemo/news/nemo49.pdfNEMO Newsletter 3 Members in Focus Rand McNally & Co. Financial Woes Debt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally & Co. said

NEMO Newsletter4

Phil Hoehn Librarian of the David RumseyCollection writes the following

ldquoPlease note that the 3D tools work with allversions of Internet Explorer and Netscape47 and earlier They do not work with Netscape6 or 7 yet but will in the near future All ver-sion of Windows and MacOSX are supportedMacOS9 and earlier are not supported A videocard of at least 32megs is suggested since the 3Dtools rely heavily on video card capabilities

A new suite of gaming and simulation techniquesavailable at

httpwwwdavidrumseycomgis3dhtm

gives Web-based GIS and map enthusiasts the uniqueopportunity to fly through and interact with late 1800smaps of Californiarsquos most scenic and dynamic land-scapes Yosemite Valley Lake Tahoe and Los AngelesA 3D mosaic of Lewis and Clarkrsquos legendary early 1800sexpedition of the Western territory of the US is alsoincluded

ldquoOur gaming tools add a new twist to 3D Web GISrdquosaid David Rumsey Cartography Associates PresidentldquoThe realism and sense of playfulness typically expe-rienced with virtual reality and simulation technologyis now possible with a Web-browser based GISrdquo

Launching the 3D map viewer is simple Once thefull 3D map file is downloaded to the userrsquos desktopthey can move through the map at varying speeds andangles stopping to inspect various points Rumsey andTelemorphic Inc created the browser-based interactive3D visualization capability with support from Knightcap

Productions and ID8Media Inc Launch-ing the 3D mapviewer is simpleOnce the full 3Dmap file is down-loaded to theuserrsquos desktopthey can movethrough the mapat varying speeds

and angles stopping toinspect various

points ldquoPeoplecan flythrough andexperiencehistory fromany vantagepoint andany angle in

spacerdquo saidRumsey ldquoThe

Lewis and Clarkmosaic allows stu-

dents and teachers to visually ex-perience maps that detail the topography and

changing landscape along the expedition route over aperiod of about 100 years and compare those changeswith current geospatial informationrdquo

3-D Maps Continued from page 3

Mapping and Lewis and Clarkhttpndwaterusgsgovlewisandclarkmappinghtml

Many European explorers one of the earliest and most famousbeing Columbus sought a water routefrom Europe to Asia that was more eco-nomical than sailing around Africa Asthe New World was colonized Ameri-cans and Europeans still used the tradi-tional African route or sailed around thetip of South America Both of theseroutes were slow dangerous and expen-sive and the search for a water route toEurope and Asia became a search for awater route across North Americaknown as the Northwest Passage

For hundreds of years the fabled Northwest Passage inspiredexplorers as they tried to find a navigable route through NorthAmerica President Thomas Jefferson still envisioned such awater route when he instructed Meriwether Lewis ldquoThe ob-ject of your mission is to explore the Missouri river amp suchprincipal stream of it as by itrsquos course amp communication withthe waters of the Pacific Ocean may offer the most direct amppracticable water communication across this continent for thepurposes of commercerdquo (DeVoto 1953)

At the time of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discoverymaps were ldquorare expensive and available only to theleaders of societyrdquo The process required to make a mapinvolved a great deal of time and skill and most avail-able maps actually were published in England or France(Ehrenberg 2000) Jefferson ensured that Lewis and Clarkhad access to the most recent maps and exploration nar-ratives of their time

Many of the rare maps that shaped the plans of Jeffersonand Lewis and Clark have been preserved Thisweb site presents some of those maps aswell as the map Clark produced after hisjourney and later maps up until thepresent time Some of the maps are fromthe Library of Congress and can be ex-amined more closely by following thelinks

NEMO Newsletter 5

20th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

June 15-20 2003Harvard Map Collection Harvard University Cambridge

MA (June 15-17 2003)Osher Map Library University of Southern Maine

Portland ME (June 18-20 2003)

The biennial international conferences on the history of car-tography (ICHC) held under the auspices of Imago MundiLtd bring together a wide array of scholars who are interestedin all aspects of the production and consumption of maps his-torians of cartography historians of science art historiansgeographers cartographers literary scholars librarians archi-vists other historians students in other cognate disciplinesmap collectors and map dealers

Full details of these activities together with information aboutconference fees hotels and other accommodations and thesocial program together with registration forms will be foundat httpwwwichc2003org (updated regularly) Questionsabout the conference should be addressed toinfoichc2003org

Fellowships for 2002-2003The American Geographical Society Collection University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries welcomes applicants for Helenand John S Best Research Fellowships Stipends of $375 perweek for periods up to 4 weeks will be awarded to supportresidencies for the purpose of conducting research that makesdirect use of the Collection The Fellowships will be tenablebetween December 2 2002 and November 28 2003

The Collection the former research library and map collectionof the American Geographical Society of New York has strengthsin geography cartography and related historical topics

Applications must be postmarked by September 16 2002 Forfurther information write call or e-mail the AGS CollectionPO Box 399 Milwaukee WI 53201-0399 (414) 229-6282email agscleardolibuwmedu

Web site httpleardolibuwmeduChristopher Baruth AGS Collection

Carto Clips

Maps of Ground ZeroWe have additional copies of the Ground Zero maps ofthe World Trade Center area after the attacks and duringthe cleanup If you are interested in obtaining copies theyare available for a modest cost that includes shippinghandling Please send your request with a check (makecheck out to North East Map Organization) for $400per map to David Bertuca (address on page 8) Requestsfor 2 or more maps are $300 a map (Foreign requestsplease send payment in US funds and add $200 for thefirst map and $75 for additional maps)

Please make sure to include your return address withthe request You must specify whether you want the Dec2001 or the March 2002 map (or if you want both)

These are available on a first comefirst served basisuntil we run out You may tell your friends if you want

Mapping The Northand NortheastBoundaries of theUnited States1798-1843

Maps of the Thomas Barclay Collection (Coll 26)at the Maine Historical Society Portland Maine

In 2002 a grant was awarded to the Maine Historical Societyby the Historical Collections Grant Program funded by theNew Century Community Grant Program and the NationalHistorical Publications and Records Commission to catalogthe maps of the Thomas Barclay collection (Coll 26) Thiscollection includes papers of Thomas Barclay 1753-1830Anthony Barclay 1792-1877 Ward Chipman 1748-1824his son Ward Chipman 1787-1851 and Robert Pagan all ofwhom worked on the commissions assigned to mapping anddetermining the boundaries between British Canada and theUnited States of America

The maps of this collection cover the areas ofPassamaquoddy Bay the region around the NewBrunswick and Maine borders the St John River north-westerly to the St Lawrence River westward throughthe Great Lakes region to Lake of the Woods in OntarioMost of the maps are the surveyorsrsquo work in the fieldThree are Native American maps A few are the printedmaps of the day on which are handwritten notes refer-ring to the boundaries Dates range from 1798-1843

The 100+ maps have been cataloged at item level andthe bibliographic descriptions can be found on the onlinedatabase MINERVA httpursus2ursusmaineedu

Search the Author category for Barclay Thomas Aselection of digital map images may be seen at

httpwwwmainememorynet

Use the search words Northeast Boundary In thesummer of 2003 some of these maps will be on publicdisplay at the Museum of the Maine Historical Societyin the Exhibit lsquoThe Shape of Mainersquo

Synopsis Mapping the Northeast Boundary of theUnited States 1798-1843 mdash 129 maps

Bibliographic descriptionshttpursus2ursusmaineedu

Select digital imageshttpwwwmainememorynet

Museum exhibit ldquoThe Shape of MainerdquomdashSummer 2003

For more information contactMaine Historical SocietyResearch Library489 Congress StPortland Maine 04101207-774-1822 x 209httpwwwmainehistoryorg

NEMO Newsletter6

Meeting notices worldwide visit this site httpuserssupernetcompagesjdocktor

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NEMO Newsletter 7

Aztec Map of Technochtitlan (future Mexico City)httpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsaztec4_ljpg

BelowJohn Smithrsquos Map of Virginiahttpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsvirginia_ljpg

Historical MapsOnline

Here are reproductions of a fewunique maps from Web sites TheURLs will help you to locate these

Links to more historic maps canbe found at the Perry-CastantildeedaLibrary U of Texashttpwwwlibutexasedu

m a p s m a p _ s i t e s

hist_siteshtml

See alsoImages of Early Maps on the Web

httpihrsasacukmaps

webimageshtml

NEMO Newsletter

North East Map Organizationco David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianArts and Sciences Libraries225 Capen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-2200

First Class Mail

The NEMO Newsletter

Published quarterly by the North East Map Organization(NEMO) all rights reserved Contact the editor for permissionto reproduce material The views expressed in this newsletterdo not necessarily reflect those of NEMO nor its members

We invite and welcome contributions and suggestions Pleasesubmit materials to the editor using e-mail 35rdquo disk (PCor Macintosh (Word RTF or ASCII tif jpg)) CD-ROMor by sending a typewritten document Submissions andquestions on submissions should be directed to

Editor David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianScience and Engineering LibraryCapen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-1672

phone 716-645-2947 x229 fax 716-645-3710

mailtodbertucabuffaloedu

NEMO (North East Map Organization) is dedicated to serving asa unifying body for all who use produce collect and market mapsand cartographic information in the Northeast increasingcommunication between all interested in maps and workingwith state regional and national organizations and governmentagencies in dissemination of maps and cartographic informationNEMOrsquos principal region is CT DE ME MA NH NJ NYPA RI VT

Newsletter Subscriptions are included with NEMOmembership which is fifteen dollars per year Back issues areavailable at the NEMO Web site

Membership inquiries should be addressed to

Eric RibackNational Geographic Maps2504 Kerry LaneCHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901

phone 434-975-6423

fax 509-461-4285

email mailtonemomapvillecomweb httpwwwmapvillecom

8

Return address requested

Number 49 January 2003

June 15-20 200320th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

For information registration visit httpwwwichc2003orge-mail infoichc2003org telephone +1 (207) 780-5951 De-partment of Conferences University of Southern Maine 68 HighStreet Portland ME 04101 USA

NEMO 2003Upcoming Details

We will meet in the Boston area June 12-13 2003Place and program to be announced soon Alldetails in the April 2003 Newsletter

Page 5: NEMO Newsletter - University at Buffalodbertuca/nemo/news/nemo49.pdfNEMO Newsletter 3 Members in Focus Rand McNally & Co. Financial Woes Debt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally & Co. said

NEMO Newsletter 5

20th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

June 15-20 2003Harvard Map Collection Harvard University Cambridge

MA (June 15-17 2003)Osher Map Library University of Southern Maine

Portland ME (June 18-20 2003)

The biennial international conferences on the history of car-tography (ICHC) held under the auspices of Imago MundiLtd bring together a wide array of scholars who are interestedin all aspects of the production and consumption of maps his-torians of cartography historians of science art historiansgeographers cartographers literary scholars librarians archi-vists other historians students in other cognate disciplinesmap collectors and map dealers

Full details of these activities together with information aboutconference fees hotels and other accommodations and thesocial program together with registration forms will be foundat httpwwwichc2003org (updated regularly) Questionsabout the conference should be addressed toinfoichc2003org

Fellowships for 2002-2003The American Geographical Society Collection University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries welcomes applicants for Helenand John S Best Research Fellowships Stipends of $375 perweek for periods up to 4 weeks will be awarded to supportresidencies for the purpose of conducting research that makesdirect use of the Collection The Fellowships will be tenablebetween December 2 2002 and November 28 2003

The Collection the former research library and map collectionof the American Geographical Society of New York has strengthsin geography cartography and related historical topics

Applications must be postmarked by September 16 2002 Forfurther information write call or e-mail the AGS CollectionPO Box 399 Milwaukee WI 53201-0399 (414) 229-6282email agscleardolibuwmedu

Web site httpleardolibuwmeduChristopher Baruth AGS Collection

Carto Clips

Maps of Ground ZeroWe have additional copies of the Ground Zero maps ofthe World Trade Center area after the attacks and duringthe cleanup If you are interested in obtaining copies theyare available for a modest cost that includes shippinghandling Please send your request with a check (makecheck out to North East Map Organization) for $400per map to David Bertuca (address on page 8) Requestsfor 2 or more maps are $300 a map (Foreign requestsplease send payment in US funds and add $200 for thefirst map and $75 for additional maps)

Please make sure to include your return address withthe request You must specify whether you want the Dec2001 or the March 2002 map (or if you want both)

These are available on a first comefirst served basisuntil we run out You may tell your friends if you want

Mapping The Northand NortheastBoundaries of theUnited States1798-1843

Maps of the Thomas Barclay Collection (Coll 26)at the Maine Historical Society Portland Maine

In 2002 a grant was awarded to the Maine Historical Societyby the Historical Collections Grant Program funded by theNew Century Community Grant Program and the NationalHistorical Publications and Records Commission to catalogthe maps of the Thomas Barclay collection (Coll 26) Thiscollection includes papers of Thomas Barclay 1753-1830Anthony Barclay 1792-1877 Ward Chipman 1748-1824his son Ward Chipman 1787-1851 and Robert Pagan all ofwhom worked on the commissions assigned to mapping anddetermining the boundaries between British Canada and theUnited States of America

The maps of this collection cover the areas ofPassamaquoddy Bay the region around the NewBrunswick and Maine borders the St John River north-westerly to the St Lawrence River westward throughthe Great Lakes region to Lake of the Woods in OntarioMost of the maps are the surveyorsrsquo work in the fieldThree are Native American maps A few are the printedmaps of the day on which are handwritten notes refer-ring to the boundaries Dates range from 1798-1843

The 100+ maps have been cataloged at item level andthe bibliographic descriptions can be found on the onlinedatabase MINERVA httpursus2ursusmaineedu

Search the Author category for Barclay Thomas Aselection of digital map images may be seen at

httpwwwmainememorynet

Use the search words Northeast Boundary In thesummer of 2003 some of these maps will be on publicdisplay at the Museum of the Maine Historical Societyin the Exhibit lsquoThe Shape of Mainersquo

Synopsis Mapping the Northeast Boundary of theUnited States 1798-1843 mdash 129 maps

Bibliographic descriptionshttpursus2ursusmaineedu

Select digital imageshttpwwwmainememorynet

Museum exhibit ldquoThe Shape of MainerdquomdashSummer 2003

For more information contactMaine Historical SocietyResearch Library489 Congress StPortland Maine 04101207-774-1822 x 209httpwwwmainehistoryorg

NEMO Newsletter6

Meeting notices worldwide visit this site httpuserssupernetcompagesjdocktor

Jim

Wal

sh r

ecen

tly f

ound

this

unu

sual

map

of

the

Wor

ld f

rom

a p

ecul

iarl

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pers

pect

ive

NE

MO

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this

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g to

see

uni

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uses

of

map

sA

t lea

st th

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tion

is fa

irly

acc

urat

e

NEMO Newsletter 7

Aztec Map of Technochtitlan (future Mexico City)httpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsaztec4_ljpg

BelowJohn Smithrsquos Map of Virginiahttpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsvirginia_ljpg

Historical MapsOnline

Here are reproductions of a fewunique maps from Web sites TheURLs will help you to locate these

Links to more historic maps canbe found at the Perry-CastantildeedaLibrary U of Texashttpwwwlibutexasedu

m a p s m a p _ s i t e s

hist_siteshtml

See alsoImages of Early Maps on the Web

httpihrsasacukmaps

webimageshtml

NEMO Newsletter

North East Map Organizationco David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianArts and Sciences Libraries225 Capen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-2200

First Class Mail

The NEMO Newsletter

Published quarterly by the North East Map Organization(NEMO) all rights reserved Contact the editor for permissionto reproduce material The views expressed in this newsletterdo not necessarily reflect those of NEMO nor its members

We invite and welcome contributions and suggestions Pleasesubmit materials to the editor using e-mail 35rdquo disk (PCor Macintosh (Word RTF or ASCII tif jpg)) CD-ROMor by sending a typewritten document Submissions andquestions on submissions should be directed to

Editor David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianScience and Engineering LibraryCapen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-1672

phone 716-645-2947 x229 fax 716-645-3710

mailtodbertucabuffaloedu

NEMO (North East Map Organization) is dedicated to serving asa unifying body for all who use produce collect and market mapsand cartographic information in the Northeast increasingcommunication between all interested in maps and workingwith state regional and national organizations and governmentagencies in dissemination of maps and cartographic informationNEMOrsquos principal region is CT DE ME MA NH NJ NYPA RI VT

Newsletter Subscriptions are included with NEMOmembership which is fifteen dollars per year Back issues areavailable at the NEMO Web site

Membership inquiries should be addressed to

Eric RibackNational Geographic Maps2504 Kerry LaneCHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901

phone 434-975-6423

fax 509-461-4285

email mailtonemomapvillecomweb httpwwwmapvillecom

8

Return address requested

Number 49 January 2003

June 15-20 200320th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

For information registration visit httpwwwichc2003orge-mail infoichc2003org telephone +1 (207) 780-5951 De-partment of Conferences University of Southern Maine 68 HighStreet Portland ME 04101 USA

NEMO 2003Upcoming Details

We will meet in the Boston area June 12-13 2003Place and program to be announced soon Alldetails in the April 2003 Newsletter

Page 6: NEMO Newsletter - University at Buffalodbertuca/nemo/news/nemo49.pdfNEMO Newsletter 3 Members in Focus Rand McNally & Co. Financial Woes Debt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally & Co. said

NEMO Newsletter6

Meeting notices worldwide visit this site httpuserssupernetcompagesjdocktor

Jim

Wal

sh r

ecen

tly f

ound

this

unu

sual

map

of

the

Wor

ld f

rom

a p

ecul

iarl

y hu

mor

ous

pers

pect

ive

NE

MO

doe

s no

t end

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this

as

anac

cura

te s

tate

men

t of A

mer

ican

sen

timen

t bu

tit

is in

tere

stin

g to

see

uni

que

uses

of

map

sA

t lea

st th

e pr

ojec

tion

is fa

irly

acc

urat

e

NEMO Newsletter 7

Aztec Map of Technochtitlan (future Mexico City)httpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsaztec4_ljpg

BelowJohn Smithrsquos Map of Virginiahttpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsvirginia_ljpg

Historical MapsOnline

Here are reproductions of a fewunique maps from Web sites TheURLs will help you to locate these

Links to more historic maps canbe found at the Perry-CastantildeedaLibrary U of Texashttpwwwlibutexasedu

m a p s m a p _ s i t e s

hist_siteshtml

See alsoImages of Early Maps on the Web

httpihrsasacukmaps

webimageshtml

NEMO Newsletter

North East Map Organizationco David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianArts and Sciences Libraries225 Capen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-2200

First Class Mail

The NEMO Newsletter

Published quarterly by the North East Map Organization(NEMO) all rights reserved Contact the editor for permissionto reproduce material The views expressed in this newsletterdo not necessarily reflect those of NEMO nor its members

We invite and welcome contributions and suggestions Pleasesubmit materials to the editor using e-mail 35rdquo disk (PCor Macintosh (Word RTF or ASCII tif jpg)) CD-ROMor by sending a typewritten document Submissions andquestions on submissions should be directed to

Editor David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianScience and Engineering LibraryCapen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-1672

phone 716-645-2947 x229 fax 716-645-3710

mailtodbertucabuffaloedu

NEMO (North East Map Organization) is dedicated to serving asa unifying body for all who use produce collect and market mapsand cartographic information in the Northeast increasingcommunication between all interested in maps and workingwith state regional and national organizations and governmentagencies in dissemination of maps and cartographic informationNEMOrsquos principal region is CT DE ME MA NH NJ NYPA RI VT

Newsletter Subscriptions are included with NEMOmembership which is fifteen dollars per year Back issues areavailable at the NEMO Web site

Membership inquiries should be addressed to

Eric RibackNational Geographic Maps2504 Kerry LaneCHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901

phone 434-975-6423

fax 509-461-4285

email mailtonemomapvillecomweb httpwwwmapvillecom

8

Return address requested

Number 49 January 2003

June 15-20 200320th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

For information registration visit httpwwwichc2003orge-mail infoichc2003org telephone +1 (207) 780-5951 De-partment of Conferences University of Southern Maine 68 HighStreet Portland ME 04101 USA

NEMO 2003Upcoming Details

We will meet in the Boston area June 12-13 2003Place and program to be announced soon Alldetails in the April 2003 Newsletter

Page 7: NEMO Newsletter - University at Buffalodbertuca/nemo/news/nemo49.pdfNEMO Newsletter 3 Members in Focus Rand McNally & Co. Financial Woes Debt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally & Co. said

NEMO Newsletter 7

Aztec Map of Technochtitlan (future Mexico City)httpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsaztec4_ljpg

BelowJohn Smithrsquos Map of Virginiahttpwwwartsciwustledu~landcimages

mapsvirginia_ljpg

Historical MapsOnline

Here are reproductions of a fewunique maps from Web sites TheURLs will help you to locate these

Links to more historic maps canbe found at the Perry-CastantildeedaLibrary U of Texashttpwwwlibutexasedu

m a p s m a p _ s i t e s

hist_siteshtml

See alsoImages of Early Maps on the Web

httpihrsasacukmaps

webimageshtml

NEMO Newsletter

North East Map Organizationco David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianArts and Sciences Libraries225 Capen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-2200

First Class Mail

The NEMO Newsletter

Published quarterly by the North East Map Organization(NEMO) all rights reserved Contact the editor for permissionto reproduce material The views expressed in this newsletterdo not necessarily reflect those of NEMO nor its members

We invite and welcome contributions and suggestions Pleasesubmit materials to the editor using e-mail 35rdquo disk (PCor Macintosh (Word RTF or ASCII tif jpg)) CD-ROMor by sending a typewritten document Submissions andquestions on submissions should be directed to

Editor David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianScience and Engineering LibraryCapen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-1672

phone 716-645-2947 x229 fax 716-645-3710

mailtodbertucabuffaloedu

NEMO (North East Map Organization) is dedicated to serving asa unifying body for all who use produce collect and market mapsand cartographic information in the Northeast increasingcommunication between all interested in maps and workingwith state regional and national organizations and governmentagencies in dissemination of maps and cartographic informationNEMOrsquos principal region is CT DE ME MA NH NJ NYPA RI VT

Newsletter Subscriptions are included with NEMOmembership which is fifteen dollars per year Back issues areavailable at the NEMO Web site

Membership inquiries should be addressed to

Eric RibackNational Geographic Maps2504 Kerry LaneCHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901

phone 434-975-6423

fax 509-461-4285

email mailtonemomapvillecomweb httpwwwmapvillecom

8

Return address requested

Number 49 January 2003

June 15-20 200320th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

For information registration visit httpwwwichc2003orge-mail infoichc2003org telephone +1 (207) 780-5951 De-partment of Conferences University of Southern Maine 68 HighStreet Portland ME 04101 USA

NEMO 2003Upcoming Details

We will meet in the Boston area June 12-13 2003Place and program to be announced soon Alldetails in the April 2003 Newsletter

Page 8: NEMO Newsletter - University at Buffalodbertuca/nemo/news/nemo49.pdfNEMO Newsletter 3 Members in Focus Rand McNally & Co. Financial Woes Debt-laden mapmaker Rand McNally & Co. said

NEMO Newsletter

North East Map Organizationco David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianArts and Sciences Libraries225 Capen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-2200

First Class Mail

The NEMO Newsletter

Published quarterly by the North East Map Organization(NEMO) all rights reserved Contact the editor for permissionto reproduce material The views expressed in this newsletterdo not necessarily reflect those of NEMO nor its members

We invite and welcome contributions and suggestions Pleasesubmit materials to the editor using e-mail 35rdquo disk (PCor Macintosh (Word RTF or ASCII tif jpg)) CD-ROMor by sending a typewritten document Submissions andquestions on submissions should be directed to

Editor David J Bertuca Associate LibrarianScience and Engineering LibraryCapen HallUniversity at BuffaloBUFFALO NY 14260-1672

phone 716-645-2947 x229 fax 716-645-3710

mailtodbertucabuffaloedu

NEMO (North East Map Organization) is dedicated to serving asa unifying body for all who use produce collect and market mapsand cartographic information in the Northeast increasingcommunication between all interested in maps and workingwith state regional and national organizations and governmentagencies in dissemination of maps and cartographic informationNEMOrsquos principal region is CT DE ME MA NH NJ NYPA RI VT

Newsletter Subscriptions are included with NEMOmembership which is fifteen dollars per year Back issues areavailable at the NEMO Web site

Membership inquiries should be addressed to

Eric RibackNational Geographic Maps2504 Kerry LaneCHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901

phone 434-975-6423

fax 509-461-4285

email mailtonemomapvillecomweb httpwwwmapvillecom

8

Return address requested

Number 49 January 2003

June 15-20 200320th International Conferenceon the History of Cartography

For information registration visit httpwwwichc2003orge-mail infoichc2003org telephone +1 (207) 780-5951 De-partment of Conferences University of Southern Maine 68 HighStreet Portland ME 04101 USA

NEMO 2003Upcoming Details

We will meet in the Boston area June 12-13 2003Place and program to be announced soon Alldetails in the April 2003 Newsletter