I am trying to geo reference some old maps of Bangalore using mapwraper. I will let you know how it goes.
Thej -- Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ http://thejeshgn.com GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Avinash Celestine < [email protected]> wrote: > http://www.oldmapsonline.org/ searches across various map libraries for > old georeferenced maps... > > Avinash > > > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Sanjay Bhangar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nice maps! >> >> Does anyone know what the license for these maps is? >> >> One can use mapwarper.net to align the maps (the same tool as >> maps.nypl.org/warper ), and get WMS feeds / GeoTIFF, etc. which makes >> it super-easy to overlay on existing online maps, etc. once the >> alignment is done. If anyone needs help with the tool, let know, have >> worked with the developer, Tim Waters, and he'd be happy to chip in .. >> >> There is also a budding Open Historical Maps project with a mailing >> list at https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic and some >> experiments underway at http://openhistoricalmap.org . It will be >> great to have more mappers from India involved in the project. >> >> Will be great to start having a common repository / index of indian >> historical maps - once the maps are warped, there's some really fun, >> beautiful possibilities for historical map visualizations .. let me >> know if I can help out in any way. >> >> Thanks for posting these! >> -Sanjay >> >> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 12:54 PM, sumandro <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Dear Thej, >> > >> > Thanks for the links. Have seen them earlier. And some more. Should put >> them >> > together in one place. And realign them on web maps. All very exciting. >> > >> > Maybe can taken up in future GeoBLR hack-meets? >> > >> > Bests, >> > >> > sumandro >> > ajantriks.net >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:18:41 UTC+5:30, Thejesh GN wrote: >> >> >> >> Main Page: >> >> http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/index.html >> >> >> >> Example: >> >> 1. Battle of plassey maps >> >> >> http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/plassey1757/plassey1757.html >> >> >> >> 2. 1861 of India >> >> >> >> >> http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/sdukmaps/india1861/india1861.html >> >> >> >> 3. 1830s detailed maps of India >> >> >> >> >> http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/sdukmaps/sdukmaps.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Do you think we can realign these maps on OSM? Like >> >> http://maps.nypl.org/warper/ >> >> >> >> That will be one fun project. >> >> >> >> Example overlay is >> >> http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps/14409#Preview_Rectified_Map_tab >> >> >> >> >> >> Thej >> >> -- >> >> Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >> >> http://thejeshgn.com >> >> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >> > >> > -- >> > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> > about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "datameet" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
