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One of these days we will
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[sigh]
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45734591
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I know something having been done on Canadian map copyright and there
is my own survey of US map copyright litigation, but what
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-Original Message-
From: Andrew Porter [mailto:aporte...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 4:31 PM
To: J. B
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Toponym mapping
http://bigthink.com/ideas/41499
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On p.20 of THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE for 4 December 2011 is a map
(of sorts) reminiscent of those political maps of Europe
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-Original Message-
From: Andrew Porter [mailto:aporte...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:41 AM
To: J. B
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-Original Message-
From: Andrew Porter [mailto:aporte...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:35 AM
To: J. B
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For some reason, I am unable to send a message to the British
Library. Perhaps if this goes through, I might get an answer. I
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The three Stieg Larsson novels packaged as a boxed set in the US have
endpaper maps of Sweden, Stockholm, and Hedeby Island.
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In the current catalog for the mail order company For Counsel
(www.forcounsel.com http://www.forcounsel.com/ ) on pp.
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In the current catalog for the mail order firm of For Counsel
(www.forcounsel.com http://www.forcounsel.com/ ) on pp.39 51,
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From: noreply+feedpr...@google.com [mailto:noreply+feedpr...@google.com]
On Behalf Of BOOKTRYST
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The current Strange Map is about false cities to confuse a wartime
enemy. This brings up the matter of false mapping for the
fax: 609-258-2324
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From: maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl [mailto:maphist-boun...@geo.uu.nl] On
Behalf Of J. B. Post
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 6:58 PM
To: maphist@geo.uu.nl
Subject: [MapHist] Evolution of the Map of Africa | HOW TO BE A
RETRONAUT
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http://www.retronaut.co/2011/07/evolution-of-the-map-of-africa/
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I have a framed title page very similar to the second example at the
link except the text is in French and the work is dedicated
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-Original Message-
From: Barbara Drebing [mailto:bdreb...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 4:41 PM
To:
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As tonight is the Full Moon (Harvest Moon in the US), this is
somewhat appropriate.
http://bigthink.com/blogs/strange-maps
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Limited seating; sent for information, not as a general invitation
Philobiblon Club 2011-2012
Thomas M. Whitehead - Secretary -
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I am a bit unclear how ISHM will fit with and relate to existing
organizations interested in the same subject. What new
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The appearance of the map at the link makes me again want to suggest
that while viticultural cartography, both thematic and
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The link below may not work since it is broken at line's end. It is
to cuddledown.com which is selling sheets, pillow cases,
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I am in the process of reading two books which have no direct
bearing on the history of cartography, but might be of
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http://brooklynhistory.org/blog/page/2/
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Since the list is discussing copyright, here are some cases involving
maps. While researchiong the matter, I
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On pp. 78 of Andrej Stasiuk's ON THE ROAD TO BABADAG (Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt, 2011), the author praises maps in general and
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As a former librarian, I have had to contend with policies on
meetings and they always have not been consistent. The New York
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http://bigthink.com/blogs/strange-maps
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-Original Message-
From: Andrew Porter [mailto:aporte...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 11:49 PM
To:
Porter [mailto:aporte...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 1:31 AM
To: J. B. Post
Cc: Moshe Feder
Subject: Fantasy Map stuff
http://www.blackgate.com/2011/05/25/art-of-the-genre-maps-and-world-
building/#more-21892
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Though this is about current newsworthy images, the principle has
application in the digitization of maps. I hope the link
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-Original Message-
From: Andrew Porter [mailto:aporte...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 2:11 AM
To:
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I must confess that I am one of those persons who use the world to
orient myself on the map and not the map to orient myself in
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The wonders of interlibrary loan have brought me a copy of Jerome
Clark's HIDDEN REALMS, LOST CIVILIZATIONS, AND BEINGS FROM
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Does anyone know of an on-line site which displays any of those
graphics which are prints in the foreground and fade off not
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'Tis the time when Resort Maps (www.resortmaps.com
http://www.resortmaps.com/ } issues new versions of the maps of areas
near
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8481095/Russia-a
nd-Ukraine-squabble-over-fairytale-characters.html
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The December (v.47, #4) issue of TREDYFFRIN EASTTOWN HISTORY
QUARTERLY has a two-page piece on Joseph Smith Harris with some
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-Original Message-
From: Andrew Porter [mailto:aporte...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:35 PM
To:
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http://thepulp.net/PulpBlogs/YellowedPerils/2011/03/12/mapping-science-f
iction/
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Andrew's points are well taken. When describing the physical object,
maps and prints have a lot in common, more on some level
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Some folk I know have found PastPerfect a useful software package
for image control. Site is www.MuseumSoftwarre.com
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http://www.booktryst.com/2011/03/when-heavens-converted-to-christianity.
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Decoratived title pages of atlases.
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/02/sanborn-fire-insurance-map-typo
graphy.html
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Between sessions of being snowbound, I got out today and dropped in
at the local Barnes Noble bookstore. On a bargain table
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With the discussion of different measurements on charts, I would like
to suggest a totally irrelevant - but entertaining - book.
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Sorry, cat stepped on the keyboard and sent previous message. I was
saying/keyboarding that once no one could find something
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A few years back, there was a question on this list about copyright
of reproductions/photographs of maps obviously in the public
on websites
There is no general practice to consider here. In the U.S., at least,
an image is considered copyrighted as soon as it is created -- that's
the law, not practice.
On 11/28/2010 8:42 AM, J. B. Post wrote:
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There is also Leonard N. Abrams' OUR SECRET LITTLE WAR (Bethesda, MD:
International Geographic Information Foundation, 1991)
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This appears to be related to a map I found cited when I did my U.S.
map copyright litigation survey. Details of the case and
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Abington Memorial Hospital (north of Philadelphia) has been running
full page ads in the local newspaper transposing maps on an
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Of peripheral interest to this list, but still of some interest.
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The August 23 www.booktryst.com http://www.booktryst.com/ has
picked up on the Princeton map exhibit.
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How about thinking of it as a big cartifact, a design element rather
than a spacial locator.?
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I managed to get in town today in spite of an accident on the rail
line. The exhibit, Philadelphia on Stone: the first fifty
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The website Strange Maps has moved to
http://bigthink/com/blogs/strange-maps.
JBP
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Have just returned from a Holland America Line cruise on the Baltic.
The ship was the Eurodam and the décor inside included
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The link below is to a listing of Philadelphia lithographers, many of whom
produced cartographic items. Jeff Moak was involved
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In our area, we get parts of the Sunday newspaper on Saturday and one of
those parts is the comic pages. In tomorrow's
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The second item in the June 16 entry is about pop-up books at the
Smithsonian. Has anyone ever encountered pop-up map books?
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I have just encountered two books which might be of peripheral interest to
map folk, of a bit more interest to the SHD people.
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My keyboarding skills are deteriorating as I age. The correct date of
publication of the Tor edition of ADVENTURES IN
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Way back in the ancient days when records were kept on cards and there was
never enough time to catalog everything completely,
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By way of interlibrary loan, I have just obtained a library copy of Jacob
Soll's THE INFORMATION MASTER: JEAN-BAPTISTE
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