Andy Robinson wrote:
He's keen to see OSM use the historical mapping they now have online.
Magic .... and exactly what I'm looking for myself.
I have looked at second hand scanners but
availability is like hens teeth and they are generally very bulky or heavy
and often running on old SCSI interfaces which is less ideal. As a
comparison, a new A0 scanner to the appropriate spec will cost around
£7,500.
This is the hold-up on scanning my own map collection. I've been slowly building
a collection of the Bartholomew's maps ( as well as a lot of NPE which have
already been covered ;) ) with the plan that they will allow the improving ov
'start date' information on the underlying data. I've tried for a couple of
second hand large format scanners but they went over budget :( So I've money in
the pot to help on an alternative! And I'm happy to scan all the material I have
available. One of these days I will improve the catalogue of what I've got
available. Getting the material scanned commercially may be an option, but I
think that taking a little more care and being able to rescan when material when
there are problems ourselves may be an advantage?
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