I've used the NLS maps a lot and wish there were more maps from England available. Obviously this isn't a priority for them but would happily help in anyway I can. I have looked at their online georeferencer but almost all are done.
It's a shame the English equivelant aren't as open. Steven On 13 Jul 2013 12:51, "Rob Nickerson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have been speaking with the National Library of Scotland (NLS) about > their large collection of historic maps. Currently they provide a online > collection of historic maps as set out on their website [1]. Some of these > are georeferenced and can be used in OSM [2]. There is lots more left to > scan and georeference!! (Not all of them are Scotland maps, in fact there > are many non-UK maps too). > > Question: Is anyone interested in helping georeference historic maps? The > process is quite simple - NLS will do the scanning for us, we just need to > follow the georeferencing guide [3] using a suitable piece of software such > as QGIS (free). > > If you are interested in helping, what maps would you like to see? I am > thinking maybe detailed Town Plans*, but we could also look at some > emerging places maps (e.g. Antarctica). > > Regards, > Rob > > *) Some Scottish Town Plans have already been scanned and just need > georeferencing: http://maps.nls.uk/towns/index.html > > [1] http://maps.nls.uk/ > [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Scotland > [3] http://geo.nls.uk/urbhist/guides_georeferencing.html > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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