Giving Maps a Second Life:1

Map Collector David Rumsey shows how his increasing use of digital technologies and the Internet over the past decade has transformed his work as a historical map scholar and collector. Using imaging software, GIS, and popular applications like Google Earth and Second Life, Rumsey has given new life to old maps, both in their dissemination and our ability to analyze and understand them, thereby unlocking the information held in maps for use in a wide range of disciplines. He will discuss and demonstrate how he offers these software tools and a growing number of digitized maps themselves on his free public online map library at www.davidrumsey.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• maps
• GIS
• google
• earth
• second
• life
• history
• library
• digital
• globe
• virtual