Paul,

The cost to me was only $15 - I shall consider it my own personal donation
to OSM :) Thanks for the offer though. I will keep in mind your offer of a
scanner and backup hosting, as I have not yet figured out scanning and
hosting.

Thanks!
~Cameron

2008/12/31 Paul Schulz <p...@mawsonlakes.org>

> Hi Cameron,
>
> Excellent. Great work. This still sounds like it is expensive for you
> to do. Would you like a donation towards this?
>
> How are you planning on making the scans available? (Would the State
> Library like to have a copy of the
>
> I would me more than happy to host a backup copy for you, depending on
> their size.
>
> If it's helpful, I have access to an A4 sheet scanner (Brother MFC)
> which will scan to multipage PDF (in the CBD). Can do 20 pages at a
> time.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Cameron
> <osm-mailing-li...@justcameron.com> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I have recently been into the SA state library and found an out of
> copyright
> > SA street directory (from the 40s.) They had both Fuller's and Gregory's
> > directories but the Gregory's were far easier to read and thus, to copy.
> >
> > They are photocopying it for me now and once I have the copy I hope to
> scan
> > it and make it available online (they wouldn't let me take photos of it
> or
> > scan it myself, and to have them scan it was $6 a page. Photocopying was
> 30c
> > a page :) The directory was 50 pages.
> >
> > Some streets have changed names or changed course, and it doesn't show
> > anything built in the last 60 years, but I think it is still a useful
> > resource for quick naming of streets traced from Yahoo! imagery in the
> older
> > areas of Adelaide.
> >
> > ~Cameron
> >
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