Bob, I'm struggling to find a full list (and think that they may have so many that nobody has managed to compile a complete catalogue yet!). There is however a rough listing of their Bartholomew collection:
http://digital.nls.uk/bartholomew/contents/2011-05-bartholomew-maps-list.pdf On 14 July 2013 10:56, Bob Kerr <openstreetmapcraigmil...@yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > Is there a web page that gives us a list of what is left to do. > > We are going to have a SOTM for Scotland in October and I would be happy > to help out georeferencing the maps, I can also put it up for a SOTM-Scot > project > > Cheers > > Bob > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Steven Horner <ste...@stevenhorner.com> > *To:* Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* histo...@openstreetmap.org; talk-gb@openstreetmap.org > *Sent:* Saturday, 13 July 2013, 18:18 > > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] Historic Maps - Can you help? > > 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" <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> 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 > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > >
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