SLIC - Public Library Managers - NLS Map Library
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The document describes one of the largest map libraries in the world, housing 2 million sheet maps, 15,000 atlases, over 100,000 microfilm maps, and extensive digital collections. It highlights various historical maps and modern digital mapping tools available, including the OS MasterMap for detailed mapping in the UK. Additionally, it notes significant web traffic and collaborative digital projects aimed at enhancing access to geographic information.
SLIC - Public Library Managers - NLS Map Library
- 1. Map Library Collections One of the ten largest map libraries in the World: 2 million sheet maps 15,000 atlases 100,000 maps on microfilm Over 1 terabyte of digital mapping Also gazetteers, cartographic reference books and periodicals, and planning reports…
- 4. Pont /Blaeu – 1654
- 6. J. Finlayson, A plan of the Battle of Culloden… , 1746
- 9. Wood – 1821
- 11. Admiralty Chart: Survey of the Frith of Forth, by George Thomas... in 1815
- 16. Modern detailed digital mapping – OS MasterMap The most detailed Ordnance Survey mapping for anywhere in the United Kingdom (including towns!) can be viewed in the Map Library through a simple Viewer
- 17. Maps Website – www.nls.uk/maps Over 8,000 high-resolution images of maps of Scotland (1560 to 1928). During 2008: 14.8 million hits /maps webpages 12.9 million map image views 1,172 images and 1,611 printouts sent out 171 permission to publish requests Increasing geo-referenced content from 2004 13,000 more maps due online by summer 2009
- 18. Collaboration with external institutions Images, printouts and photocopies Digitisation of public library materials website linkages facsimile publications Scotlandsimages.com Geo-referencing – geographic retrieval Web 2.0 Google mashups and shared applications
- 24. DIGMAP Project - Discovering our Past World with Digitised Maps eContentplus Project: 2005-8 (portal.digmap.eu/)
- 28. Collaboration with external institutions Images, printouts and photocopies Digitisation of public library materials website linkages facsimile publications Scotlandsimages.com Geo-referencing – geographic retrieval Web 2.0 Google mashups and shared applications
- 29. Roy Military Survey, 1747-55
- 55. Ordnance Survey Town Plans – 1847-1895 – geo-referenced overlays
- 56. Ordnance Survey, surveyed 1852
- 57. Ordnance Survey, surveyed 1852
- 63. Gazetteer for Scotland – mashup using NLS’ Web Map Service layers (www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html)