David Rumsey

Type: Person

Name: David Rumsey

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Artillery, Arkansas, Maps, Energy Legislation, More : Sneaky Feed Reading Buzz, May 14, 2013

(I snuck in some time to start clearing out my mail and check my RSS feeds, so here’s an issue. Enjoy the 2am ResearchBuzz!)The US Army Field Artillery School has new online finding aids for its archival collections.Interesting: Using Facebook to predict ... [Published ResearchBuzz - May 14 2013]

Entities: Advanced Energy Industries Inc, Obesity, Google Inc

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Why Historical Maps Still Matter So Much, Even Today

With 150,000 or so old print maps to his name, David Rumsey has earned his reputed place among the world's "finest private collectors." But the 69-year-old San Francisco collector doesn't have any intention of resting on his cartographic laurels. He continues ... [Published The Atlantic Cities - May 09 2013]

Entities: David Rumsey, Google Earth, Optical Character Recognition

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

Library of America

Massive Historical Map Collection Added to Digital Library

History / Preservation, Technology, World, North AmericaA private collection of 38,000 historical maps has been added to the Digital Public Library of America, reports Rebecca Rosen, making it more accessible to researchers and anyone interested in the ... [Published Planetizen - May 03 2013]

Entities: David Rumsey, Library of America

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

Explore 38,000 Historical Maps, Online for the First Time

More than three decades ago, David Rumsey began building a map collection. By the mid-90s he had thousands and thousands of maps to call his own -- and his alone. He wanted to share them with the public.He could have donated them to the Library of Congress, ... [Published The Atlantic Cities - May 01 2013]

Entities: David Rumsey, Library of America, Location-Based Service, Metadata

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Google Maps overlaid with historical maps

Historical maps from the David Rumsey Map Collection have been overlaid against Google Maps, allowing users to view our satellite-powered maps alongside their historical, paper-driven counterparts.[Source: Jason Kottke ] ... [Published PandoDaily - May 01 2013]

Entities: Google Maps, David Rumsey, Jason Kottke

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Historic Maps of the Day: The Louisiana Purchase's 210th Birthday

Two-hundred-and-ten years ago today, U.S. and French officials signed the Louisiana Purchase.It was a big deal: President Thomas Jefferson bought 820,000 square miles of land from Napoleon, and what directly followed from this expansion — Lewis and Clark, ... [Published The Atlantic Cities - May 01 2013]

Entities: Louisiana (United States), David Rumsey, Louisiana Purchase, Level of Detail

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

US Digital public Library Brings American Culture Online

For those looking for American cultural information online, a new "digital public library" set to launch this month aims to provide an alternative to Google. Visitors will be able to view, for example, letters penned by George Washington, a copy of the ... [Published MedIndia - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Wikipedia, The Digital Group, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

US digital library brings culture, history online

A new "digital public library" set to launch this month aims to provide an alternative to Google for those looking for American cultural information online.A new "digital public library" set to launch this month aims to provide an alternative to Google ... [Published AlterNet.org - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Wikipedia, The Digital Group, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 2 reports

US digital library brings culture,...

The Digital Public Library of America site dp.la will launch April 18 with more than two million objects -- including digital renderings of photos, books, manuscripts and other items from places such as the Smithsonian Institution, along with museums, ... [Published XinMsn - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Wikipedia, The Digital Group, David Rumsey, Harvard University

Quotes

..."With (some) institutions, the access you can get is not nearly as much as the Internet might provide," Rumsey told Wired more than a decade ago . "i realized i could reach a much larger audience with the internet."

Explore 38,000 Historical Maps, Online for the First Time [Published The Atlantic Cities - May 01 2013]

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Google Maps overlaid with historical maps [Published PandoDaily - May 01 2013]
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Digital Public Library of America Announces Par... [Published Directions Magazine - May 01 2013]
Historic Maps of the Day: The Louisiana Purchas... [Published The Atlantic Cities - May 01 2013]
Oh the Places You'll Go: 38,000 Historical Maps... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Apr 30 2013]
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Digital Public Library of America launching thi... [Published Geo Tv - Apr 14 2013]
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