Discovering our Past World with Digitised Maps

Alexandre

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Discovering our Past World with Digitised Maps

(Programme eContentplus – Project: ECP-2005-CULT-038042)


DIGMAP developed solutions for georeferenced digital libraries, especially focused on historical materials and in the promoting of our cultural and scientific heritage. The final results of the project will consist in a set of services available in the Internet, and in reusable open-source software solutions.

The main purpose was to develop a specialized service, reusing metadata from European national libraries, to provide discovery and access to contents provided by those libraries. Relevant metadata from third party sources was also reused, as also descriptions and references to any other relevant external resource.

The project made a proof of concept reusing and enriching the contents from the National Library of Portugal (BNP), the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), the National Library of Italy in Florence (BNCF), and the National Library of Estonia (NLE). In a second phase, that will be complemented with contents and references from other libraries, archives and information sources, namely from other European national libraries members of TEL – The European Library (DIGMAP might became an effective service integrated with TEL - in this sense the project is fully aligned with the vision “European Digital Library” as expressed in the “i2010 digital libraries” initiative of the European Commission).

http://portal.digmap.eu/index/index.html
 

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Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp said:
Beautiful map Alexandre, do you have one for Tayopa, or the northern boundry of Mexico?

Don Jose de la Mancha

Something like this?
 

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Or this? (there are all fragments of larger maps)
 

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beautiful map Alexandre: I quickly found a Real that I didn't know existed?? "Real C. Jean" approx 29* 50' almost on the edge. I have been through most of that country on my mule in the 50 -60's.

It was largely uninhabited except for a few bandits then. Gracias.

Now I have a problem identifying that Real, it is close to where Tayopa would be, but a Reals' location would be well known where as Tayopa's location was kept fairly secret by the Jesuits for obvious reasons.

I will report on my findings.

Don Jose de La Mancha
 

good Morning Alexandre: fantastic maps beautiful. I have spent the past 2 hours going over them.

What was fascinating to me was that I have been over much of the country south of the border on my Mule, and so appreciate just how close they were. Yet, not close enough to find the points of interest on the ground unless they were along a waterway.

It is easy to see how / why Tayopa never appeared on any of their maps. I don't suppose that the Jesuits had anything to do with no reported evidence. he he

Gracias again Alexandre, mi amigo.

Don Jose de La Mancha
 

Great maps.

It's a tragedy that all the old maps aren't available online for study and appreciation.
 

Thanks Alexandre. These would look great on my wall. Sure notice the Great Lakes were much bigger back then!!(JOKE)
 

Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp said:
Gracias again Alexandre, mi amigo.

Don Jose de La Mancha

Here's a silver mine for you at the Sierra Madre, mi amigo. :)
 

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Buenas tardes mi amigo Don Alejandre: lupita, dos cafe y pan dulce en el patio, por favor.

Unfortunately only the very first range of mt to the east appeared on my screen, sigh.

Being a third generation Native Northern Californian I thoroughly enjoyed the map of California. (Now an Arizonian).

The precise location of Tayopa is --->

Latitud Norte 28* 00' 26.1560"
Longitud WG 108* 56' 57.8662"

Gracias otra vez Don Alejandre
 

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