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Manuscript and pre 1900 printed maps
Pre 1900 and manuscript maps
This collection covers both manuscript and printed maps including those in books such as atlases. Some manuscript maps can be found on online archive catalogue while others are indexed in hard copy. Please contact University Collections for information about specific items. If you wish to consult any of the collection then advance notice is required.
Digimap
Digimap provides online maps and geospatial data. View, annotate and print maps or download the raw spatial data for use in local GIS, CAD or image processing software.
We have access to the following Digimap Collections
Getting Started
Watch the introductory video below to find out more about the Digimap service. It covers the following:
- Introduction to Digimap
- Exploring Collections
- Help and Resources
- Map Navigation Tools
- Data Import Tools
- Customizing Maps
- Downloading Data
- Licencing and Copyright Guidelines
- Further Assistance
NLS Georeferencer Pilot
An interesting interactive project
Here is information about this pilot from http://maps.nls.uk/projects/georeferencer/help.html:
"This pilot application offers an easy and enjoyable way to georeference historical maps, so that they can be displayed as an overlay in Google Earth and the Google Earth browser plug-in."
Freely available resources
- British Library: MapsPages written by experts on maps and related material
- National Library of Scotland mapsFrom http://maps.nls.uk/about.html -
"In our 'Map images' resource you can access and view over 86,000 maps as high-resolution, colour, zoomable images. The maps date between 1560 and 1961 and relate primarily to Scotland. We also have maps of areas beyond Scotland, including maps of England and Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium."
- Old Maps Online This link opens in a new windowa free portal giving access to over 400,000 historical maps in libraries around the world
- Ordnance Survey Open DataFreely available digital map data