Massachusetts – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 19 May 2023 13:19:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Massachusetts – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Leventhal’s Urban Atlas Explorer Atlascope Is Expanding, Seeking Sponsors https://www.maproomblog.com/2023/05/leventhals-urban-atlas-explorer-atlascope-is-expanding-seeking-sponsors/ Fri, 19 May 2023 13:15:43 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1814571 More]]> A screenshot of the Leventhal Map Center's Atlascope platform, which presents late 19th- and early 20th-century urban atlases in a web interface overlaid on a modern street map.
Atlascope (screenshot)

Speaking of georeferencing old maps, the Leventhal Map Center at Boston Public Library has a collection of late 19th- and early 20th-century urban atlases. Their Atlascope platform presents 101 of them in a web interface overlaid on a modern street map. The Leventhal is now looking to expand Atlascope’s coverage beyond the Boston area to towns and counties across Massachusetts, and is raising funds to do so (it can apparently take 60 hours to process one atlas). Details on sponsoring an atlas here. See their Instagram post.

]]> 1814571 Georeferencing Familiar Places https://www.maproomblog.com/2022/12/georeferencing-familiar-places/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:27:01 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1810752 More]]> On the Leventhal Map Center’s website, Ezra Acevedo describes what it’s like to georeference a century-old atlas of your hometown. “Spending many hours poring over maps of such a well known place was really exciting. My knowledge of the town coupled with its resistance to change meant that the historic maps of Ipswich weren’t all that difficult to line up with the modern map. However, I did learn four important lessons while georeferencing my hometown.”

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