HANDS-ON APPLICATION 3.1 David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Information abou

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HANDS-ON APPLICATION 3.1 David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Information about this ongoing project for the collection and preservation of historic maps can be found at www.davidrumsey .com. The maps on the Website are part of a collec tion that stretches from the seventeenth century to the present. Although there are many ways of view ing these maps, some have been georeferenced to make them match up with current geospatial imag- ery. By looking at georeferenced maps in relation to current data, you can see how areas have changed orbuildings), open the Gallery options, open the Rumsey Historical Maps option, and click on the Map Finder icon. You'll see a new icon representing the maps appear in Google Earth that you can use to view the georeferenced maps. There's also an About the Maps" pop-up where you can read more information about the map collection and how these maps were scanned and georeferenced for use in Google Earth Expansion Questions over time. From examining some of the historic maps in On the Website, select the link for Google Maps un- der the Quicklinks section, then click on the map that appears in your Web browser. A new window will open (also available at http://rumsey.geogarage.com) of the world, along with several symbols that indicate the presence of georeferenced maps. Clicking on a symbol will open a dialog box corresponding map and selecting the Open Image link in the box will show you the georeferenced map overlaid on the world map. A slider bar in the up- per right-hand corner will allow you to adjust the trans parency to see both the historic map and the current imagery together. Check out some of the map icons for a variety of places around the globe and see how both the Web interface and on Google Earth, how do the areas represented match up with their modern-day counterparts? Examine the "Chicago 1857" map. How does this historic map match up with modern-day Chicago? You can use Google Earth to adjust the transparency of the map by using the tools in the Places Box (select the slider bar and move it about halfway over)-this will enable you to see current imagery of Chicageo beneath the georeferenced layer. Are there any areas that have changed significantly between then and now? showing you a map about its this historical information syncs up with modernExamine the "United States 1833" map (the boundaries and images. The Rumsey Historical Map collection is also available as a layer in Google Earth itself. To use the maps as another Google Earth layer (like the roads "Eagle" map with its icon located in Ohio), and make the layer semi-transparent. How does this map of the United States match up with current boundaries and coastlines?

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First we need to understand the map and then we will able to answer all these questions. so lets begin with this-

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The street view provided by this service provider is very helpful in the navigations to any location. it detect your location and track that location with the help of the staeliite and make a 3 dimensional view of that locality where it detect your presence. this can also be termed as it is worked on the basis of GPS technology where the satelite track the locations by the coinciding the point of observations on the map .

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=> In this map we can see as well as found some of the regions which are having the modern counterparts. these are like the region which have the streamers and the lake which is semi natural in this locations. the map also shows the establisment of the city and the city pattern from the old time to the modern time.

=> In the chicago map we have found that the region have it own geographical character and have the fetures which make it a territory for the natural site. as by examine the map of the chikago we have found that the region is surrounded by the mountains and the hills. the region also have the valley and the rivers flowing through there. the modern time represent the infrastructure but in the old time it is full of the forest and the green landscapes.

=> Now the map of united state have the developement of the infrastructure and which make it so developed from the other countries. as we moved to the other sections of this territory we have found that the region have it vast variations in the land and natural resources distributions. it is surrounded by the water bodies and have the small channels of the rivers. this also have the mountains in between the modern cities. this give us a clear picture about the relation of the modern time and the old time of the united states of America. it have the correlation with the relation with the current boundaries and the coastlines.

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