RE: https://mapstodon.space/@jcarlson/115526300291160864

Coming up in a little over *one hour*!

Interested in #HistoricMaps and #Sanborn Fire Insurance maps? Want to spend an hour of GIS day listening to a passionate student talk about an awesome project?

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Very excited to now have my birthday present framed!

This is a copy of an 1885 lithograph of Auckland, NZ, drawn as if from a point 1000ft above and 100ft to the rear of the hospital, by George Treacy Stevens.

I realise the photograph has nothing for scale, but the map is huge (the frame is 98x78cm)! This will hang above my desk, which may be dangerous to my productivity as there are so many fascinating details :)

I first saw this years ago on a bag or poster or somewhere, and traced it back to a copy in Auckland Libraries' Kura | Heritage Collections Online (Map 4641, https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1376/rec/2 ), though when printing out this copy I used the scan from the National Library, as it was higher resolution (D-001-006, https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1019878&dps_custom_att_1=emu )

According to their catalogue this is the only detailed birds eye view of a 19th century New Zealand city!

#Auckland #Maps #HistoricMaps #mapstodon #MapsMonday

In 1899, the New York State Department of Agriculture produced a "map showing the location of the butter and cheese factories in the State of New York." This is the legend from that map:

#maps #history #localhistory #ephemera #historicmaps #NewYorkState #NewYorkHistory #UpstateNewYork