[Mapserver-users] new site: Historical Atlas of Amsterdam

[Lowell Filak]

Well done!

Lowell

The following message was sent by Jan Hartmann <jhart at frw.uva.nl> on
Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:29:28 +0200.

> Hello list,
> 
> I am happy to announce the preliminary version of the
> 
> "Historical Atlas of Amsterdam"
> 
> at:
> 
> http://mapserver.sara.nl/atlas_amsterdam
> 
> 
> (SARA is the computing center of the University of Amsterdam)
> 
> The atlas shows eighteen historical maps of Amsterdam from 1544 to 2003, 
> referenced to the present-day national coordinate system. The scans are 
> very detailed; when you zoom in very deeply, especially on the older 
> maps, you can see how wonderful they are as works of cartography. When 
> you pan around a bit, they really give the impression of flying very low 
> over the city. If you are on a fast connection, you should certainly try 
> this with a maximized map window.
> 
> The site is meant as a test-bed for the user interface I presented at 
> the MUM. It shows:
> 
> - A menu based user interface
> - Movable and resizable map windows with independent zoom and
>    pan for each map
> - A resizable and zoomable picture window, showing
>    some eighty  pictures with their location in the adjacent map window
> - Transparent overlaying with the base maps from 1832 and 2000
> - A zoomable reference map
> - A street clickable register
> - Legends for every map that can be turned on and off
> - A menu based help system
> 
> It's all very new, both the web-cartography and the user interface, so I 
> don't expect everything to run smoothly at once. Also, in my experience, 
> people need some time to get skilful with the user interface: you can do 
> a lot with it, but it takes some learning. If things don't run as 
> expected, please let me know.
> 
> 
> Thanks to the Amsterdam Municipal Archive, SARA computing center, and, 
> above all, to all who developed and supported MapServer.
> 
> 
> Jan
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