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Science Hall

Trewartha Lecture — Friday, May 9th

David Rumsey: "Giving Maps a Second Life With Digital Technologies"

David RumseyDavid Rumsey will show how his increasing use of digital technologies and the Internet over the past decade has transformed his work as a historical map scholar and collector. Using imaging software, GIS, and popular applications like Google Earth and Second Life, Rumsey has given new life to old maps, both in their dissemination and our ability to analyze and understand them, thereby unlocking the information held in maps for use in a wide range of disciplines. He will discuss and demonstrate how he offers these software tools and a growing number of digitized maps themselves on his free public online map library.

*Please note new time: The lecture begins at 3:00pm in Room 180 of Science Hall.