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Maps - Archives -
Directories
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This site has
directories of Cities, Climate, News,
Maps, Websites, etc. for over 250 countries around the world.
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This site sells old camera
documents. It also includes
links
to many web sites on photography that may be of interest.
These are grouped into about 25 categories,
covering both photographic equipment and images.
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For maps
of Edinburgh and elsewhere in Britain today,
I recommend
the Multimap
web site.
The
Multimap site displays maps for post-codes.
It also has Edinburgh web-cams.
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For
old maps of Edinburgh and
elsewhere
I recommend the
NLS map site.
This site
displays many images from the National Library of Scotland's extensive
collection of maps.
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This web site displays photos for each 1 km grid square on
the Ordnance Survey maps of Britain.
- Go to the
Geograph search page
- Key in your chosen grid square e.g. NT2377 for the square
that includes Granton Square and Granton Harbour
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This
Old Maps web site is provided by Landmark Information
Group. It provides access to a wide range of old and
recent Ordnance Survey maps which can be accessed using place
names, addresses or co-ordinates.
It may also be a useful way of finding
postcodes for addresses in the UK.
The site includes 1854 maps, modern maps and
aerial views, and can zoom-in and zoom-out.
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7.
Photoclicks
Photography Directory
This
directory site has useful links to over 1,000
photography web sites, sorted
into fifty categories: aerial, architectural, digital, fine art,
history, infrared, landscape, wildlife, etc. |
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8.
Photography Resources
This
directory of web sites on the internet has been created by Blake Webster
whose message is "Explore photography through the internet."
The
Photography Resources site groups other
photographic sites on the internet into categories. There are now
more than 200 different categories of site listed: abstract,
action, Adam, adult, aerial, American etc. etc. |
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9.
Scotsman Digital Archive
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The archive of The Scotsman newspaper from its
first edition in
1817 to 1900 is now available on line. Soon the archive is to be
extended to 1900, and eventually to the
present day.
There is a charge** for daily (or longer) access. I
have found that when I have had a particular need for information this to be good value for money in terms of the amount of
information available and the ease with which it can be accessed through
keyword searches.
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Update - February 2012
NEW
Free Access to Scotsman Digital Archive
The Scotsman Digital Archive can now be accessed through the
City of Edinburgh
Libraries web site by anybody who is a member of the library.
This
Edinburgh Libraries
web site
can also be used by people to join the library. People joining the
library do not need to live in Edinburgh. |
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The Scran web site has been created to provide an educational
resource. It now (at 2011) has over
360,000 images including many of Edinburgh, from museums, galleries
and archives.
All users can
search the site and access thumbnail images on the site.
Larger images are also available to those who have paid a subscription
to Scran or are exempt from subscriptions, e.g. teachers.
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I have included some photos from Scran on the EdinPhoto web site
where I hae been able to obtain the authority from the copyright owner
to add them to the site. This has usually been Scotsman
Publications. Unfortunately, the
dates of some of the
Scotsman Publications photos on Scran do not appear to be correct.
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Update - March 2012
NEW
Free Access to Scran web site
The Scran web site can now be accessed through the
City of Edinburgh
Libraries web site by anybody who is a member of the library.
This
Edinburgh Libraries
web site
can also be used by people to join the library. People joining the
library do not need to live in Edinburgh. |