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  2. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center - Wikipedia

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    The center also holds depository library maps and atlases produced by federal, state, and local agencies, as well as data sets used in geographic information systems. Four named collections of distinction include: American Revolutionary War-Era Maps; Boston and New England Maps; Maritime Charts and Atlases; Urban Maps

  3. List of GIS data sources - Wikipedia

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    GIS data for State of Kentucky; Name Description; Kentucky Geography Portal: The Kentucky Geoportal is a Data Clearinghouse that provides ays to discover and share geospatial data resources. Locate maps and geographic data content for a particular part of the state or search based on keyword or theme type. [12] Kentucky Open Data Portal

  4. Geographic information system - Wikipedia

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    The most common method of data creation is digitization, where a hard copy map or survey plan is transferred into a digital medium through the use of a CAD program, and geo-referencing capabilities. With the wide availability of ortho-rectified imagery (from satellites, aircraft, Helikites and UAVs), heads-up digitizing is becoming the main ...

  5. Resource Description and Access - Wikipedia

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    On 13 June 2011, the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Medicine released the results of their testing. [16] The test found that RDA to some degree met most of the goals that the JSC (Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA) put forth for the new code and failed to meet a few of those goals.

  6. Bulletin board system - Wikipedia

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    A bulletin board system (BBS), also called a computer bulletin board service (CBBS), [1] is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program.

  7. Computer cartography - Wikipedia

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    Computer cartography (also called digital cartography) is the art, science, and technology of making and using maps with a computer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This technology represents a paradigm shift in how maps are produced, but is still fundamentally a subset of traditional cartography.

  8. Map collection - Wikipedia

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    A map collection or map library is a storage facility for maps, usually in a library, archive, or museum, or at a map publisher or public-benefit corporation, and the maps and other cartographic items stored within that facility. Sometimes, map collections are combined with graphic sheets, manuscripts and rare prints in a single department. In ...

  9. Bulletin board - Wikipedia

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    A bulletin board which combines a pinboard (corkboard) and writing surface is known as a combination bulletin board. Bulletin boards can also be entirely in the digital domain and placed on computer networks so people can leave and erase messages for other people to read and see, as in a bulletin board system .