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Look what I found today...

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Though I already had all of the pages of this book on my computer, plus one large composite map made up of all of the plates in the book, I came across the actual book today.
I brought my digital camera and took 250 2048x1536 high res pics of misc reference material including maps & historic building information. One time when having a 1GB flash cart really helped out.
Jeremy
 
Jeremy,I did one a littl better.About 15 years ago the city were I live, micro filmed the books and then offered them to the local Historical Society.You guessed it.They didn't want them,but they are the ones who dictate the bans on metal detecting.I knew some of the employees from going to the recorder of deeds to use them and they told me they were going to thow them out.So I ask the supervisor for one of the city and surrounding area.The book was printed in 1906 and every building that was up at the time is pictured on it in color.Exact distance in feet from nerest intersetio,etc.I was offered a $1000.00 from an indivual,and from a detector dealer I was offered a new detector and ear phones.So,you can see how vaualble that stuff is.That was a good idea to take the picture and think that others with a digital should do the same.One trip to the courthouse with a camera and you never have to go back for reasearch.You are permitted to take the pictures.My book uses blue for schools and red for chuches.All buildings tell you what they are.Guest houses,stables, maid builings etc.GOOD POST
Jim pa
 
Cool! The book I found isnt as easy to read as yours; no color and its not exact to scale, but its good enough to tell what's what and where.
I've been told that its okay to take pictures of material like this as long as its for personal/research purposes only. You can't distribute it or post it on the internet. The copyright laws are much lighter on anything published before 1920, as well.
Some cameras won't do this very well; you need a high res camera that can take at least 8x11 shots, and a large capacity for those pictures. Make sure you try it out at home first.
Jeremy
 
I have seen a few of them. That is top secret info though. <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D">
 
My Historical Society lets me hunt their yard which was the first jail site in town. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)"> They even said I could take the original full sized 1875 plat maps out of there if I could find a copier that could print actual size to keep the scale right. That is $1000's of dollars they would trust me with. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)"> I have got 11"x17" copies of all the maps but they are not the right scale. Close enough for now though. <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D">
I guess I should probably give them the silver sheriff's badge I found there. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
 
The camera I have has a "photo stitch" feature which allows you to take panoramic pictures; or in this case, pictures of a large map in sections (vertical and horizontal) and then it automaticaly stitches them together as long as you overlapped enough.
Jeremy
 
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