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Historic Maps Meet Google Maps : The University Of Louisville's Kentucky Maps Collection., Terri L. Holtze, Rachel I. Howard
Historic Maps Meet Google Maps : The University Of Louisville's Kentucky Maps Collection., Terri L. Holtze, Rachel I. Howard
Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Online access to historic maps, enhanced by JPEG2000 format and, in some cases, Google Maps, has proved popular with scholars, students, community members, and librarians. This article will discuss the planning, scanning, metadata creation, and Google mapping of the University of Louisville's Kentucky Maps Collection (http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/maps/).
A Cartographic Journey Through Las Vegas History: Tracing The Las Vegas Landscape Through Maps Pt. 2, Su Kim Chung, Katherine Rankin
A Cartographic Journey Through Las Vegas History: Tracing The Las Vegas Landscape Through Maps Pt. 2, Su Kim Chung, Katherine Rankin
Library Faculty Research
An interesting set of historical maps of Nevada and the Las Vegas area.
Environmental Scarcity And Water Development In The Eastern Nile Basin, Kennan Wright
Environmental Scarcity And Water Development In The Eastern Nile Basin, Kennan Wright
Archived Theses and Dissertations
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Bicycle Space And The American Urban Landscape: Re-Thinking Distance And Mobility In The City, Katie (Kathleen) Gill
Bicycle Space And The American Urban Landscape: Re-Thinking Distance And Mobility In The City, Katie (Kathleen) Gill
Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All
Since its arrival in the United States, the bicycle’s place in public space has influenced, and been influenced by not only road improvements and infrastructure investments but also by the social production of what it means to be mobile and to circulate throughout the city. Drawing upon the theory of “Time- Space Compression” posited by the geographer David Harvey, I propose that the bicycle can compress time and space in urban environments where time-space compression is occurring for motorists and their automobiles. But yet, bicycles (and their riders) have been consistently and systematically excluded from the American urban landscape; keeping …
A Cartographic Journey Through Las Vegas History: Tracing The Las Vegas Landscape Through Maps, Su Kim Chung, Katherine Rankin
A Cartographic Journey Through Las Vegas History: Tracing The Las Vegas Landscape Through Maps, Su Kim Chung, Katherine Rankin
Library Faculty Research
An interesting set of historical maps of Nevada and the Las Vegas area.