<HTML >
<HEAD>
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.0.6619.12">
<TITLE>Scanner Needed</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY >
<DIV>
<DIV>
<!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">SHRUGGER</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">S</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> (or is it SHRUGGIES?)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Recently I travelled over to the State Library to investigate antique maps of the Pensacola area. To my</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">chagrin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">, I discovered that the State Library has some 3,000 maps dating back as far as 1585! Of those 3,000 maps only about 1,000 have ever been scanned so that they are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> available for outside use.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">The problem is that the library had formerly sent maps out to be scanned when an electronic copy was requested. They did this</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">until one of their valuable maps was lost or damaged (the people I talked to weren</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">t sure which)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> whereupon the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">State Librarian decided not to allow the maps out of the Gray Building in the future.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">These maps are extremely valuable, hence that fiat. The State Archives (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">collocated</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">with the library in the R.A. Gray Building) has an 11 x 17 scanner, which does not help for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">scanning</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">maps that are up to 36 x 40 inches</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> or larger</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> and may</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">be quite fragile</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> Th</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">ose</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> maps that have been scanned are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">available</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> online as TIFFs, PDFs and JPGs. I have successfully imported some of these antique maps into ArcInfo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">nd</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> georeferenced them to current maps and/or aerial photos. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">In fact, one of these maps, from 1906</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> is still th</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">legal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">basis for the parcel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> the city</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> of Pensacola</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">! </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">Th</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">ese maps</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> give the GIS community a great asset when available.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Since</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">some</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">2/3 of the maps in the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> collection have NOT been scanned, I am suggesting that the SHRUG group investigate acquiring and donating a 36</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> wide</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">(or larger)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">scanner to the State Library. Then,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">perhaps with some significant internship time from the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">SHRUG community</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">maybe students from the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">FSU Geography Department,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> etc.)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> these 2,000</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">+</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> maps could be accurately scanned</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">note that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">some of the maps that have already been scanned need to be rescanned more carefully)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">and made available to the GIS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">community, students and the general public, not only in the State of Florida, but everywhere internet access is available.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">Any comments</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> or thoughts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">? Could we,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tahoma">perhaps</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">, discuss this further at the business meeting at the SHRUG Annual Meeting?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma"> Or perhaps one of our vend</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tahoma">ors could step-up with some help for this?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></B><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Brush Script MT">-- John</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=6 FACE="Calibri"> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"><EM><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">The Department of Environmental
Protection values your feedback as a customer. DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously assessing and
improving the level and quality of services provided to you. Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of
service you received. <eXclaimer:HTML_ONLY>Simply click on <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://survey.dep.state.fl.us/?refemail=John.Sykes@dep.state.fl.us">this link to the DEP Customer
Survey</A>.</eXclaimer:HTML_ONLY> Thank you in advance for completing the survey.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"><EM><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
</FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV STYLE="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Courier New"></DIV>
</DIV></BODY></HTML>