East View Cartographic (EVC) recently delivered the latest in a series of digitization projects for Harvard University’s Center for Geographic Analysis. The most recent project involved creating a vector data set derived from over 50 ethno-linguistic maps of the African continent. This project will give teachers, students and researches broader access to these unique and rare materials and decrease the need to access special collections.
EVC has worked with the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University to develop many of their paper map collections into accurate and accessible digital databases. Projects include feature extraction from standard topographic maps, vectorizing and georeferencing multi-source historical maps into seamless vector data sets for Europe and Africa, and creating a spatially accurate digital representation of a set of Civil War era maps.
For such custom projects EVC creates itemized project schedules that include recommendations on the best way to create consistently high-quality digital data from historical maps which often require unique approaches. EVC’s GIS expertise allows for the creation of seamless vector data sets from unusual source materials, such as maps of the Roman Empire for an undergraduate course, that do not follow a standard grid or share a standard projection and datum. The final results of projects like these are digital databases that provide researchers and students easier access to valuable data that can be used in many more applications university-wide.
About EVC – East View Cartographic (EVC) is a leading provider of authoritative worldwide maps, geospatial data, as well as GIS services and solutions. Since the company’s origins in the early 1990s, EVC has acquired a vast archive of global maps and geospatial data, including topographic maps, DEMs, imagery, vector data, geological maps, nautical charts, and related atlases and books. The company’s extensive map and geospatial data supplier network allows quick access to products not in inventory. In addition, EVC provides high-quality, cost-effective mapping and GIS services and solutions to support the production of new geospatial products, custom modification of existing data, and electronic organization of data.
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