Reply With QuoteThose are nice maps Ravs... thx for posting the pics.
Two City Maps - Moscow and St Petersburg
I took these with a camera and the results are pretty noisy and blurry. I must borrow them and have them properly scanned.
(Click on the thumbnail to enlarge)
Those are nice maps Ravs... thx for posting the pics.
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Really interesting... What are the dates on those?
Yes ... dates ...
Ooh those are tasty.
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
LOL I should have checked when I took the pictures. I'll email my wife's grandfather (they're hanging on his wall) and ask him what the dates are!
I loved them on sight and he even offered to lend them to me so I could take them home and out of the frames to scan them, but I declined. I'm gonna see if I can refine my taking photos of maps technique (I've got a Nikon D90 which should be up to the task), and if I still can't get a decent resolution I'll take him up on his offer.
Those are nice, if possible do scan them at a nice quality.
I've downloaded a piece of software called 'Focus Magic' ... it's like an unsharp mask on steroids, I've used it to sharpen the images which are now below:
I took these with a camera and the results are pretty noisy and blurry. I must borrow them and have them properly scanned.
(Click on the thumbnail to enlarge)
Last edited by ravells; 02-12-2009 at 04:58 PM.
Did you use a tripod when you took the pictures?
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No...I left it at home...had to up the ISO and it shows in the image
Ah, I've found high resolution versions of them on the web...in the Historical Cities maps listed in the sticky.
Moscow
St Petersburg
Data on the maps:
Moscow:
Drawn by: W.B.Clarke Engraved by: B.R. Davies Published by: Baldwin & Cradock Date: June 1836
St Petes:
Drawing: W.B.Clarke Engraved : B.R. Davies Published: Baldwin & Cradock Date: 1834
Now that we know who drew them, check out Clarke's map of Venice which is a stunner.
Last edited by ravells; 02-14-2009 at 02:54 AM.
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