Sebastian:


The map links are an excellent addition to the ANS
specimen links. You are doing a very nice job making
access to the collection more enjoyable and
informative.

John N. Lupia III


--- Sebastian Heath <heath@...> wrote:

>
>
> On a *very* preliminary basis, I have added Google
> maps to the ANS
> database. To see what I mean go to:
>
>
http://publicserver.numismatics.org/collection/accnum/list?
>
> kw=patara&imageavailable=yes
> [all on one line, of course]
>
> If you click on "[show map]", you get a map.
>
> It will take a long time before we have a meaningful
> percentage of
> mints mappable. There's lots of geographic data
> available on the
> internet so I'm not worried about tracking down
> latitude and
> longitude for our geographic entities. Except that
> it's a slow
> process...
>
> I'm sure this aspect of the site will improve but
> I thought it was
> cool enough to send out a preliminary notice.
>
> Best,
>
> Sebastian.
>
>
>
> --------------------------------
> Sebastian Heath, Ph.D.
> Research Scientist
> American Numismatic Society
> 96 Fulton Street
> New York, NY 10038
>
> heath@...
> (212) 571-4470 x1402
>
> http://www.numismatics.org/
>
> ANS Digital Publications Project:
> http://www.numismatics.org/dpubs/
> Digital Coins Network: http://www.digitalcoins.org/
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>


John N. Lupia III
New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News/
God Bless Everyone

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