New York Public Library Releases 20,000+ Old Maps

[talllguy]

New Yorkers that like old road maps rejoice! The NYPL has released 20,000 high resolution scans of old maps free of copyright (CC0). These are really cool!

Blog post from NYPL (click)

Here's one for example: Plan and Profile of the Holland Tunnel

[Zeffy]

Holy crap, these are sexy. Nice find!

Maybe New Jersey will be inclined to follow New York and do the same thing... 

[D-Dey65]

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But who would want to?

[jeffandnicole]

Holy crap, these are sexy. Nice find!

Maybe New Jersey will be inclined to follow New York and do the same thing... 

Next time you're in Trenton, go to the State Library on State Street.  They have a number of document in paper format that includes plans and such for NJ.  I'm sure there's maps and such too.

Sure, it'll be nice if they were easily accessible on the 'net, but at least you can view them there!

[Zeffy]

Next time you're in Trenton, go to the State Library on State Street.  They have a number of document in paper format that includes plans and such for NJ.  I'm sure there's maps and such too.

Sure, it'll be nice if they were easily accessible on the 'net, but at least you can view them there!

Is the State Library located near or in the same building as the State Archives? I've been to the Archives there before. Great stuff, I don't think I've ever seen so many original 17th century documents in such pristine conditions. At any rate, this does give me a reason to go to Trenton! 

Actually, I know you can make copies at the State Archives, so I wonder - do they allow that for certain documents there as well? If not, and they do have it, I can always take discreet photos...