21 Antique Panoramic Maps of Washington WA on CD Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 9.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 17, 2008 End Time Monday, November 24, 2008 Location Wylie, Texas See more about '21 Antique Panoramic Maps of Washington WA on CD' Description   21 Panoramic Maps of Washington on CD The panoramic map was a popular cartographic form used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known also as bird's-eye views, perspective maps, and aero views, panoramic maps are non-photographic representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Although not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective.   Seattle, WA 1891 Preparation and sale of nineteenth-century panoramas were motivated by civic pride and the desire of the city fathers to encourage commercial growth. Many views were prepared for and endorsed by chambers of commerce and other civic organizations and were used as advertisements of a city's commercial and residential potential. Panoramic maps graphically depict the vibrant life of a city. People and horse drawn carriages fill the streets, and smoke belches from the stacks of industrial plants. Urban and industrial development in post-Civil War America is vividly portrayed in the maps. No other graphic form of this era so effectively captured the vitality of America's urban centers.   Dayton, WA 1884 at (5X Zoom) Panoramic maps give a pictorial record of America's cities during the post-Civil War period and for many localities provide the sole nineteenth-century map.  In their original paper form, these maps were very large (3 feet X 4 feet, or even larger). The maps are saved in a file format which uses a compression ratio of up to 22:1. These extremely high-resolution maps contain an amazing level of detail and most image viewers are not able to decode this special format, so a special program is required to view and manipulate the images and is included on the CD. This software has an incredibly powerful zoom feature (14 levels) that will allow you to see the entire map, and you can also zoom down to street level. You'll be able to save the maps as a digital image in several different file formats so that you can use them in your personal projects, and you can also print at the magnification level you choose.    Tacoma, WA 1890 (at 7X Zoom) Many of these maps are true works of art, and are suitable for framing. These gorgeous maps will be particularly useful for family historians who are building a record of their ancestor's lives, or for those who are researching a particular geographic area.  If you're like me and can browse maps for hours, you'll love this CD! The maps included on this CD are: Cheney, WA 1884   Dayton, WA 1884   Fairport, WA 1885   Olympia, WA 1903   Olympia, East Olympia, Tumwater & Puget Sound, WA 1879   Port Townsend, WA 1878   Seattle, WA 1878   Seattle, WA 1884   Seattle, WA 1891   Seattle, WA 1903   Seattle, WA 1925   Snohomish, WA 1890   Spokane, WA 1905   Tacoma, WA 1884   Tacoma, WA 1885   Tacoma, WA 1890   Tacoma, WA 1893   Tacoma, Mt. Ranier, & Puget Sound, WA 1878   Walla Walla, WA 1876   Walla Walla, WA 1885   Yakima, WA 1889       CDs work on both Windows and Mac operating systems. System Requirements  Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista  200MHz PC processor  Minimum of 64 MB RAM  Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0 or Firefox 1.5 or 2.0  System Requirements Apple Mac OS X 10.2 or newer  Minimum of 128 MB RAM  Safari Web Browser  Every CD is carefully packaged for shipping, but we can not be held responsible for rough handling by the postal service. Insurance is optional.  CDs will be immediately replaced if defective upon arrival. Please contact within 7 days of receipt if you experience a problem.    Visit my Ebay store for more historical maps, photos, books on CD and more! Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!