26 Antique Panoramic Maps of Colorado CO 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 Saturday, November 15, 2008 End Time Saturday, November 22, 2008 Location Wylie, Texas See more about '26 Antique Panoramic Maps of Colorado CO on CD' Description   26 Panoramic Maps of Colorado 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.   Denver, CO 1908 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.   Leadville, CO 1879 at (6X 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.    Cripple Creek, CO 1896 (at 8X 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: Aspen, CO 1893   Black Hawk, CO 1882   Buena Vista, CO 1882   Canon City, CO 1882 Central City, CO 1887   Colorado Springs, CO 1882   Colorado Springs & Pikes Peak, CO 1890   Colorado Springs, CO 1909   Cripple Creek, CO 1895   Cripple Creek, CO 1896   Denver, CO 1881   Denver, CO 1887   Denver, CO 1889   Denver, CO 1907   Denver, CO 1908   Fort Collins, CO 1865   Fort Collins, CO 1899   Golden, CO 1882   Greeley, CO 1882   Gunnison, CO 1882   Leadville, CO 1879   Leadville, CO 1882   Maysville, CO 1882   Pueblo, CO 1890   Salida, CO 1882   Trinidad, CO 1882       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!