The panoramic map was a popular cartographic form used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (1847 to 1929.) Known also as bird's-eye views, perspective maps, and aero views, panoramic maps are nonphotographic 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.
Panoramic maps were frequently commissioned by a chamber of commerce or real estate agency and were often subscribed to by various members of the rising middle class who displayed views of their hometown with great civic pride. These maps reveal much about the great contrasts and contradictions of the industrial age and the progressive era.
(Trinidad, CO 1882)
Panoramic maps graphically depict the vibrant life of a city. Harbors are shown choked with ships, often to the extent of constituting hazards to navigation. Trains speed along railroad tracks, at times on the same roadbed with locomotives and cars headed in the opposite direction. People and horsedrawn 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.
Preparation of panoramic maps involved a vast amount of painstakingly detailed labor. For each project a frame or projection was developed, showing in perspective the pattern of streets. The artist then walked in the street, sketching buildings, trees, and other features to present a complete and accurate landscape as though seen from an elevation of 2,000 to 3,000 feet.
This CD Contains 26 panoramic maps of Colorado.
Here is a list of all the cities and dates represented on this CD
1. Aspen 1893
2. Black Hawk 1882
3. Buena Vista 1882
4. Canon City 1882
5. Central City (Imaginary place) 1887
6. Colorado Springs / Colorado City / Manitou Springs 1882
7. Colorado Springs 1890
8. Colorado Springs 1909
9. Cripple Creek 1895
10. Cripple Creek 1896
11. Denver 1881
12. Denver 1887 |
13. Denver 1889
14. Denver 1907
15. Denver[1908] c1907
16. Fort Collins 1865
17. Fort Collins 1899
18. Golden 1882
19. Greeley 1882
20. Gunnison 1882
21. Leadville 1879
22. Leadville 1882
23. Maysville 1882
24. Pueblo 1890
25. Salida 1882
26. Trinidad 1882 |
Each image on the CD is a super high resolution scan of the original map and software that is included in the CD lets you view the map in any degree of detail you want - anything from postcard sized all the way to wall sized - complete with features to allow you to manipulate the map in a wide variety of ways - even printing out the entire map or just a portion of it to your printer in any size you want.
Additional Map Samples
Here is an example of the level of enlargement that is possible with this special viewing program. It clearly shows how it goes from postcard sized to incredible detail.
(Smallest size of this image)
(Small portion enlarged 2 times)
(Small portion enlarged 4 times)
(Small portion enlarged 5 times - this enlargement represents the full
original size of the map when printed at full scale.)
As you can see from the series of images, each map contains a wealth of interesting details to explore.
A panoramic map cd is great for the entire family. Here are just a few possibilities
- The CD is a great way to study the history of your town or city with your children.
- Imagine being able to look at a map this old and being able to find your childhood (or even current) house.
- And what a great gift for the family historian or geneaologist to be able to see the old neighborhoods exactly as they were.
- And imagine the thrill of being able to share this map CD as a gift to your relatives to bring back memories of the good old days and remember old friends in their childhood neighborhood.
Computer Requirements for Running this CD
You must either have a PC running Windows 98 or newer (NT, XP, ME, etc.) or a MAC running OS X or later. Additionally, you will need to install the special viewing software (MrSid) which is included on your CD.
MrSid is a special software map viewer program that allows you to view these maps in incredible detail. It also allows you to manipulate/select portions or the entirety of the map for printing or exporting in TIF format to work on the map in your favorite graphics program if you wish.
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