This is an "Ask Slashdot" on how to digitise large, fragile old maps
that are too fragile to just put on a scanner:
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/03/10/2041245/Digitizing-and-Geocoding-Old…
Anyone want to go there and help?
How would you approach this problem? Say you've gotten your hands on a
serious ancient map collection and want to scan them and put them on
Commons before they turn into dust.
- d.