These are fantastic. Great work.
Austin
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Jaime Anstee <janstee(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
So cool! Thanks for sharing, Michal.
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On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Michal Lester <mlester(a)wikimedia.org.il>
wrote:
I am thrilled to share with you that The National
Library of Israel had
released a collection of 200 high-resolution
unique maps[1] of Jerusalem
in collaboration with Wikimedia Israel. This collection of ancient maps,
spanning from 1486 to 1947, contains a variety of styles and languages.
The
maps released were celbrarted by a Mapathon in
the National Library of
Israel, a writinig contest in NOWP (initiated by Wikimedia Norway)[2] and
a post in the Wikimaps community blog[3].
The maps are beautiful! Take a peak.
Happy holidays for those of you who celebrate at this time of the year!
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[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Laor_collection
[2]
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ukens_konkurranse/Ukens_konkurranseā¦
[3]
http://wikimaps.wikimedia.fi/
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