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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Historic Map: Tokyo 1680 (David Rumsey)

Is this a geographic map or is this artwork? Both can be shown on arcgis.com. This week I gave a lighting talk at the Esri 2012 Developer summit on use of Arcgis Online for Historic maps. This map of Edo (Tokyo) differs hugely from the present day metropolis, with the exception of the area in the center of the map around the Imperial Palace, which has remained largely unchanged for over 300 years. Many properties are identified and cultural features such as temples are delineated pictorially.



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