I am very excited to visit the NYPL in Manhattan tomorrow. I have never been to this library, or any library in the city as of yet. I have also never been able to study historic maps in person. My groups research topic is built environment, so these maps will greatly help our research.

In regards to the reading “Unbinding the Atlas:..” I thought it was very interesting. I completely agree with what all of these institutions are doing through these programs to digitize these historic maps. Many people do not live close to a library like the NYPL (like myself) and having these digitized maps make it easier to do research. Also, digitizing mops makes it possible to search databases, where you would have to look through countless maps in person to find what you are looking for. Again, these digitized maps make research much easier.