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The information contained in the following links has been
gathered from special presentations and guest speakers featured
at our club's regular meetings, as well as information submitted
by our members. We welcome information on historical places,
people, and events, particularly those with local relevance.

The Treasures of Loch Raven
Information compiled by John McGrain, Baltimore County Historian
Mills Near Loch Raven

Microdem:
http://www.nadn.navy.mil/Users/oceano/pguth/website/microdem.htm

OziExplorer:
http://www.oziexplorer.com/

GIS Data Depot: This is an excellent link for purchasing digitized Topo
Maps and Aerial maps. You can download 250Megs of maps for $24.95. (Maps
average 5M in size). They also have DEM's (Digitized Elevation Models)
which can be overlaid with Topo's to give a 3D effect to maps:
http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/US/sublist.html

USGS GNIS: Another excellent site. This is a query site for locating
features on Topo maps. Use this site for locating the exact maps I
need for a particular area. You can also get coordinates for a particular
feature i.e. school, Church, Park, ect.
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form

Here is the link to the an Article Written by Michael Long on digitizing scanned maps with
Microdem:
http://www.nb.net/~resteele/newsites/microdem.htm

A good site on Using Topo Maps:
http://www.nb.net/~resteele/newsites/

Maryland Geological Survey - They have a library upstairs which has old
topo maps. They will make copies of maps upon request:
http://www.mgs.md.gov/

This link is to MapTech. for Century Maps. They are free for download:
http://historical.maptech.com/index.cfm

Terraserver is a good link for getting printable sections of Topo maps.
Can access Aerial maps through USGS GNIS:
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

Maryland Freestate Treasure Club
Meets at 7:00pm on the
Last Tuesday of Every Month

at Victory Villa Community Center
404 Compass Road & Martin Boulevard in Baltimore.

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Guests are Always Welcome !!!