Resources and examples using GIS (Geographic Information System) tools

georeferenced PDF files can be viewed in these apps for phones and tablets:

Avenza Maps (free version allows 3 downloads at a time)

The Impossible Switchback Railroad see titchenal.com/isrr
1200 DPI GEO PDF for use in the field...

• Crown King Branch Complete DEM (georeferenced PDF)
• Crown King Branch Complete Aerial (georeferenced PDF)
• Crown King BranchSwitchbacks DEM (georeferenced PDF)
• Crown King Branch Switchbacks Aerial (georeferenced PDF)

• Poland Branch DEM (georeferenced PDF)
• Poland Branch Aerial (georeferenced PDF)

Historic Cleveland

• Cleveland Cartography (Bill Barrow - CSU Special Collections)
  • Cleveland Directory Maps
  • Cleveland Tax Maps
• Cleveland Memory (CSU Special Collections)
  • some photos link to Google Maps and Bing using their goelocation service
• Cleveland Historical (CSU Center for Public History + Digital Humanities)
  • Omeka & Curatescape integrated with Google Maps api
• Cleveland Public Library Photos Maps Digital Gallery
• Cleveland Historic Maps
  • ESRI mosaics of Cleveland Public Library maps displayed using ArcGIS Online

Street Addresses

• House Numbering (Wikipedia)
• US Thoroghfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard
• Ohio Local Based Response System (LBRS)
• Mapping Historic Streets (PhillyDotMap: Shaping of Philadelphia)

Reverse Directories (Criss-Cross)

• Library of Congress list of holdings from 19th & 20th Century
• Cleveland Public Library City Directories Guide (Genealogy Guides)
• Cleveland Directories Online: 1929 1974 (More)
• Cleveland Street Changes in 1906 rootsweb CPL

GIS Historic Railroad Projects:

• Stanford University Spatial History Project | Shaping the West | HistoryPin
• University of Connecticut NY,NH&H Railroad Valuation Map Index

Examples of websites geolocating historic photos

• HistoryPin.org
• WhatWasThere.com
• PhillyHistory.org uses Azavea Sajara
  • Library of Congress Digital Preservation Blog

Powerpoint Presentation: pdf