[or-roots] RE: UO Map Library

[Leslie Chapman]

Pat;

Looks pretty good, but I already knew how to get there, just a couple of
things; I didn't understand at first what you meant by quadrant, you might
want to substitute "section of state map" or some other ponderous term,
though I don't think it is really necessary as what you mean sort of jumps
out of the page at you if you try to use it.

I believe the FYI link is now;

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/what_we_have/GLO_surve
y_plats/home.html

Oh, I will advise U of O web dude about link.

also, I assume you are talking about viewing them in XP's window and fax
viewer, which is really a pretty good way to do it if you don't want to
alter the image in any way, I made a discovery tonight, I had been using the
magnifying icon at bototm of screen to zoom in and out, but I have another
program called usa Photo maps that uses the plus and minus key and I
discovered it works the same way in windows fax and foto viewer, and the big
plus is the plus and minus keys work much faster than the magnifying glass
which is one of the things I hated about using it was it zooms so slow.

Les C



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OK, for those of you who caught the error in the names of the file, my bad!
I had copied one incorrectly.  Should be the same file you select!

Pat
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Subject: [or-roots] RE: UO Map Library


One of our group asked me to put in a step-by-step on the early township
maps from the University of Oregon website. I have had some challenges with
this myself, so putting it in steps will help me too.

So, here goes. I hope someone will test this out and let's fine tune it. I
know these aren't the only zippered files we find and they are always a
challenge.

Now, to help here, starting off, I am running Windows XP Pro, with a copy of
WinZip. I have "file extensions" showing as a default in my Windows
Explorer, so I can see what kind of files I have.

Also, when I searched, or rather tried to link around in the OU Library
website, to get the "maps home", I had a great deal of difficulty finding
these maps. They need to check their site mapping!

Now, onward.

These are large JPEG images in .zip files (1-2.5MB).  So the whole process
takes awhile.

We will use the "save" rather than "open" method as it is like practicing
safe sex, you never know what viruses are out there.

(1) Make a folder on your drive, called "Downloads" or something like that.

(2) You will also want a folder called "GenealogyMaps" or something.

This is from: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/map/index.html but as noted, I find
it impossible to find my way to the maps from there.

(3) So, in your browser, migrate to:

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/map/GIS/Data/Oregon/GLO_home.htm

This gives you the entire state to choose from. (note: the FYI
http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/library. . . is a dead link. This
information could not be found anywhere on the Illinois SOS site.)

(4) From this page, select the quadrant you want.  Float the cursor over the
map, the townships in each quadrant will pop up.

(5) Left click on a quadrant.

For this example, we will use quadrant 3, Roseburg to Medford. That's where
some of the ancestors settled.

(6) Select 27s07w1863.zip   Choice of Open/Save/Cancel

(7) Choose "Save" On my computer, the default "save to" is "desktop."
Maneuver to your "Downloads" folder. Click to save.

(8) The file will download. Then you get a popup saying
Open/OpenFolder/Close.

(9) Select "Open Folder"

You should see 27s06w1862.zip

(10) Double click on the file. This will unpack the file and it will show a
"picture" icon instead of the zipper folder. If you look at the details
screen, it will indicate that it is a JPEG image.

(11) Open the file using your regular viewing software. (I use the regular
Windows viewer)  You will find out (in Section 8)  that my ancestor's land
is not identified here. Dang.

(12) You can leave the image in the folder, or save elsewhere as a JPEG.

I find it easier to download/save all the files I want in a particular
quadrant, in a session, then go back to Windows Explorer and unzip/unpack
them and look at them at one sitting, rather than switching back and forth.
I also take at least one township on each of the four sides of the "township
of interest" because I'm always finding other "families of interest" that
way.

Now, I'd really appreciate some feedback on this. What kind of cleaning up
does it need, etc.

Thanks, Pat