This is a one time announcement. http://www.historicalart.net/ is pleased to announce our new historical map website. Panoramic Maps, 1847-1929 offer "bird's-eye" views of nineteenth and early twentieth century cities and towns across the nation. Each map contains a detailed look at architecture and urban planning of the period, and allows users to zoom in on particular areas. Our work focuses on large-scale printing of these map collections, produced in part with MrSID® (multiresolution seamless image database) technology by LizardTech. The library's initial use of this technology was for the delivery of historic panoramic maps that have been scanned into raster image files, so they could be viewed on a computer monitor. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. Most of these maps offer a genealogical value because they served as merchant directories, and most businesses of the time used their surname as part of the business name. We invite you to take a look. Historical Art