David K
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1959 AAA Map (new scans)
There is a big change between the 1955 AAA map and this 1959 edition. For the first time, the Auto Club shows various classes of roads instead of just
heavy or light lines. There are many more roads traveled, as well.
Hopefully, geoffff will give us a stitched-together map!
EDIT... he did it!
Larger detail link:
https://octopup.org/img/media/maps/baja/1959--Baja-Californi...
c-code is 6955 = May 6, 1959
[Edited on 9-30-2021 by David K]
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Don Pisto
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must admit I never heard of a Javelina, some kind of wild boar. wonder if they're still there??
there's only two things in life but I forget what they are........
John Hiatt
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David K
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I do so for educational purposes, never for profit or any income... even if a 62 year old map still had resale value.
Nomad or any public information site is a place for learning. So, use this information wisely!  
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geoffff
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If anyone's curious how I stitch these maps, this is how I do it:
1) Automatically stitch images using the very cool (but now discontinued though I have it archived here) Microsoft ICE 2.0 https://www.microsoft.com/.../image-composite-editor
2) In Photoshop, I remove the wavy gray background to make it look more like a Xerox photocopy with pure black on white:
copy whole image into new windowblur it by 20 pixels or soconvert to grayscaleinvert itcopy blurred
image back on top of original imagechange opacity to 50%merge layers downand finally go to Levels and lower the top Input value from
255 to 128.
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geoffff
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I'm not a lawyer, but the impression I have is that maps are no different from books or other works of art.
US maps from 1950s through 1970s are copyrighted for 95 years.
http://www.wdors.com/copyright-expiration-for-old-books/
None of this should imply that I personally care. I tend to just publish stuff without much thought on my non-commercial website -- and I will take
images down if someone complains about them.
[Edited on 9-30-2021 by geoffff]
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David K
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If anyone copies pages of my self-published book or my maps, for personal use or to help someone find a place, I am honored.
However, I appreciate websites that use them, mentioning the source of them. Many Mexican websites and at least one magazine has used my photos
without saying where they got it or the photographer's name... me or another... lifted from my website.
If anyone uses or shares my work after I am dead... that would be a great honor. I met Howard Gulick in 1966 and I feel he would be quite jazzed that
we still love his maps and guidebook over 50 years after he made them.
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