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Philip Lee Phillips Map Society of the Library of Congress Friends of the Geography and Map Division Summer 2014 Volume XII, Number 3 Philip Lee Phillips Map Society Find Us Online: of the www.loc.gov/phillips Library of Congress Joe Fitzgerald Steps Down from Inside this issue: Steering Committee Father of GIS 2 Joe Fitzgerald, M.D., has Dear reader, imagine my Archive in G&M served as a Steering Committee sticker shock! Since that was member of the Phillips Map Soci- all I made in a month, he said Imperial Cartog- 3 ety since 2000. Recently, he I could pay for them over a raphy Atlas Re- viewed stepped down from the Steering period of time. So I agreed Committee but intends to stay and gave him all the money I New Book on 4 active in the world of maps. Dr. had in my pocket, except for Columbus Fitzgerald is a vigorous promoter $2 to take a taxi back to the of maps and a self-proclaimed hospital where I lived, because Redesigned G&M 5 “map-o-holic.” He describes how the maps were too big to carry Reading Room he became involved with maps and on the subway. what he has enjoyed about the My next brush with maps son. We continue to show- WWI Maps on 5 Phillips Map Society. Dr. Fitz- occurred when I was serving case antique maps, rare Display gerald lives in Miami. as a “jump doctor” for an Ar- books, panoramas and atlas- American History 6 As an undergraduate at my paratroop battalion in es from around the world. Professor Joins Harvard University, I ma- Mainz, Germany from 1960 to My interests led me to Academic Com- jored in history and went on 1962; during that time, I held join the Phillips Map Society mittee to medical school at the Uni- the rank of captain. Then I in 1995 of which I became a G&M Focuses on 6 versity of Virginia. A few was making a bit more money Steering Committee member Latvian Maps years later in 1957, as a sur- and was able to buy more in 2000. The Society has gery intern and resident in maps, because the German helped me stay involved in New York City, I used to go Mark was almost nine to the maps. And for that, I would with a couple of friends to U.S. Dollar. I collected maps like to thank Ralph Ehren- bookstores in Lower Man- of European cities and cartog- berg. Over the years, I have hattan to look—not to raphy reference books. enjoyed getting to know buy—because I did not Well friends, that was the Ralph and John Hébert, their wives, and other committee make more than $75 a beginning of the addiction that members. The meetings are month. One day, at the book made me a “map-o-holic.” store Dauber and Pine, there very informative, and I have were three maps for sale. In 1993, Marcia Kanner learned a lot about the Li- One was the so-called and I organized a map event brary of Congress during my called “An Afternoon with visits. The staff members do [email protected] “Beaver Map of North America.” I was fascinated Historic Maps.” We attracted a wonderful job. News and information about some fifty-five people to the by it and wanted to buy it. By Joe Fitzgerald, M.D. the premier map collections of The store owner said he event. This was the origin of the Library of Congress. would sell all three for $75. the Miami International Map Fair, which is in its 22nd sea- Philip Lee Phillips Map Society Volume XII, Number 3 Pa ge 2 Archive of ‘GIS Father’ Comes to G&M For many years, I have kept three through smarter land development, urban books on the desk in my office, and planning, and geographic design. they are considered by some to be In his thesis, Tomlinson set out a pro- classics in the field of analytical geog- gram for the use of GIS in geography, and raphy and early Geographic Infor- he wrote how it might affect policy deci- mation Systems (“GIS”). They sit on sions in areas well beyond academic re- the shelf more for inspiration than for search: “Within the discipline… it is sug- reference, but rarely a week goes by gested that the mutual development of that I don’t find myself paging formal spatial models and geographic in- through them. formation systems will lead to future bene- Two of the titles, Peter Haggett ficial shifts of emphasis in both fields of and Richard Chorley’s Network Analy- endeavor. Within government, there are sis in Geography (1969), and William expected changes in operational procedure The Philip Lee Phillips Map Bunge’s Theoretical Geography (1962) are and the possibility of changes in decision Society of the Library of Congress is probably known to many of the mem- making processes that deeply affect the named in honor of Philip Lee Phil- bers, as they are classics in the field of lives of citizens…it is apparent that the lips (1857-1924), the first Superin- modern cartography. development of GIS cannot sensibly pro- ceed in isolation, but must be undertaken tendent of Maps at the Library of The third, however, might be more Congress when the Hall of Maps of a surprise. This book, now more a as an integral part of the very large struc- and Charts was established in 1897. collection of loose papers, having ture of data gathering, data analysis, and decision making.” been continually used over the years, The group is a non-profit, vol- is Roger Tomlinson’s thesis from the As part of the Library’s History of GIS untary association whose objective University of London, called, The Ap- and Computer Cartography Project, the is to develop, enhance, and promote plication of Electronic Computing Methods technical and personal papers of this great and Techniques to the Storage, Compilation, computer and cartographic pioneer have the work of the Geography and and Assessment of Mapped Data (1974). been donated by his widow, Lila, to G&M. Map Division by advancing its pub- Roger Tomlinson passed away on This has been made possible by the help lication, education, exhibition, February 9, 2014, at the age of 80. He and dedication to the history of GIS by preservation and acquisition pro- Duane Marble, a GIS pioneer in his own was one of the great pioneers in GIS, grams. a term that he coined in 1962 and a right, who first contacted me several years field that he helped to invent. Most of ago about our program and who has been To obtain membership and ac- his developmental work in the earliest instrumental in bringing this important gift tivities information, please contact: years of the experimentation with to the Library. Ralph E. Ehrenberg computer mapmaking and geographic Tomlinson’s papers will, in the near analysis was for the Canadian Land future, be made available to researchers p) 202/707-1992 Inventory, where he created the first alongside those of other archival collec- f) 202/707-8531 geographic databases and techniques tions of modern and pioneering cartogra- for studying land use. Many are still phers like John Snyder, Nicolas Chrisman, PLP Newsletter Staff used today by GIS analysts across Alden Colvocoresses, Fredrick Doyle, Ma- Ryan Moore, Canada. rie Tharpe, and many others, as we seek to Editor Tomlinson was a visionary and make the Division a center for research in recognized in his early published pa- the history of computer cartography. [email protected] pers, along with a few others in geog- By John Hessler 202-707-7779 raphy at the time, that computers could be used to improve geographic Ralph E. Ehrenberg, analysis. The obvious next step was to Managing Editor improve the lives of regular people [email protected] Friends of the Geography and Map Division Pa ge 3 G&M Chinese Cartography Book in Review Retired Diplomat Provides Historical Context Editor’s Note: This article original ap- the persistence of traditional map- peared in The Portolan and appears courtesy making up to the late 19th century, of The Washington Map Society. despite the introduction of western Reading Imperial Cartography: techniques by Jesuit missionaries. Ming-Qing Historical Maps in the Dr. Lin Tien-jen of Academia Sini- Library of Congress. Taiwan: Academ- ca describes the salient features of ia Sinica Digital Center and Washington: each map presented in the book The Library of Congress, 2013. Hard- and his analysis is summarized in bound, 10.5 x 14.5 inches, 444 pages, English by Min Zhang, G&M’s 157 maps, table of contents, three pref- cataloging team leader. Especially aces, essay, user’s guide, appendix, Eng- valuable to scholars is the appen- lish and Chinese. Limited Edition. ISBN dix prepared by Min Zhang that 978-986-03-9363-7. NT$1500. lists G&M’s pre-1900 Chinese maps with bibliographic infor- Available to the first 200 Philip Lee Phil- mation and notes. lips Map Society members who join or rejoin in 2014 with a donation of $100 or more; limited The 157 maps in this book to one copy per member. Membership infor- were selected from over 400 pre- mation at www.loc.gov/phillips 1900 Chinese maps in G&M’s holdings and are grouped into nine lar from the late 1600s to the mid- Reviewed by Harold E. Meinheit broad categories, each treated in a sep- 1800s. The “Great Qing Dynasty’s One of the largest collections of Chi- arate chapter: (1) General Maps; (2) Complete Map of all Under Heav- nese maps in the western hemisphere Local Administrative Maps; (3) Flood en” (pp.
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