Using Maps To Create Compelling Products
December 5, 2008 by Debra · 2 Comments
Maps make for fantastic wall art. Not only do they remind us of where we’ve been they can help us get where we want to go. For example, I have a friend who has a strong love for all things Russian. She has gorgeous maps of Russia placed in key locations throughout her home. Because the organization and boundaries of Russia have changed over the years these maps, some of them are very old, have value as collector’s items.
Now we’re not talking about the Rand McNally Road Atlas types of maps, hang hose on your wall and the only thing you’re likely to gain is the knowledge of all the rest areas between Austin and Albuquerque. Ick!
No, we’re talking about vintage maps. Before the invention of GoogleMaps and GPS map making was an art which took map creators painstaking time and attention to detail. You can find a wealth of fabulous map art at archives.org. Here’s how.
- Step One. Visit the Library of Congress Digital Collection
- Step Two. Enter maps in the search area.
- Step Three. Hit search! You’ll find more than 2,000 results.
- Step Four. Narrow your search.
Love Russian maps like my friend? Search Maps Russia and review the results.
Love Europe? Search Maps Europe
Want to stick closer to home? Search by state. You may be able to find aerial photos, hand drawn maps of an entire state or notable city. Like this one of Georgia:
You can show the progress of time and change for cities like Las Vegas and Chicago with a progression of map images.
Step Five. Don’t forget to search inside books. There are a large number of books in the public domain which have gorgeous maps inside and included as illustrations. These maps offer the same opportunity that individual map collections do.
So what can you do with all of these public domain maps?
Well posters and calendars first come to mind however you can also create coffee table books with themes from your desired country or region. You can take the images to a printer and create quality lithographs and sell them framed or unframed as the works of art they were meant to be.
Map art with public domain content is a fantastic way to create unique products for your map loving audience. Start at loc.gov and brainstorm the possibilities.
Public Domain Product Ideas
September 29, 2008 by Debra · 2 Comments
What do I do with all this junk? Do you think you might have Public Domain books or movies stored in the deep dark recesses of your storage??? What kind of Public Domain Product Ideas do you have.
When someone has been around the Internet Marketing Business world for years… quietly making a living using Public Domain information to produce unique and sought after products… well we end up with way to many ideas to ever implement.
photo credit: PetitPoulailler
Sharing Ideas makes good business sense. Why don’t I keep all these unique ideas to myself? If you find just one little nugget of an idea for using Public Domain material… that makes you a ton of cash… well… wouldn’t you want to come back and visit this site over and over?
Wow… that was a long sentence and probably confusing.
I just want you to be successful and feel comfortable sharing any good ideas you might have about using copyright free content. So… if I share so much that you find it mind boggling… then maybe, just maybe I can get you to jump in and share with us as well.
Okay? Get ready… It’s going to be a bumpy ride!
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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When Polygamy Came To America - A Novel
Right now… our country is filled with outrage! The fact that we have found yet another hidden group of families practicing the unlawful marriage practice of polygamy.
This novel recently transcribed is available at archive.org. It is a sweetly written story written about the history of Mormon Wives in the 1800’s. Many women traveled to Utah with the full intention and knowledge that this marriage practice was mandatory… but some did not.
This novel can be used as an educational tool for those that don’t understand what the role of polygamy played in the Mormon religion in it’s early days.
You can read this small book in about an hour: Mormon Wives
The author was outraged with the idea of Utah becoming a state. It seems that the Mormon religion was considered a form of slavery.
Here is a portion of the introduction:
The American people, absorbed in their grand
schemes of physical development, are apt to shut
their eyes to the moral aspects of their society.
This moral apathy it is which has allowed the system of slavery to grow and expand until it is now fast
becoming the controling element in the government;
and this apathy it is which would allow the introduction of polygamy into American institutions to
become one of the elements of our society.
Who shall be to blame if that instrument of barbarism becomes
linked to our country, protected by its army and navy,
by its Constitution, by its moral force and sympathy ?
Let us not be deceived longer, but open our eyes
to the serpent now asking to be warmed into life
by our national hearth-stone; let us arise and say,
” Away leper ! cleanse thyself! and then come, and we
will gladly receive thee into our household will then
gladly give thee equal share in our councils then
will protect thee as our fathers protected Bunker’s
Hill? Away with thee, and cleanse thyself!”
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FACT: Of The Millions Of Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963, the U.S. Copyright Office Estimates That Only Roughly 15% Had Their Copyright Protection Renewed. This Means That Around 85% Of All Books Published In The U.S. Between 1923 And 1963 Are Up For Grabs! That’s Billions of Pages of Material That You Can Use To Create Your Own Outrageously Profitable Multi-Media Information Publishing Empire…Faster Than You Ever Dreamed Possible…. |
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