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How to equalise colour, brightness and contrast across several scanned paper maps

I am a vectors guy mostly, but for a current project I need to work with a bunch of old scanned paper maps (ww2 bomb damage maps for London, if your interested!) We scanned and georeferenced the ...
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How do I determine the projection of a paper map?

If I'm reading a paper map how do I determine what projection was used to draw the map if such information is not explicitly labelled on the document? Online it is easy to find resources (for ...
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How do I safely store paper/hardcopy maps?

What do I need to consider when deciding how to preserve paper maps safely from the ravages of time? I am trying to understand some best practices when it comes to archiving and storing paper maps. ...