# David Rumsey

> David Rumsey is an American map collector, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He assembled one of the world's largest private collections of historical maps, eponymously named and numbering more than 200,000 physical items plus digital materials, which he donated to Stanford University. It is housed at the university's Green Library in the David Rumsey Map Center, which opened in 2016. He began making his collection publicly available in 1997, and is recognized for his contributions to cartographic research and web information systems as an innovator in digitization, archiving, public engagement and data visualization. In 2002, Wired magazine commented, "Rumsey's online map collection introduced a revolutionary, accessible way for people to experience old maps by comparing them to modern geospatial data." Since then his work has integrated map-exploration tools including 2-D and 3-D overlays and virtual and augmented reality equipment.

*Founder of the David Rumsey Map Collection*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1944
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

David Rumsey is an American map collector, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He assembled one of the world's largest private collections of historical maps, eponymously named and numbering more than 200,000 physical items plus digital materials, which he donated to Stanford University. It is housed at the university's Green Library in the David Rumsey Map Center, which opened in 2016. He began making his collection publicly available in 1997, and is recognized for his contributions to cartographic research and web information systems as an innovator in digitization, archiving, public engagement and data visualization. In 2002, Wired magazine commented, "Rumsey's online map collection introduced a revolutionary, accessible way for people to experience old maps by comparing them to modern geospatial data." Since then his work has integrated map-exploration tools including 2-D and 3-D overlays and virtual and augmented reality equipment.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 44.2
- **Momentum:** 9.5

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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5239292)

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