encyclopedia Elevation from old encyclopedias Elevation schemes taken from scans of maps of North America in old encyclopedias; the Meyers Konversationslexikon (1885–1890) and Nordisk familjebok (1876–1957). The fading of ink, the browning of the paper and inaccuracies in the scanning process will mean that these schemes are much muddier than the (unknown) authors intended. 01/08/2012