Old maps and open data networks

Haslhofer, Bernhard; Newman, Keith; Stefanik, Amanda; Robitza, Werner; Lagoze, Carl

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Title

Old maps and open data networks

Author(s)

• Haslhofer, Bernhard
• Newman, Keith
• Stefanik, Amanda
• Robitza, Werner
• Lagoze, Carl

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• historical maps
• annotations
• linked data
• GIS
• cultural informatics
• information organization
• knowledge management
• social and community informatics

Date of Ingest

2013-02-03T05:51:05Z

Abstract

Old maps are a record of the past, exposing features people might want to tell stories about. Maphub is a Web application that enables them to do so by creating annotations on digitized high-resolution historical maps. By semantically tagging regions on the map, users create associations between their annotations and resources in open Web-based data networks. These associations are leveraged to enable multilingual search and to generate overlays of historical maps on modern mapping applications. Contributed annotations are shared on the Web following the W3C Open Annotation specification. Preliminary studies show general user satisfaction with our approach.

Publisher

iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

Conference Poster

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42105

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13400

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