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Subject: NLS map georeferencer pilot application
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:39:21 -0000
From: Fleet, Christopher <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>
Taking advantage of software recently developed by Klokan Technologies,
the National Library of Scotland has just made available several hundred
early maps of Scotland in a pilot Map Georeferencer application. The
application allows anyone to georeference various historical maps
online, including county maps, town plans, coastal charts and estate
maps, and then view them as an overlay in Google Earth or using the
Google Earth browser plugin. We've tried to make the georeferencing
quick and fun, and users can also:
* compare historic maps directly with present day satellite images
* share, use and georeference the maps in more detail
* view the maps alongside other georeferenced historical maps of the
same area
* help improve search methods to find them in future
The application will improve over the coming months in line with the
development of the wider Georeferencer project and software at:
http://www.georeferencer.org/ , and other libraries add their online map
images.
View the NLS Map Georeferencer at: http://geo.nls.uk/maps/georeferencer/
Please take a look - we are very keen to encourage testing and feedback
of the application!
We have also put together:
* a Step-by-step guide to georeferencing
(http://geo.nls.uk/maps/georeferencer/help.html )
* a Why Georeference Maps? discussion page
(http://geo.nls.uk/maps/georeferencer/why_georeference.html )
* notes about Georeferencer
(http://geo.nls.uk/maps/georeferencer/about.html )
Georeferencer has been developed by Klokan Petr Pridal and the Moravian
Library Brno as part of the OldMapsOnline.org Project
(http://help.oldmapsonline.org/ ). We hope too that the georeferenced
map metadata will in future allow better search methods, perhaps along
the lines of the MapRank search system - see new demo application of
this at: http://www.mapranksearch.com/
Chris Fleet and Petr Pridal
Chris Fleet, National Library of Scotland, 159 Causewayside, EDINBURGH,
EH9 1PH. E-mail: [log in to unmask]; Web: http://maps.nls.uk
Petr Pridal, Klokan Technologies GmbH, Bahnhofstrasse 9, Baar 6340,
Switzerland. Email: [log in to unmask], Web: http://www.klokantech.com/
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