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Subject: Re: NLS map georeferencer pilot application
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:58:26 -0800
From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
is this the same platform that NYPL is using for their crowdsourced
georeferencing?
On 11/16/2010 9:16 AM, Angie Cope wrote:
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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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