eculturemap - link to europeana knowledge

eCultureMap – link to Europeana knowledge

The 2nd International Workshop

on Supporting Users Exploration of Digital Libraries Valletta, Malta 26.9.2013

Franc J. Zakrajsek, Vlasta Vodeb

17th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries

The first map?

- physical location,- provenience,- current institution,- location of event,...

- geographic names,- territorial units,- addresses,...

- arhitectural buildings,- archeological sites,- monuments,- books.- maps,- paintings,- videos...

Indirect geocoding

Direct geocoding

Geographic location of cultural heritage

Geographic location is one of the most important aspect of information for every cultural heritage item. A formalized location attribute (e.g. geocode or

geographical coordinates) will significantly enhance the power of searching, visualization, analysis of the content.

Concept of eCultureMap

eCultureMap on mobiles

eCultureMap

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Some concepts of geocoding

immovable heritage movable heritage

intangible heritage

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location

relationgeocode

pointmuseum

currentlocation

museumobject

physical entitygeocoding

provenience

museum object

geocode

geocode

point

locations

relation

geocodes

points

currentlocation

carneval exhibitions

geocoding

locations

relation

geocodes

part of

publications articlesgeocoding

location

monumentsarchitectural heritagearcheological heritage

geocoding

geocode

point

Geoparsing

Geoenrichment

eCultureMap

... so begin geocoding ...