mapit1418

MapIt1418Mapping Collective History Together

a few statementsto start with

since early times, we’ve wanted to know where things were and when

Antikythera Mechanism

the older things are, the less we know

about their origin

combining things is smart

Images for the Future

• Saves audiovisual heritage through conservation and digitization.

• Makes digital material available for educational purposes, for the general public and for the creative industry.

• Innovates the heritage sector by sharing knowledge and experience

IFTF =• National Archive• Knowledgeland• Sound and Vision• Filmmuseum• Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken• Centrale Discotheek Rotterdam

IFTF =• National Archive• Knowledgeland• Sound and Vision• Filmmuseum• Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken• Centrale Discotheek Rotterdam

• National Archive: 1.2 million photos:

• digitisation & metadata generation• broad availability!

• Professionals & volunteers• Making use of the crowd

monitoring“interestingness”

top 10 “interestingness”

4 out of 10:World War 1 photos

Mapping Collective History, Together: MapIt1418• Most “interesting” (whatever that may be)

• Of all NA photos on Flickr, the WW1 collection gets the most views, comments & tags

• Geographical data are mostly unknown

• Activate WW1 communities to add geographical data to the collection

MapIt1418: big leap for archive, not for mankind• ‘mashing up’ data streams from Flickr & OSM

• people can put photos on map, thus adding data to Flickr

• add own stories, add photos of ‘now’ situations

So, why OSM?we like:• openness

• benefits for the sector: re-usability• portability

• its social ecosystem• temporal quality: up-to-date

• customisation (possible phase II of MapIt1418)• Map content• Cartographic visualisation

Developing MapIt1418• Not a typical OSM-example• Not a map-savvy organisation• Not a map-savvy audience

Mitigation• Thorough functional design• Interaction design• Graphic design

Developing MapIt1418• “Classic” example of mash-up

• OpenStreetMap• Flickr

• Re-mashable: KML/GeoRSS

Bringing it together• Flickr API• OpenLayers• Fusebox: PHP framework• MySQL

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let’s have a look

rough sketch!

rough sketch!

Questions?te@kl.nl /

judith.moortgat@nationaalarchief.nl /edward@webmapper.net

mapit1418.nl (live August 21)thanks!