mapit1418
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The presentation about MapIt1418 Thijs van Exel (KL) & Edward Macgillavry gave at the State Of The Map 2009 conference in Amsterdam.TRANSCRIPT
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!
