NEH/AHRC-funded #digitalhumanities project. Turning text on maps into data. Brought to you by @khetiwe24 @yaoyichiang @USCdiglib @aboutgeo & @nottinauta!
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We are delighted to be featured on the @turinginst blog today! Read about the project's vision, our fantastic partners & the fascinating collections we're working on here:
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Now YOU can search text on 57k historical maps 👇
Our new Machines Reading Maps tool that allows searching Text on Maps is now live at davidrumsey.com 100 million words indexed on 57,000 maps. Users can correct any errors. See our Text On Maps Help Guide for detailed descriptions on using this exciting new feature.
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Good news for maps! Yesterday @iiif_io & the IIIF Maps Technical Specification Group (TSG) published the Georeference Extension specification. As part of the allmaps.org project, @Sammeltassen and I worked on this spec for more than a year iiif.io/news/2023/05/15/geor…
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Book your place at our AI symposium with @RLUK and @SCURLScottish, in Edinburgh or online - Tuesday 25 April (all day). Free entry > nls.uk/events/
Esteemed speakers include Prof Sir Adrian Smith of @turinginst, @mkhokhar, @N_Fitzgerald, @Ma_rionC, @pmgooding and more.
ALT map of Edinburgh
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If @WillieNelson were to come by @StanfordLibs, Monday before his @frost_stanford_ show, to use the new @ReadingMaps #AI search to find maps of Luckenbach, TX? Well,... that would be just fine. #LetsGoFindLuckenbach
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Join @ReadingMaps @DavidRumseyMaps & @LunaImaging at @StanfordLibs on April 20 1-4pm pacific for the Machines Reading Maps Summit, a conference about creating, searching, and interacting with TEXT on MAPS.
In-person & zoom participation both possible.
eventbrite.com/e/machines-re…
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Workshop led by @ReadingMaps team about text on maps data from @DavidRumseyMaps this Friday (4/21) @cesta_stanford - join us from 1-4pm if you're on campus. Register here: eventbrite.com/e/machines-re…
@StanfordHistory @StanfordLibs
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In a stunning show of support for libraries, late yesterday afternoon the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to support a resolution backing the Internet Archive and the digital rights of all libraries. ▶️blog.archive.org/2023/04/20/… #DigitalRightsForLibraries
ALT Supporters surround Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle and District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan on the steps of City Hall.
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Join @ReadingMaps @DavidRumseyMaps & @LunaImaging at @StanfordLibs on April 20 1-4pm pacific for the Machines Reading Maps Summit, a conference about creating, searching, and interacting with TEXT on MAPS.
In-person & zoom participation both possible.
eventbrite.com/e/machines-re…
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Happy #MapsMonday! Speaking of happy we have the walled #settlement of Sara (which means happy, pure in Arabic). The urban settlement has since expanded but some of the #historic structures still remain.
#map #MapMonday #architecture
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Something cool is happening in April w/@ReadingMaps, @DavidRumseyMaps, & @LunaImaging hosted by @StanfordLibs... Details coming v. soon. A little teaser:
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#SavetheDate 🥁
🗓️ 28 April + 12 & 19 May
Our next #TMAcademies is gearing up to introduce #Recogito – an online #OS tool for collaborative document annotation – to our #TMOmembers. 💫
🪄 Our hosts: @OpenUniversity, @sheffielduni & @PelagiosNetwork. 🤩
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Meeting @jywarren and learning about his work with Sanborn maps as the Innovator in Residence at @librarycongress is the highlight of our week! Can't wait to see more!
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Today 13:30 - 14:30 GMT: Exploring text on maps. Join the @ReadingMaps team as they discuss experimental features being developed to enhance how #maps @DavidRumseyMaps can be accessed, searched, investigated & experienced — & make your own suggestions eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring… 3/4
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A big thank you to @nottinauta & @aboutgeo for their talks yesterday on their work on the @ReadingMaps project at our @I_X_X_I_ seminar.
The recorded videos of the presentations are available on the seminar website: gitlab.liris.cnrs.fr/geode/s…
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@nottinauta will present "Labels and Symbols: the representation of Antiquities on the Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain, and their digital annotation." and @aboutgeo "Machines Reading Maps and Recogito: an Online Environment for the Annotation of Historic Maps" @ReadingMaps
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The next session of the seminar « Traitement de données géographiques »
@I_X_X_I_ will take place on Thursday, November 24 at 2pm (CET) at @ENSdeLyon (and online). Free registration framaforms.org/inscription-s…
Program gitlab.liris.cnrs.fr/geode/s…
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An 1890s #Firework Factory! In the woods on the hill by Craigmillar Castle. Who’d have known?!
Just one of many long gone features now easily discoverable with our amazing new 25-inch #Edinburgh gazetteer.
Explore more: maps.nls.uk/additions/#133
This was such a great experience for us! We can't wait to celebrate the results with @natlibscotmaps and all the contributors next week.
New online viewer: search 21,950 names and features from OS 25 Inch Edinburgh mapping (1890s).
maps.nls.uk/additions/#133
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Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with our map transcription projects this year. maps.nls.uk/transcriptions/i…
Book now for our closing event at 17.00 GMT on Thursday 8th November to celebrate the success of these projects and the new resources created.eventbrite.co.uk/e/map-trans…
ALT image showing annotated historic map layers
Brilliant work from the Knowledge Computing Lab led by @yaoyichiang + @LunaImaging w/more to come from @aboutgeo and the rest of the team!
