NEH/AHRC-funded #digitalhumanities project. Turning text on maps into data. Brought to you by @khetiwe24 @yaoyichiang @USCdiglib @aboutgeo & @nottinauta!
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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. 🤩
bit.ly/3IPYmh6
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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
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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
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How to unlock historical maps with machine learning and semantic web technologies? Katherine McDonough & @nottinauta solve this in the @ReadingMaps project with mapKurator (ML pipeline for text detection & EL), and a customised version of the annotation tool Recogito #SpatHum2022
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@jina_kimmm did awesome maps with AI presentations at the Library of Congress with @ReadingMaps
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Papers due Sept 2 for the @SIGSPATIAL_GIS Geospatial Humanities Workshop!!
ludovicmoncla.github.io/sigs…
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Want to see how machines work with humans in various ways in the cultural heritage domain? Register for the Unforeseen Paths 2 here: istar.iscte-iul.pt/unforesee… Awesome organizers and speakers! @ReadingMaps