Old maps and open data networks
Abstract
Old maps are a record of the past, exposing features people might want to tell stories about. Maphub is a Web application that enables them to do so by creating annotations on digitized high-resolution historical maps. By semantically tagging regions on the map, users create associations between their annotations and resources in open Web-based data networks. These associations are leveraged to enable multilingual search and to generate overlays of historical maps on modern mapping applications. Contributed annotations are shared on the Web following the W3C Open Annotation specification. Preliminary studies show general user satisfaction with our approach.
Top- Haslhofer, Bernhard
- Newman, Keith
- Stefanik, Amanda
- Robitza, Werner
- Lagoze, Carl
Shortfacts
Category |
Paper in Conference Proceedings or in Workshop Proceedings (Poster) |
Event Title |
iConference 2013 |
Divisions |
Multimedia Information Systems |
Subjects |
Webentwicklung, Webanwendungen Webmanagement |
Event Location |
Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
Event Type |
Conference |
Date |
14 February 2013 |
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