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Petr Pridal

Education Technology

Opening historical maps for community mashups
- a case study of the
NLS Historical Maps API

KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 300
KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 500
KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 700

Petr Pridal <petr.pridal@klokantech.com>
Chris Fleet <c.fleet@nls.uk>

ICA DigiCartoHeritage, Barcelona, April 2012

Historical Maps API

• Target: promote the use of historical maps in
online mashups

• Encourage people to use the historical maps in
their own web and mobile applications

• New use cases and community usage
• Powerful publishing technology
• Released: April 2010: usage, impact
http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/

<html>
Simple to use... JavaScript

• Copy&paste embedding in 3rd party websites
• with a zoom to a given place name

• with a zoom to given coordinates

• automatically detected position

• Examples for Google Maps API, OpenLayers,
Bing

• Open for iPhone / iPad / Android application
• OpenStreetMap community / geo geeks
• The “base map” for other NLS map applications
http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/

MapTiler.org
Technology MapTiler.com
TileServer.com

• MapTiler (http://www.maptiler.com/)
• Rendering of a seamless maps from large number
KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 300 KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo Sans 50
of GeoTiffs , complete UK coverage (street level)
KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 500 KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo Sans 50

• Power of MultiCore CPUs / clusters / clouds
KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 700 KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo Sans 70

• Unique and cheap publishing technology:
possible multiple servers with failover

• Available for other mapping projects / large
maps / aerial photos / virtual globes

Choice of Maps

Out of copyright / complete UK coverage.

1:1 million, Great Britain, 1933

Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1921-1923

Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales,
1919-1921

One-inch to the mile, Popular edition, Scotland,
1920-1930

One-inch to the mile, New Popular edition, England
and Wales, 1945-1947

Georeferencing
Used ArcGIS - followed workflow described at:

http://geo.nls.uk/urbhist/guides_georeferencingarcgis.html

Impact and statistics

• May 2010 to February 2011 (22 months) the API
has recorded:

• 841,000 visits - up to 1 million people!
• 1,462,000 page views
• Hundreds of web sites where maps appear
• Mobile applications created by 3rd parties
• Impact on new communities,
OpenStreetMap, ...

User Communities : Outdoor Leisure
Wheres the Path - http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm - 388,000 views

User Communities : Outdoor Leisure

Outside Maps (iPhone/iPad) Otopia OS Maps app (Windows Phone)

User Communities: Family History 2

Borders Family History Society -
www.bordersfhs.org.uk/

User communities - Open Street Map

http://maps.openstreetmap.ie/oocmaps.html

New NLS Georeferenced Layers - 2012

http://geo.nls.uk/search/mosaic/

Future

• NLS support for API
• Usage logging for
large/commercial users
• Google Ads?
• New licensed /
subscription-based
historic layers?

Thank you!
http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/

http://www.nls.uk/
http://www.klokantech.com/

Chris Fleet, National Library of Scotland, and Petr Pridal, Klokan Technologies GmbH

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Barcelona nls-maps-api-print

1. Opening historical maps for community mashups - a case study of the NLS Historical Maps API KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 300 KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 500 KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 700 Petr Pridal <petr.pridal@klokantech.com> Chris Fleet <c.fleet@nls.uk> ICA DigiCartoHeritage, Barcelona, April 2012

2. Historical Maps API • Target: promote the use of historical maps in online mashups • Encourage people to use the historical maps in their own web and mobile applications • New use cases and community usage • Powerful publishing technology • Released: April 2010: usage, impact http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/

3. http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/

5. <html> Simple to use... JavaScript • Copy&paste embedding in 3rd party websites • with a zoom to a given place name • with a zoom to given coordinates • automatically detected position • Examples for Google Maps API, OpenLayers, Bing • Open for iPhone / iPad / Android application • OpenStreetMap community / geo geeks • The “base map” for other NLS map applications http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/

6. MapTiler.org Technology MapTiler.com TileServer.com • MapTiler (http://www.maptiler.com/) • Rendering of a seamless maps from large number KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 300 KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo Sans 50 of GeoTiffs , complete UK coverage (street level) KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 500 KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo Sans 50 • Power of MultiCore CPUs / clusters / clouds KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo 700 KLOKAN TECHNOLOGIES - Museo Sans 70 • Unique and cheap publishing technology: possible multiple servers with failover • Available for other mapping projects / large maps / aerial photos / virtual globes

7. Choice of Maps Out of copyright / complete UK coverage. 1:1 million, Great Britain, 1933 Quarter-inch to the mile, Scotland, 1921-1923 Quarter-inch to the mile, England and Wales, 1919-1921 One-inch to the mile, Popular edition, Scotland, 1920-1930 One-inch to the mile, New Popular edition, England and Wales, 1945-1947

8. Georeferencing Used ArcGIS - followed workflow described at: http://geo.nls.uk/urbhist/guides_georeferencingarcgis.html

9. Impact and statistics • May 2010 to February 2011 (22 months) the API has recorded: • 841,000 visits - up to 1 million people! • 1,462,000 page views • Hundreds of web sites where maps appear • Mobile applications created by 3rd parties • Impact on new communities, OpenStreetMap, ...

10. Usage trends

11. User Communities : Outdoor Leisure Wheres the Path - http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm - 388,000 views

12. User Communities : Outdoor Leisure Outside Maps (iPhone/iPad) Otopia OS Maps app (Windows Phone)

13. User Communities : Outdoor Leisure

14. User Communities: Dartmouth Tors

15. User Communities : Photography

16. User Communities : Archaeology 1

17. User Communities: Archaeology 2

18. User Communities : Local History

19. User Communities: Family History 1

20. User Communities: Family History 2 Borders Family History Society - www.bordersfhs.org.uk/

21. User Communities : Specialist History

22. User Communities : Road History

23. User Communities : Road History

24. User Communities: Historic Buildings

25. User Communities : Education

26. User communities - Open Street Map http://maps.openstreetmap.ie/oocmaps.html

27. NLS usage – Geoserver / Openlayers

28. NLS usage – GeoReferencer

29. NLS usage – Mosaic Viewer

30. NLS usage – Mosaic Viewer

31. NLS usage – Mosaic Viewer

32. New NLS Georeferenced Layers - 2012 http://geo.nls.uk/search/mosaic/

33. Future • NLS support for API • Usage logging for large/commercial users • Google Ads? • New licensed / subscription-based historic layers?

34. Thank you! http://geo.nls.uk/maps/api/ http://www.nls.uk/ http://www.klokantech.com/ Chris Fleet, National Library of Scotland, and Petr Pridal, Klokan Technologies GmbH

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