Workflow for
old maps in libraries
Project OldMapsOnline.org
Mgr. Petr Přidal <klokan@klokan.cz> + Ing. Petr Žabicka <zabak@mzk.cz>
Moravian Library Brno: project Old Maps Online, R&D grant, Czech Ministry of Culture

What we were discussing:
1 Scanning
2 Publishing
3 Georeferencing
4 Metadata
5 Search
Report and notes at:
http://help.oldmapsonline.org/

A
We would like to search in
map collections!
But traditional text search is almost useless... :-(

Search interface: “Where, When, What/Who”

Bounding box

Coordinates on the map
collar

Bounding box in the
metadata record:
MARC: field 034
034: $$dE0123600$$eE0273600$$fN0500000$$gN0400000
255: $$c[(012˚36’00\" v.d.--027˚36’00\" v.d./050˚00’00\"
s.š.--040˚00’00\" s.š.)].
DublinCore: DCMI Box
DC.Coverage: name=Western Australia; northlimit=-13.5;
southlimit=-35.5; westlimit=112.5; eastlimit=129
ISO 19115 / FGDC

B
How can you generate
these records?
It should be simple...

C
Can community help you
with that?
Yes! But it must be entertaining process for people...!
“Web 2.0” for scanned old maps: cooperative
georeference and possible online research!

You should publish your maps...
Visitors can explore your scans at your sites,
zoom & pan in the browser...
You will add the the button to your website with the
map presentation:
>> 3D View & Georeference <<
which links to prepared web-based tools

> Specification of control points for your online scans <
Main advantage: It allows improvable collaborative
georeference even after the document is published!

3D Earth demo
•
Google Earth 3D presentation of your scanned maps:
We provide the geometadata (KML) - the images comes
from your server (no upload to 3d-party)

Cartometric accuracy analysis online - for your scans
(based on MapAnalyst)

Possible online warping of your scans:
If you agree, we can provide OGC WMS access to your
scans (as soon as you publish with Zoomify or IIPimage)

MAPTILER.ORG
DEMO
Possible online warping of your scans:
If you agree, we can overlay Google Maps and similar
services (similar results like with our MapTiler.org)

Search interface: “Where, When, What/Who”
Metadata necessary for the geo search engine:
Online georeferencing tool generates also metadata for
geospatial search in your map collection...

Online map synthesis and genealogy studies are possible
with maps from dierent online map collections
Demo of the interface: Microsoft Research MapSynthesizer

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http://help.oldmapsonline.org
contact us by email:
info@oldmapsonline.org
Mgr. Petr Přidal <klokan@klokan.cz> + Ing. Petr Žabicka <zabak@mzk.cz>
Moravian Library Brno: project Old Maps Online, R&D grant, Czech Ministry of Culture