13 04 2007 C A2007

New approaches to ancient places: perceiving landscapes in ancient writings using geospatial computing Stuart Dunn CCH King’s College London Classical Association Conference Birmingham, 13th April 2007

Georeferencing: basic principles
Informal : based on placenames
Formal : based on coordinates, or some other mathematical expression
Benefits
Resolving ambiguity
Ease of access to data objects
Integration of data from heterogeneous sources
Resolving space and time

Georeferencing: basic principles ANDROS 24.87 34.87

Geographical Information Systems: (vector) GIS e.g. roads, rivers e.g. places e.g. countries, territories etc

Feature types Alexandria Digital Library

Μήλος
“ ML” Milos Melos Milo

Map 5.6 (NB: insets not to scale)

Geoparsing Placename-related entities Named places Relative distance references Feature types

Placename-related entities Named places Relative distance references Feature types Text Georeferencing standards Controlled feature vocabulary (e.g. ADL) LGPN? Gazetteers

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