5. During the last 36 months
we have helped over
1.380.000
online visitors
to discover old maps
6. We have encouraged
all libraries holding maps
to think about their metadata
in a geographical context.
BoundingBox Tool
http://boundingbox.klokantech.com/
8. Geographical Searching
Intuitive. Map-driven. Modern web interface.
Advanced ranking. Fast.
Searching library catalogs and map databases
embedded in your website
from 2000 EUR.
Old Maps Online participation for FREE.
10. More maps: institutions + individuals +
project cooperation + crawling bots
Linked Data: Unique linkable identifiers +
metadata + IIIF thumbs. Schema.org tags
(microdata). Possibly JSON-LD.
GeoSEO: Google indexing to serve phrases
such as “Old maps of <place>”, etc.
Analytics: Vistor stats for institutions
Admin interface: For institutions
what’s next…
11. Touch interface: Tablets and mobiles 20%
Georeferencer: Turning scans into true
maps, collaboratively in a web browser.
Online service. Platform to access online
high-res imagery - IIIF / WMS / WMTS.
Transcription: Extracting and linking
information depicted on the maps
Vectorisation: OSM tools + cooperation
with Open Historical Map
what’s next…
13. Google indexing
1-3 position on Google for “old maps” phrase
The geographical search interface uses AJAX, it
is only one page for Google bots :-(
The project must expose the metadata in a way
indexable by traditional full-text search engine
Phrases such as the “Old maps of Edinburgh”,
“Old maps of British Isles”, “of ...”, ...
World coverage, high quality geodata required
23. Old Maps Online
www.oldmapsonline.org
SME project partner
Custom development + design of web interfaces
Open source integrations
Applied research with cutting edge web technologies
24. Open-source projects: IIPImage IIIF JPEG2000, OpenLayers, Leaflet,
Omeka, WebGL Earth, GDAL, EPSG.io, …
Contracted development and
open source integrations
GeoreferencerMapTiler