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MapIt1418
This document summarizes the MapIt1418 project, which aims to add geographic data to historical photos from World War 1 by activating communities on Flickr. The project "mashes up" Flickr photo data with mapping data from OpenStreetMap to allow people to geotag photos on a map and add their own stories. The organizers chose OpenStreetMap due to its openness, social ecosystem, and ability to be customized. They developed MapIt1418 with thorough interaction and graphic design to make mapping accessible despite the non-technical audience. The project brings together Flickr, OpenStreetMap, and other technologies to enrich cultural heritage collections and make them more discoverable.
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MapIt1418
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- 2. a few statements to start with
- 3. since early times, we’ve wanted to know where things were and when Antikythera Mechanism
- 4. the older thingsare, the less we know about their origin
- 7. Images for theFuture • Saves audiovisual heritage through conservation and digitization. • Makes digital material available for educational purposes, for the general public and for the creative industry. • Innovates the heritage sector by sharing knowledge and experience
- 8. IFTF = • National Archive • Knowledgeland • Sound and Vision • Filmmuseum • Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken • Centrale Discotheek Rotterdam
- 9. IFTF = • National Archive • Knowledgeland • Sound and Vision • Filmmuseum • Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken • Centrale Discotheek Rotterdam
- 10. • National Archive:1.2 million photos: • digitisation & metadata generation • broad availability! • Professionals & volunteers • Making use of the crowd
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- 13. top 10 “interestingness” 4 out of 10: World War 1 photos
- 16. Mapping Collective History, Together:MapIt1418 • Most “interesting” (whatever that may be) • Of all NA photos on Flickr, the WW1 collection gets the most views, comments & tags • Geographical data are mostly unknown • Activate WW1 communities to add geographical data to the collection
- 17. MapIt1418: big leapfor archive, not for mankind • ‘mashing up’ data streams from Flickr & OSM • people can put photos on map, thus adding data to Flickr • add own stories, add photos of ‘now’ situations
- 18. So, why OSM? welike: • openness • benefits for the sector: re-usability • portability • its social ecosystem • temporal quality: up-to-date • customisation (possible phase II of MapIt1418) • Map content • Cartographic visualisation
- 19. Developing MapIt1418 • Nota typical OSM-example • Not a map-savvy organisation • Not a map-savvy audience
- 20. Mitigation • Thorough functionaldesign • Interaction design • Graphic design
- 21. Developing MapIt1418 • “Classic”example of mash-up • OpenStreetMap • Flickr • Re-mashable: KML/GeoRSS
- 22. Bringing it together • Flickr API • OpenLayers • Fusebox: PHP framework • MySQL
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- 26. mapit1418.nl (live August21) thanks! Questions? te@kl.nl / judith.moortgat@nationaalarchief.nl / edward@webmapper.net