Turning a Thousand or so Words into a Map
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Clavin is a geoparser that converts text into maps, with a recent version 2.0 release in September 2014 featuring a simpler API and support for structured data. It is utilized by various organizations, including MIT Mediameter and major oil and gas companies. Future developments include algorithmic improvements, multilingual support, and potential project governance enhancements.
![What’s Next?
• More algorithmic tweaks
• MITIE integration
• Enhance performance
• Improve multilingual
capabilities
• Project governance?
“Map showing Japanese-Chinese warfre [sic] now in Shanghai“
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Turning a Thousand or so Words into a Map
- 1. Turning a Thousand (or so) Words into a Map Charlie Greenbacker @greenbacker “Word map of Seattle, 1971“ by Seattle Municipal Archives (https://flic.kr/p/4VCgqw) CC-BY 2.0
- 2. What is CLAVIN? • A geoparser • Turns text into maps • The “Springfield Problem” • Apache License “Old map“ by Enrique Flouret (https://flic.kr/p/cwqy5E) CC-BY 2.0
- 3. What’s New? • Sep 2014: v2.0 release • Simpler & richer API • Full hierarchical ancestry • Support for structured data • Subtle bug fixes • Core algorithmic tweaks “New England 1985“ by davecito (https://flic.kr/p/dTctiW) CC-BY 2.0
- 4. Who Uses CLAVIN? • MIT MediaMeter CLIFF • cliff.mediameter.org • Altamira Lumify • lumify.io • Major oil & gas company • Major military organization “Sailor marks a map.“ by Official U.S. Navy Page (https://flic.kr/p/dg65za) CC-BY 2.0
- 7. What’s Next? • More algorithmic tweaks • MITIE integration • Enhance performance • Improve multilingual capabilities • Project governance? “Map showing Japanese-Chinese warfre [sic] now in Shanghai“ by http://maps.bpl.org (https://flic.kr/p/55mVic) CC-BY 2.0
- 8. “Compass Study“ by Calsidyrose (https://flic.kr/p/8vehvb) CC-BY 2.0 clavin.io Charlie Greenbacker @greenbacker