BCS Workshop: Old Maps Online
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Klokan Petr Přidal presented software tools for publishing and georeferencing historical map collections online. The OldMapsOnline project provides open-source software for libraries to publish scans of old maps with pan-and-zoom viewers on their websites using pre-generated image tiles. An online georeferencing tool allows collaborative specification of control points to georeference maps, generating metadata and enabling overlaying of maps. Results from the project include publishing software now available, with online georeferencing tools to be released in 2010.
BCS Workshop: Old Maps Online
- 1. Klokan Petr Přidal <klokan@klokan.cz> OldMapsOnline.org: Software for Old Maps Moravian Library Brno, Czech Republic MapTiler.com, Switzerland Map Curators’ Group Workshop: The British Cartographic Society 9-10th September 2009, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- 2. Introduction: • Consultant & Programmer (IT + GIS), Open-Source Development, Web Applications • Cooperation with public libraries, project OldMapsOnline.org - free software and online tools • Expertise in online map publishing: MapTiler.org, tile rendering (Amazon EC2 computer cluster + hosting S3 or GAE), UNIX + Web technology • Cooperation with: David Rumsey, NLS, BRGM, Orange UK, Three UK, ...
- 3. OldMapsOnline.org The other activities project results and plans latest development
- 4. Project Old Maps Online • Publishing: – Libraries are publishing scans on their website (with free software and pan&zoom viewers) • Georeference: – Online tools: only web browser needed. Visitors can collaborate. 3D visualization and overlays of maps possible.
- 5. Background of the project • R&D project in a public library • Moravian Library in Brno: grant from Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic (2009-2011) • Design of an open-source workflow for historical map collections in (czech) libraries • Open-source software development and customization • Online tools should replace expensive GIS software • Best practices and links, tutorials for libraries
- 6. Publishing • Free software for old maps publishing: – Pan&Zoom web viewers for your website – Easy and efficient publishing with tiles (zoomify) – Advanced publishing from JPEG2000/TIFF (iipimage) as free alternative to commercial products
- 7. ZOOMIFY, MOOVIEWER, OPENZOOM TILES PREGENERATED OR SERVED BY IIPIMAGE
- 8. • Really simple to use, almost no technical knowledge for publishing the high resolution images to the Internet • You generate tiles and copy them on your server, no further setup is needed • Original: http://www.zoomify.com/ • Existing open-source implementation for tiling software as well as for viewers
- 9. ImageServer: IIPImage • Fast image server, OpenSource GPL: for free • Color Correct (ICC profile, L a*b* space) • SourceForge: http://iipimage.sf.net/ • Displays TIFF images (stored on the server) • Zoomify-compatible (we supported dev) • Support for JPEG2000 (we supported dev)
- 10. Georeferencer.org • Online tools for collaborative georeferencing of scanned maps - you need only webbrowser – The maps are displayed from your server, the online tool allows specification of control points – Improvable in time, possible collaboration – Outputs: World file (GIS), 3D Vizualization (GE), GeoMetadata (MARC, DC) for search, Accuracy analysis, Overlays and Synthesizing of maps
- 11. Georeferencer.org – No need to change anything on your side – Possible closer integration if you would like – Supported formats now: images (jpg), Zoomify – later: IIPImage, MrSID, Aware, ContentDM (LOC), Luna (Rumsey), DeepZoom (WDL), XLImage (KBR), DjVU, ExLibris DigiTool/Rosetta, ... – Links back to your websites, copyright notice according your wish, you can opt out
- 13. Results: where and when? • Publishing software and viewers are available as open-source for free and NOW • Online tools are under development, available in the next year (2010), the georeferencing functionality is going to be available for free http://www.oldmapsonline.org/
- 14. OldMapsOnline.org The other activities project results and plans latest development
- 15. The other activities • MapTiler: easy to use and effective publishing of maps in the style of Google Maps from GIS data • Viewers - Integration of the viewers and new functionality to existing technologies (LizardTech, ContentDM, ..) • Map indexes (conversion from GIS form) • Metadata and rapid geotagging • MapRank: Geographical search for map collection
- 17. GOOGLE MAPS OVERLAY DEMO
- 19. OPENLAYERS DEMO
- 20. TODO: NLS Viewer
- 23. Bounding box
- 24. Geodetic coordinates on the map collar
- 29. Thank you for your attention... • Latest news of the Old Maps Online in the blog and on the website of the project • Tomorrow a workshop: “From paper to screen: Putting maps on the web” • Possible cooperation on your projects: contact me! http://www.oldmapsonline.org/ klokan@klokan.cz