Download - BCS Workshop: Old Maps Online
OldMapsOnline.org:Software for Old Maps
Klokan Petr Přidal <[email protected]>
Map Curators’ Group Workshop: The British Cartographic Society9-10th September 2009, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Moravian Library Brno, Czech RepublicMapTiler.com, Switzerland
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, ...
OldMapsOnline.orgproject results and plans
The other activities latest development
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.
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
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
ZOOMIFY, MOOVIEWER, OPENZOOMTILES PREGENERATED OR SERVED BY IIPIMAGE
• 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
• 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)
ImageServer: IIPImage
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
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
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/
OldMapsOnline.orgproject results and plans
The other activities latest development
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
GOOGLE MAPS OVERLAY DEMO
GOOGLE EARTH DEMO
OPENLAYERS DEMO
TODO: NLS Viewer
Bounding box
Geodetic coordinates on the map collar
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/