"Working Digitally with Historical Maps" -- National Library of Scotland -- 13th Dec 2012
On Thursday 13th December, the Old Maps Online project is organising a one day workshop in collaboration with the National Library of Scotland, to be held in the Board Room in the main building at George IV Bridge in Edinburgh. Old Maps Online is a collaborative project between the University of Portsmouth, Klokan Technologies, the National Library of Scotland and the British Library, which has built a free online search portal for old maps linking together cartographic material held in map libraries around the world:
http://www.oldmapsonline.org
The focus of the meeting is NOT on digitising maps, but on the many new ways in which old maps can be used once they have been digitised, especially if they are findable, down-loadable and even mashable-up. We are very keen to gather together selected people primarily from the educational and public sectors who have recently worked on projects using historical maps in new ways.
Speakers will include:
<> Jake King (Ainmean Aite na h-Alba) - 'Using Historical Maps as a Tool for Place-name Research'
<> Chris Fleet (National Library of Scotland) - 'New digital map developments at the National Library of Scotland'
<> Chris Speed (Edinburgh College of Art) - 'Walking Through Time'
<> David Simpson (Renfrewshire Local History Forum) - 'Old Data on Modern Maps'
<> Alice Heywood (National Library of Scotland) - 'Thinking Global, Mapping local - using historical maps in mobile apps'
<> Ashley Beamer (RCAHMS) - 'Connecting ScotlandsPlaces to people, past and present'
<> Petr Pridal (Klokan Technologies) speaking about Old Maps Online
<> Bruce Gittings/ Michal Michalski (University of Edinburgh) speaking about a student project, the Perth Time map.
<> Neil Ramsay (ScotWays) speaking about the Heritage paths website where rights-of-way are overlaid onto historical maps
<> Peter Munro (Webmaster at Borders Family History Society) speaking about mashups and digital historical maps for family history.
<> Richard Rodger (University of Edinburgh) speaking about the Visualising Urban Geographies project which georeferenced chronologically early nineteenth Century maps of Edinburgh
This will be a small invitation-only meeting, and if you are not already speaking we need you to tell us why you should be invited. Please email us at: [log in to unmask]
BEING A PROFESSIONAL MAP LIBRARIAN IS A GOOD ENOUGH REASON -- we want to fill the room with you, whether or not you are currently involved in digital projects. However, NB we still need to hear from you in advance so we can include you in catering, etc.
The meeting will start at 10, and as the venue is close to Waverley Station we hope that will allow time for people to travel from most locations in Scotland or northern England. The meeting will end at 5. There is no charge for the meeting, and we will be providing lunch and refreshments, but I am afraid we cannot help with travel costs.
Best wishes,
Paula Aucott
Project Manager, Old Maps Online
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