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It’s all about location Present-day and Future Digital Cataloguing of Maps

Martijn Storms 22 September 2014

Discover the world at Leiden University

It’s all about location

• Map collections at Leiden University Libraries

• Image Databases of UBL and KITLV

• KIT map viewer for colonial maps

• Towards one access for maps

• Georeferencing

• Maps and digital scholarship

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Maps at Leiden University Libraries

• Leiden University’s map collection • Collection Bodel Nijenhuis

• Collections Vossius, Von Siebold, Van

Keulen, Wieder, Koeman

• Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) • Colonial Collection

• Post-colonial collection

• Collection Coomans-Eustatia

• Royal Netherlands Institute for

Southeast Asian and Caribbean

Studies (KITLV)

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UBL: Digital Special Collections

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KITLV: Digital Image Library

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KIT: Dutch Colonial Maps

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Towards one entrance for maps

• One entrance for UBL collections

• One entrance for Asian / Colonial collections

• One entrance for Dutch map collections

• Modern, historical and alternative toponyms

• Navigable map series

• Georeferenced prints, drawings and photos

• Access to born digital geodata sets

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Inspiration: British Library

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Inspiration: CartoMundi

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Inspiration: OldMapsOnline

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Inspiration: David Rumsey

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Inspiration: VU Geoplaza

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Maps and digital scholarship

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Historical Landuse Netherlands (HGN)

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HISGIS

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Geocontexting the Printed World

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Blaeu Digital

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Thank you for your attention!

Martijn Storms 22 September 2014