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Advocacy for a Cartographic Digitization Registry
Plaidoyer pour un registre des projets de numérisation de collections cartographiques
Léon RobichaudDépartement d'histoireUniversité de Sherbrooke /Laboratoire d'histoire et de patrimoine de Montréal
Erin ForwardStauffer LibraryQueen’s University
CARTO 2014, Montréal, QC2014/06/19
Outline• Background of HGIS movement in Canada• Examples of registry sites / platforms• Canadian topographic maps inventories & digitization projects• How can ACMLA contribute?
BackgroundHGIS network Canada
Carto 2013, Edmonton
“Proposal for a Canadian Historical Geographic Information Network Byron Moldofsky and Marcel Fortin
Avoid duplication and reinventing the wheel Facilitate dissemination Create momentum around a common project Reference: http://www.hgis-sigh.ca/Carto2013_presentation.html
Canadian HGIS workshop
Montréal, 31 January – 1 February 2014 Hosted by Montréal, plaque tournante des échanges and BAnQ Objectives
Bring interested parties together Take stock regarding the current situation
Outcomes Create a geohistorical data portal to facilitate information sharing Eventually create a data repository
Existing resources
Bibliography of research in Canada http://www.hgis.usask.ca/bibliography/
Zotero Humanities GIS grouphttps://www.zotero.org/groups/humanitiesgis
Wikipedia list of GIS softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_GIS_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software
Bamboo Dirt list of toolshttp://dirt.projectbamboo.org/categories/mapping
Examplesof registry sites / platforms
ALA MAGIRT Map Scanning Registry• http://mapregistry.library.arizona.edu/• Launched in 2006• The ALA MAGIRT Map Scanning
Registry and the Western Association of Map Libraries (WAML) Scanning Project Clearinghouse have now been combined together
U.S. Government Digitization Projects Registry
• http://registry.fdlp.gov/• Serves as a locator tool for publicly
accessible collections of digitized U.S. Government publications
• About 20 collections contain maps• Includes projects in planning phase, in-
progress, on-going projects, completed and projects seeking collaborators
• Listings are maintained by contributors
Tools and resources for Canadian Historical GIS
Contribution of Montréal, plaque tournante des échanges Project based at the Université de Sherbrooke L. Robichaud, Kim Petit and Philippe Michon Drupal Content Management System
Imposes more constraints than a free form wiki or blog system Now RDF compliant → compatible with the semantic web and linked
data
Project metadata
Combination of Dublin Core (DCMI) and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
Recommended in a report by the Geospatial Multistate Archive and Preservation Partnership (Geomapp) in collaboration with the Library of Congress
Goal of compatibility with GéoIndex+
Two types of items
Tools : software Resources: data
Tools
Help people identify the best tool for the job General GIS software Teaching oriented visualisation tools Research platforms Software libraries
Resources (datasets)
Avoid « regeoreferencing » Avoid « redrawing » administrative limits (census divisions/subdivisions) General geobase for different levels of precision (national, provincial, city)
Borders, streets, hydrography, divisions Historical and heritage attribute data
National level (rare), provincial level (varies), city level (can be very detailed)
Current situation
Building prototype to enter some cases and validate structure and process Translate documentation Discussions with collaborators
Validate metadata Validate classification
Engage community
Canadian Topographic MapsInventories & digitization projects
University of British Columbia• Inventory is ongoing, no current plans to digitize• Currently working on 1:50,000 and 1:63,360 (interfiled) inventory
(approximately 30,000 sheets)• Using Excel for inventoryThe spreadsheet records the following data:
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
• http://services.banq.qc.ca/sdx/cep/• Digitized topographic maps covering the territory of Québec• Toutes les cartes à l'échelle 1:63 360 sont numérisées• Toutes les cartes à l'échelle 1:25 000 sont numérisées• Toutes les cartes à l'échelle 1:50 000 antérieures à 1964 sont numérisées
University of Alberta3-miles to 1-inch sectional maps of Western Canada
• Digitized about 240 maps • At least one Old Style and where
completed one New Style for each section was scanned
By llaliberte (contact)
OCUL Schools• University of Ottawa
▫Approximately 705 - 1:63,360 maps scanned (Spring 2013), 50 more to come (Summer 2014)
• McMaster University▫About 76 - 1:63,360 maps scanned, from southwestern Ontario
• OCUL▫Working on 1:63,360 inventory and holdings in Ontario▫Currently using lists provided by LAC, uOttawa, Queen’s, Western, &
McMaster
How can ACMLA contribute?Ideas, discussion, proposal
How can ACMLA contribute?• Propose an Ad hoc working group to gather information for best practices, to
collaborate with other associations and stakeholders and decide how best the ACMLA can contribute to the HGIS Network Canada
• Ideas▫Possibly concentrate efforts on Canadian Topographic maps ▫What would we like to see on a website?▫Do we want inventory of all maps and/or just digitized ones?
Discussion / Questions / CommentsDiscussion / Questions / Commentaires
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