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Tag Archives: historical mapping
GB1900 historical gazetteer launch
Monday saw the launch of the final version of the GB1900 historical gazetteer data-set at a special event organised at the Institute of Historical Research in London. The event was also a celebration of the work of all the volunteers … Continue reading
Posted in Datasets, Events, Research
Tagged crowd-sourcing, GB1900, historical gazetteers, historical mapping
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GB1900 project – first case study
The GB1900 project, to transcribe all the text from OS six inch to the mile maps of Great Britain from around 1900, is progressing well. Since launch in late September our 866 registered volunteers have between them done over 1.6million … Continue reading
Help us record place names from old maps
Today we are launching a new website, http://www.gb1900.org, which needs your help! We are looking for on-line volunteers to transcribe and confirm all the place names from early twentieth century six inch to one mile scale maps of Great Britain. … Continue reading
ESSH conference April 2012
The European Social Science History Conference, organised by the International Institute of Social History, took take place in Glasgow on 11-14th April 2012. It focused on using social science methods to explain historical phenomena. Members of the project team … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, Global historical GIS, historical mapping, land use, Land Utilisation Survey, presentation
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Reflecting on the launch of Old Maps Online
Now the Old Maps Online website has been live and accessible to the public for just over two weeks and the initial flurry of publicity is over we have a little time to pause and reflect on how the launch … Continue reading
New website launched: Old Maps Online
Today sees the UK launch of a new website Old Maps Online. Created in collaboration between the Great Britain Historical GIS Project based at the University of Portsmouth and Klokan Technologies GmbH based in Switzerland and funded by JISC as … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Website
Tagged Great Britain Historical GIS, historical mapping, JISC, Klokan Technologies GbmH, Old Maps Online
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New ‘Old Maps Online’ project funded by Joint Information Systems Committee
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) have awarded the University of Portsmouth, and the GB Historical GIS project team, a new grant of £139,900 as part of their JISC Content Programme for 2011-13. The new project is called Old Maps … Continue reading
Posted in Content, Funding, Interface, Website
Tagged Funding, Great Britain Historical GIS, historical mapping, JISC, Old Maps Online
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Mapping the past, present and future event
On Tuesday October 18th 2011 Project Director Humphrey Southall will take part in the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Local Studies Group South event ‘Mapping the past, present and future: how to utilise maps inside and outside your … Continue reading
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Tagged A Vision of Britain through Time, conference, historical mapping, presentation
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Revised graphics for New Popular mapping
We have corrected a graphical glitch with the New Popular edition mapping on A Vision of Britain through Time. The problem was only evident with the projected maps visible in the map viewer; the scans of the complete sheets were … Continue reading
