OldMapsOnline.org:Software for Old Maps

Klokan Petr Přidal <klokan@klokan.cz>

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/

klokan@klokan.cz