Laying the Foundation for Community-Driven, Open Cultural Gazetteers

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Summary:

Abstract:  Geospatial humanities projects rely on information found in gazetteers to supply the infrastructure for projects. However, a majority of spatial gazetteers provide place names and geographical coordinates but lack contextualizing information that give meaning to a place, making them insufficient resources for humanities inquiry. In this article, I explore contemporary approaches to data collection and models for cultural gazetteers set forth by early modern chorographical traditions to lay the foundation for building community-driven, open cultural gazetteers. Concurrently, the role of the public in providing Volunteered Geographical Information (VGI) by harnessing user-friendly tools is explored.

Link:

https://kula.uvic.ca/articles/10.5334/kula.53/

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oa.new oa.geo oa.tools oa.humanities oa.ch oa.platforms oa.infrastructure oa.ssh

Date tagged:

05/04/2019, 16:38

Date published:

05/04/2019, 12:38