[OHM] Fwd: Thanks for attending the NYPL/OHM Birds of a Feather session at SOTMUS15

Mon Jun 8 12:11:35 UTC 2015

I'm really pleased at the various responses on twitter regarding OHM at
sotm-us. Note also what Christian Rogel wrote on talk-fr last week as well:
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-fr/2015-June/076789.html.

As I was staying near the town of Carhaix-Plouguer whose name may have
origins relating to its function as a cross-roads in Roman times, I have
added the network of Roman Roads in Brittany to OHM (a local bridge, known
as the Pont Romain had a useful information board with a map of the roman
road network for the region, which I used as a basis). I am now trying to
add a few more major roman roads in France ideally so as to connect up with
what already exists on OHM along the Rhine Valley. As I have stated before
the aim is to try some routing ideas with this data. There is no need for
the roads to be entered precisely accurately at this stage (I forget that
iterative refinement of data should be a guiding principle with OHM just as
much as with OSM), so it would be nice to capture the main roads described
in the Antoinine Itineraries.

One thing I have noticed: it would be really nice to have a turbo front-end
on the OHM Overpass instance. I dont know how much work is involved, and I
would probably want the ability to query dates as dates in overpass first.

Cheers,

Jerry

On 7 June 2015 at 21:43, Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org> wrote:

> FYI - here's a note we sent to the 30+ people who attended the OHM / NYPL
> Birds of a Feather session at SOTMUS15.
>
> A few of us will be attending the hack day session tomorrow & we'll send
> out follow-up notes on that, too!
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org>
> Date: Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 4:38 PM
> Subject: Thanks for attending the NYPL/OHM Birds of a Feather session at
> SOTMUS15
> To: Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org>
> Cc: David Riordan <davidriordan at nypl.org>, Ben Vershbow <
> benjaminvershbow at nypl.org>, Matt Knutzen <mattknutzen at nypl.org>
>
>
> Hi all -
>
> Thanks again for attending the NYPL Labs Space/Time Directory / Open
> Historical Map birds of a feather session at SOTMUS 2015!
>
> Attached below are some key links for getting started and staying informed
> with both efforts - so get on it! : )
>
> Please don't hesitate to send any questions you have to any of us or to
> the appropriate mail lists.
>
> ALSO: FIND ME FOR AN OHM STICKER!!! Doh!!!!
>
> Thanks!
> Jeff, Dave, and Ben!
>
> NYPL:
>
> NYPL Space/Time Directory:
> - Web: http://spacetime.nypl.org/
> - Email: info at spacetime.org
> - Forums: http://talk.spacetime.nypl.org/
> - Job!: Space/Time Engineer job opening (seriously - who DOESN'T want to
> do this?): http://bit.ly/1cF3Qsr
>
> Building Inspector: http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/
>
> Twitter accounts:
> - NYPL_Labs: @nypl_labs
> - NYPL Maps: @NYPLMaps
>
>
> OHM:
>
> - Site: http://www.openhistoricalmap.org
> - Wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OHM
> - Email: historic at openstreetmap.org
> - Twitter: @OpenHistMap
> - IRC: #ohm on irc.otfc.net
> - Github: https://github.com/OpenHistoricalMap
>
> Getting Started (Better Training Coming!):
>
> 1) Sign up for an account!  http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/ (probably
> http://mapwarper.net, too!)
>
> 2) Sign up for the mail list:
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic
>
> 3) Download JOSM:https://josm.openstreetmap.de/
>
> 4) Find an old map you'd like to trace - either:
>     a) Find wms or tms for an old historical map you'd like to map in OHM:
> e.g. http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps?show_warped=1 (browsing) or
> http://www.mapwarper.net/maps/9674#Export_tab (wms-specific info)
>          OR
>     b) Find a GEOTIFF for an old historical map you'd like to map in OHM:
> e.g. anywhere on the web or on that export tab at maps.nypl.org/warper or
> mapwarper.net
>          OR
>     c) Find an old map you'd like to trace, georeference it on
> www.mapwarper.net & then use that as a tileserver (see (a)!)
>
> 5) Point JOSM to OHM:
> JOSM -> Preferences -> Connection Settings -> OSM Server URL:
> http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/api
>
> 6) Add your geotiff or wms as a baselayer to JOSM:
> wms/tms: JOSM -> Preferences -> Imagery Preferences -> +WMS or +TMS
> GEOTIFF: Imagery -> Rectified image
>
> 7) Start mapping the same way you would for OSM
>
> 8) Don't forget! Please tag objects with:
> - start_date: YYYY-MM-DD
> - end_date: YYYY-MM-DD
> - source_map: URL
> - whatever else you need to / feel like tagging to show source of the info!
>
> 9) Ask questions!!! historic at openstreetmap.org or IRC
>
> 10) Let everyone know what you've done! Tweet, mail, whatever!
>
> Some sample links:
> * New York City, 1854:
> http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/go/Zct2_5JE-?layers=H
> * Sæby, Denmark, 1799:
> http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/go/0StqzmrGl-?layers=H:
> * Seattle, 1878:
> http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/#map=18/47.60126/-122.33309&layers=HD
> * @nfgusedautopart's (OHM leaflet layer) Thompson Speedway through the
> years: 1940-58: http://www.na-motorsports.com/test/Thompson.html
> * more to come!
>
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> --
> Jeff Meyer
> Global World History Atlas
> www.gwhat.org
> jeff at gwhat.org
> 206-676-2347
>
> OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch
> osm: Open Historical Map (OHM)
> <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user
> page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer>
> t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> / @OpenHistMap
> f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory>
>
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> --
> Jeff Meyer
> Global World History Atlas
> www.gwhat.org
> jeff at gwhat.org
> 206-676-2347
>
> OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch
> osm: Open Historical Map (OHM)
> <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user
> page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer>
> t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> / @OpenHistMap
> f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory>
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