[OHM] Open Historical Maps landscape (paper)

[Noel MacLochlainn]

Resending to historic at openstreetmap.org

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 1:45 PM Noel MacLochlainn <noel.mcloughlin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I wrote a paper describing the origins and landscape of Open Historical
> Mapping and would like to share my learning - see bottom of this email -
> and add some thoughts.
>
> Being able to filter maps based on the veracity of sources would be
> helpful.  What is a good historical map (Wikipedia has criteria for good
> articles) v.s. a bad historical map?  Standards-based historical mapping
> protocols and guidelines are missing. See  "A Global Historical GIS
> (GH-GIS) Project ) [Bol, Gerring, Nunn, Southall, Woodberry].  In brief,
> how can we ensure the Historical Mapping platform gives rendering priority
> to objects whose inclusion in the database is supported by extensive
> published research and de-prioritises the rendering of objects who veracity
> is weakly established.
>
> *Open Historical Maps of Ireland*
>
> *This paper explores open access platforms and tools for sharing and
> reusing cultural, historical, and archaeological open data. It suggests
> OpenHistoricalMap can become the standard open public participation
> historical mapping platform, bringing value to historical, archaeological,
> and cultural geospatial data. However, the absence of standards surrounding
> Historical mapping is a concern. *Academia link: http://bit.ly/ohmoi.
> Alternative link: https://bit.ly/2zeiacY
>
> <http://bit.ly/ohmoi>best,
> Noel
>
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