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Project Idea: Geo-referencing historic maps #20
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@cityhubla I have a bunch of kmz files that I must have got from you labeled "1888vol1.sanborn_geotiff.omaru." But they aren't the same 1888 maps that LAPL has. They don't seem to be 1894 either. They do load into Google Earth. But won't load into QGIS. Do you remember what these files are? |
NeedPutting scanned maps (originally of multiple sheets or pages) on a web page with location information. These are usually old (or otherwise they would be digital), but sometimes the map isn’t geolocated, that is, it may have coordinates on the map, but the computer can’t know about that information Basic steps
Challenges
Example project1894 Sanborn maps for Los Angeles on a layered webpage. Here's an example of an an old scanned map: https://secure-shore-68966.herokuapp.com/map (page usually has to be refreshed to show the map). DemoCould add a layer(s) to The Oldest Surviving Los Angeles Restaurants project Resources
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Should I upload the maps I've downloaded somewhere, so they can be linked to. Do we have such place? I'd also like to make a list of these resources. I have about 3 to 5GB concentrated around DTLA including Baist; 1888, 1894, 1906–1950 Sanborns; and other miscellaneous old maps. Some are georeferenced, but almost none are trimmed (or had the collars removed). Or do we just concern ourselves with the eventual tiles? |
I recently talked to the reference librarian in Santa Monica. She is putting together historic geographical databases of SM residents based on several socioeconomic factors. She just found out about Maptime and wants to put her data "on the map." |
@techlady What kind of data and what kind of database? |
Actually, I don't know. I just know that she is compiling historical data about people who lived in Santa Monica and linking it to addresses. She said she would be interested in coming to a Maptime meeting. |
Tiled-Historical-Maps project on GitHub |
Greg,
Interesting project, but you didn't say
how one would go about georeferencing these maps.
Charlotte
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@techlady Georeferencing single sheet maps is fairly straightforward. In a program like QGIS you overlay the map on a current map and pick points that match on each. Look at Resources items 5 and 6. An finished example here. You may have to reload the page. The problem that Omar is going to solve is how you take multi-page maps and put them together so they can be served as tiles. Omar is proposing after we work out the details we'll show the group how it's done and we hope interest them to work on other maps or projects using the maps we make available. There are many useful and nice looking maps that can be used. |
Greg,
Your link led to a Github page that had
just a paragraph about the idea. No instructions on how to do it.
By the way, where are the "Resources" that you mention? I see no link.
Charlotte
At 06:13 PM 1/14/2017, you wrote:
***@***.***
Georeferencing single sheet maps is fairly
straightforward. In a program like QGIS you
overlay the map on a current map and pick points
that match on each. Look at Resources items 5
and 6. An finished example
<https://secure-shore-68966.herokuapp.com/map>here.
You may have to reload the page.
The problem that Omar is going to solve is how
you take multi-page maps and put them together so they can be served as tiles.
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Santa Monica, California
90403
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Charlotte |
Develop a workshop on Historic Maps such as the Sanborn maps from the Los Angeles Public Library and how to geo-reference them. Also offer resources and links to other map collections
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