Prompted by this contribution from @ibnkan. There exists a valuable resource in religious endowment maps that is at risk of vanishing. A proof-of-concept already exists here.
To get started on this we need to know:
What portion of the religious endowment maps are digitized and at what resolution? If they're not digitized, how can we get them digitized?
Where can we download them?
Do they have any metadata attached (year of release, who created it, etc)? Do they have any geographic reference data (coordinates, projections)?
In terms of map processing, I believe we can add geographic data and convert each map into a GeoTIFF raster layer in QGIS by freehand transformation (if coordinates/projections aren't available). Each individual map would live in its own file to allow for future fixes and we can run a script to stitch the dozens/hundreds of maps together with every new map we add. Converting a GeoTIFF to a tile package we can host is easy enough.
In terms of UI, it can temporarily live in the 'Map Picker' menu. When #3 lands, we'll have more of a structured place to put it in.
Prompted by this contribution from @ibnkan. There exists a valuable resource in religious endowment maps that is at risk of vanishing. A proof-of-concept already exists here.
To get started on this we need to know:
In terms of map processing, I believe we can add geographic data and convert each map into a GeoTIFF raster layer in QGIS by freehand transformation (if coordinates/projections aren't available). Each individual map would live in its own file to allow for future fixes and we can run a script to stitch the dozens/hundreds of maps together with every new map we add. Converting a GeoTIFF to a tile package we can host is easy enough.
In terms of UI, it can temporarily live in the 'Map Picker' menu. When #3 lands, we'll have more of a structured place to put it in.