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Georeferencing historic maps through crowdsourcing
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Identify what metadata to capture from each map as it is digitised #2

Closed johnwbryant closed 8 years ago

johnwbryant commented 8 years ago

-year published -some way of describing where it is

samwilson commented 8 years ago

The following are some of the attributes collected for maps on Commons; they're more fully described at Template:Map.

{{Map
 |title            =
 |description      =
 |legend           =
 |author           =
 |imgen            =
 |date             =
 |source           =
 |permission       =
 |map date         =
 |location         =
 |projection       =
 |scale            =
 |heading          =
 |latitude         =
 |longitude        =
 |warped           =
 |set              =
 |sheet            =
 |type             =
 |language         =
 |publisher        =
 |printer          =
 |print date       =
 |institution      =
 |accession number =
 |dimensions       =
 |medium           =
 |inscriptions     =
 |notes            =
 |other versions   =
}}
samwilson commented 8 years ago

And here is what that Freo map from last night looks like in Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Part_of_Plan_for_Mole_Harbour_by_J.S.Roe_Surveyor-General.jpg#Summary