This repository is part of the GLOBALISE project. It provides access to map collections from the Dutch National Archive (and in future other heritage institutions). These collections include maps from the 17th and 18th centuries of regions under Dutch colonial influence.
The repository provides scripts to prepare maps for annotation by creating IIIF Manifests and Collections, enabling georeferencing and transcription, thereby supporting research in the GLOBALISE project and beyond. Additionally, the repository includes pilot projects for automated enrichments of the maps. These are work in progress.
The repository contains the following components:
The map collection is a structured dataset of maps from the Dutch National Archive, compiled as IIIF Collections and IIIF Manifests (cf. IIIF Presentation 3.0). The dataset is generated from the archive's EAD files (included in the data/NA folder). These can be generated with the make_iiif_manifests.py and make_collection.py scripts.
The files are not included in this repository due to their size. However, they can be found in the repository's data deposit on Zenodo. The files are also hosted by GLOBALISE:
- Collection of all collections: https://data.globalise.huygens.knaw.nl/manifests/maps/collection.json
- Mirador viewer of all collections: https://projectmirador.org/embed/?iiif-content=https://data.globalise.huygens.knaw.nl/manifests/maps/collection.json
These are work in progress and include work on:
- Georeferencing
- Text spotting
- Transcription
- Image segmentation
Some static files are included in this repository. This includes a Mirador viewer for the map collection, which serves the GitHub pages: https://globalise-huygens.github.io/maps.
The data is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. A copy of the repository is available in Zenodo.