Deepening Historical GIS: An Integrated Database Solution for Linking People, Place and Events through Unstructured Text.
Primary historical source materials represent a very real challenge to GIS. In contrast to modern datasets where tabulated and structured data usually correspond neatly to fixed boundary units, primary historical source materials occur in predominantly unstructured text format. In these instances, p...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 120 - 138 |
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Edinburgh University Press
Oct2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=132530857&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 132530857 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 17538548 2QD7 jtl: International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities issn: 17538548 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2018 vid: 12 iid: 2 pid: 2327 pub: Edinburgh University Press artinfo: ui: 132530857 10.3366/ijhac.2018.0218 ppf: 120 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.7MB tig: atl: Deepening Historical GIS: An Integrated Database Solution for Linking People, Place and Events through Unstructured Text. aug: au: Schindling, Jim Harris, Trevor M. su: Geographic information systems Cartography Geodatabases Historical geographic information systems Spatial data infrastructures sug: subj: Geographic information systems Cartography Geodatabases Historical geographic information systems Spatial data infrastructures keyword: data mining Deep Mapping Historical GIS unstructured text ab: Primary historical source materials represent a very real challenge to GIS. In contrast to modern datasets where tabulated and structured data usually correspond neatly to fixed boundary units, primary historical source materials occur in predominantly unstructured text format. In these instances, people, events, and places must be unraveled from handwritten scripts and, if possible, subsequently linked and coupled to some form of mapping. In this paper, a database solution to handling primary source material is discussed that enables the original text and its translation to be ingested into the system and for people, familial relations, events, and images to be linked and queried in real time. In particular, the system connects these databases via toponyms to a tightly coupled mapping interface. The system enables thesauri of people's names and places to be created on-the-fly and allows levels of confidence to be assigned by the investigator to these matches. Full database and toponymic search and linking capability is enabled. In addition, a mobile application supports investigation in the field to access details in the databases at the same time as ingesting additional data and information in real-time to the system. Through the use of this dynamic database coupling and union to a map interface it is proposed that the system provides a powerful platform for use with primary unstructured source material and contributes to a deeper mapping and understanding of historical place. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities is the property of Edinburgh University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities holder: Edinburgh University Press dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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