![]() With these shapefiles, we are able to perform spatial analysis, assemble temporal databases containing hundreds of thousands of unique locations (our temporal gazetteer), compare cartographic data from different time periods, and produce our own maps and visualizations. ![]() The digitization of map images into shapefiles allows us to utilize the map data in innovative and dynamic ways, enabling us to compile rich spatial references throughout the history of the Indian Ocean World. Using maps collected from a wide range of time periods and locations, we have begun the process of converting these documents from static images to dynamic GIS shapefiles. ![]() Key to achieving this goal is developing automated, efficient, and accurate methods to extract historical data from map images. Central to the project’s goal of developing historically accurate GIS-ready spatial datasets covering the Indian Ocean World is the development of shapefiles that represent the political, social and environmental units by which the Indian Ocean World was divided, measured, organized and understood by its inhabitants. ![]() The Appraising Risk partnership is developing a variety of innovative approaches to the extraction and digitization of historical data from cartographic source materials. ![]()
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P Ketan Kumar Reddy
6/20/2024 06:43:45 am
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