FYI - here's a note we sent to the 30+ people who attended the OHM / NYPL Birds of a Feather session at SOTMUS15.
A few of us will be attending the hack day session tomorrow & we'll send out follow-up notes on that, too! Thanks, Jeff ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 4:38 PM Subject: Thanks for attending the NYPL/OHM Birds of a Feather session at SOTMUS15 To: Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> Cc: David Riordan <[email protected]>, Ben Vershbow < [email protected]>, Matt Knutzen <[email protected]> Hi all - Thanks again for attending the NYPL Labs Space/Time Directory / Open Historical Map birds of a feather session at SOTMUS 2015! Attached below are some key links for getting started and staying informed with both efforts - so get on it! : ) Please don't hesitate to send any questions you have to any of us or to the appropriate mail lists. ALSO: FIND ME FOR AN OHM STICKER!!! Doh!!!! Thanks! Jeff, Dave, and Ben! NYPL: NYPL Space/Time Directory: - Web: http://spacetime.nypl.org/ - Email: [email protected] - Forums: http://talk.spacetime.nypl.org/ - Job!: Space/Time Engineer job opening (seriously - who DOESN'T want to do this?): http://bit.ly/1cF3Qsr Building Inspector: http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/ Twitter accounts: - NYPL_Labs: @nypl_labs - NYPL Maps: @NYPLMaps OHM: - Site: http://www.openhistoricalmap.org - Wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OHM - Email: [email protected] - Twitter: @OpenHistMap - IRC: #ohm on irc.otfc.net - Github: https://github.com/OpenHistoricalMap Getting Started (Better Training Coming!): 1) Sign up for an account! http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/ (probably http://mapwarper.net, too!) 2) Sign up for the mail list: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic 3) Download JOSM:https://josm.openstreetmap.de/ 4) Find an old map you'd like to trace - either: a) Find wms or tms for an old historical map you'd like to map in OHM: e.g. http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps?show_warped=1 (browsing) or http://www.mapwarper.net/maps/9674#Export_tab (wms-specific info) OR b) Find a GEOTIFF for an old historical map you'd like to map in OHM: e.g. anywhere on the web or on that export tab at maps.nypl.org/warper or mapwarper.net OR c) Find an old map you'd like to trace, georeference it on www.mapwarper.net & then use that as a tileserver (see (a)!) 5) Point JOSM to OHM: JOSM -> Preferences -> Connection Settings -> OSM Server URL: http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/api 6) Add your geotiff or wms as a baselayer to JOSM: wms/tms: JOSM -> Preferences -> Imagery Preferences -> +WMS or +TMS GEOTIFF: Imagery -> Rectified image 7) Start mapping the same way you would for OSM 8) Don't forget! Please tag objects with: - start_date: YYYY-MM-DD - end_date: YYYY-MM-DD - source_map: URL - whatever else you need to / feel like tagging to show source of the info! 9) Ask questions!!! [email protected] or IRC 10) Let everyone know what you've done! Tweet, mail, whatever! Some sample links: * New York City, 1854: http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/go/Zct2_5JE-?layers=H * Sæby, Denmark, 1799: http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/go/0StqzmrGl-?layers=H: * Seattle, 1878: http://www.openhistoricalmap.org/#map=18/47.60126/-122.33309&layers=HD * @nfgusedautopart's (OHM leaflet layer) Thompson Speedway through the years: 1940-58: http://www.na-motorsports.com/test/Thompson.html * more to come! -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347 OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch osm: Open Historical Map (OHM) <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> / @OpenHistMap f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory> -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347 OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch osm: Open Historical Map (OHM) <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> / @OpenHistMap f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory>
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