Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] New York Public Library - Building Inspector

[Rob Nickerson]

I've now had updated map files through from NLS and these work well. The
main priorities now are:

* Website - we need to think about the design. I've just raised this with
Chris at the NLS to get his thoughts (it is after all their maps at the
moment).

* Improving the vectorizer so that we don't end up with a gap between
terrace buildings. Help from the GIS community would be great. See the bug
details at https://github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer/issues/19

Regards,
Rob


On 21 May 2014 22:41, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> Good work Tim. It seems we have a lot of people interested in this. :-D
>
> In regards to the NLS maps, I am having some trouble with the sample files
> sent through to me. I sent them on to the guys from NYPL and even they
> struggled. I've just contacted Chris at NLS to see if he can send me them
> in a different file format.
>
> Meanwhile there is a chance to improve the map vecotorizer tool. Currently
> the way it works leaves a gap between terrace buildings. If you, or anyone
> you know may be able to help solve this GIS problem (including post
> processing), please get in touch. Details at:
> https://github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer/issues/19
>
> Regards,
> Rob
>
>
> On 21 May 2014 22:31, Tim Waters  wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I've heard back from the British Library - they are hugely interested
>> with the Map-Vectorizer work - it's really encouraging.
>>
>> In brief they said that they were positive but that they'd need to get
>> some things sorted first, looking at licensing, formats etc and they would
>> update me soonish.
>>
>> In the meantime I suggest we go ahead with the NLS maps and see if we can
>> get our stack up and running with those maps?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> On 18 May 2014 23:01, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>
>>> Nice work Tim.You're right about the traced and centroid JSON files.They
>>> do indeed come out of the NYPL map-vectorizer [1]. I've got a version of
>>> this up and running on my computer and have successfully vectorized the
>>> test file.
>>>
>>> Chris Fleet (from NLS) has sent me some test maps, however these are
>>> Jpeg 2000 files and are causing quite a bit of trouble so far. At first I
>>> thought it was a bug in my computer (in the jasper library that's
>>> responsible for opening jp2 files), but I tried a second computer today and
>>> that failed to. I'll get in touch with Chris again. Meanwhile those BL Goad
>>> maps look great. Let us know if you hear back from BL.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help,
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer
>>>
>>>
>>> On 18 May 2014 22:35, Tim Waters  wrote:
>>>
 Couple of things - building inspector update and British Library Goad
 maps.

 Building Inspector update:

 I've got it working and have put up an instance on heroku for the
 moment - Works well and it can handle 10K rows in the database for free.

 http://leatherwood.herokuapp.com/
 * It's just got about half of the NYPL data in it
 * Only Twitter log in will work for it.
 * Initially only the Check Polygons task will work until there's enough
 that's been checked, and then the other tasks become unlocked.

 The code is here: https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector

 So, it does require some configuring. We need:
 * a tile set for the basemap
 Also - some files like what's in
 https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector/tree/master/public/files:
 * ingestor_config_builder.py run on the geotiffs
 * The traced and centroid json files which I imagine are generated by
 the vectorising process.

 We'd also need to tweak the website blurb etc

 Overall it should be quite easy to get a pilot area done.

 -

 British Library Goad Maps

 Like the NYPL's maps - these are fire insurance maps of the 19th
 century - they have various colours, addresses etc and great detail. They
 are the perfect thing for our Building Inspector. In addition, the coverage
 is immense. Major towns and cities in Ireland and the UK.

 http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/fireinsurancemaps.html

 I've reached out via Twitter and via email to the Library asking for a
 couple of maps for a pilot area to look at.

 Cheers,

 Tim




 On 16 May 2014 19:57, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> Thanks for you help Tim,
>
> The NYPL code is here:
> https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector/
>
> I'm assuming it's rails as that's mentioned in some of the code
> commits, but I don't know any more than that.
>
> Best,
> Rob
>
> p.s. The code for vectorizing maps is also on GitHub. Chris has sent
> me a couple of GeoTIFs so I'm going to have a go with them this weekend.
>
>
>
> On 16 May 2014 12:51, Tim Waters  wrote:
>
>> I might have some time this weekend to look at the Rails side of
>> t

Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] New York Public Library - Building Inspector

[Rob Nickerson]

Good work Tim. It seems we have a lot of people interested in this. :-D

In regards to the NLS maps, I am having some trouble with the sample files
sent through to me. I sent them on to the guys from NYPL and even they
struggled. I've just contacted Chris at NLS to see if he can send me them
in a different file format.

Meanwhile there is a chance to improve the map vecotorizer tool. Currently
the way it works leaves a gap between terrace buildings. If you, or anyone
you know may be able to help solve this GIS problem (including post
processing), please get in touch. Details at:
https://github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer/issues/19

Regards,
Rob


On 21 May 2014 22:31, Tim Waters  wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I've heard back from the British Library - they are hugely interested with
> the Map-Vectorizer work - it's really encouraging.
>
> In brief they said that they were positive but that they'd need to get
> some things sorted first, looking at licensing, formats etc and they would
> update me soonish.
>
> In the meantime I suggest we go ahead with the NLS maps and see if we can
> get our stack up and running with those maps?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 18 May 2014 23:01, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>
>> Nice work Tim.You're right about the traced and centroid JSON files.They
>> do indeed come out of the NYPL map-vectorizer [1]. I've got a version of
>> this up and running on my computer and have successfully vectorized the
>> test file.
>>
>> Chris Fleet (from NLS) has sent me some test maps, however these are Jpeg
>> 2000 files and are causing quite a bit of trouble so far. At first I
>> thought it was a bug in my computer (in the jasper library that's
>> responsible for opening jp2 files), but I tried a second computer today and
>> that failed to. I'll get in touch with Chris again. Meanwhile those BL Goad
>> maps look great. Let us know if you hear back from BL.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Rob
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer
>>
>>
>> On 18 May 2014 22:35, Tim Waters  wrote:
>>
>>> Couple of things - building inspector update and British Library Goad
>>> maps.
>>>
>>> Building Inspector update:
>>>
>>> I've got it working and have put up an instance on heroku for the moment
>>> - Works well and it can handle 10K rows in the database for free.
>>>
>>> http://leatherwood.herokuapp.com/
>>> * It's just got about half of the NYPL data in it
>>> * Only Twitter log in will work for it.
>>> * Initially only the Check Polygons task will work until there's enough
>>> that's been checked, and then the other tasks become unlocked.
>>>
>>> The code is here: https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector
>>>
>>> So, it does require some configuring. We need:
>>> * a tile set for the basemap
>>> Also - some files like what's in
>>> https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector/tree/master/public/files:
>>> * ingestor_config_builder.py run on the geotiffs
>>> * The traced and centroid json files which I imagine are generated by
>>> the vectorising process.
>>>
>>> We'd also need to tweak the website blurb etc
>>>
>>> Overall it should be quite easy to get a pilot area done.
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> British Library Goad Maps
>>>
>>> Like the NYPL's maps - these are fire insurance maps of the 19th century
>>> - they have various colours, addresses etc and great detail. They are the
>>> perfect thing for our Building Inspector. In addition, the coverage is
>>> immense. Major towns and cities in Ireland and the UK.
>>>
>>> http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/fireinsurancemaps.html
>>>
>>> I've reached out via Twitter and via email to the Library asking for a
>>> couple of maps for a pilot area to look at.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 May 2014 19:57, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>>
 Thanks for you help Tim,

 The NYPL code is here:
 https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector/

 I'm assuming it's rails as that's mentioned in some of the code
 commits, but I don't know any more than that.

 Best,
 Rob

 p.s. The code for vectorizing maps is also on GitHub. Chris has sent me
 a couple of GeoTIFs so I'm going to have a go with them this weekend.



 On 16 May 2014 12:51, Tim Waters  wrote:

> I might have some time this weekend to look at the Rails side of
> things (that is, if no one else has made any progress)
>
> Will ping back in a couple of days
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 12 May 2014 21:08, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>
>> Hi Steven,
>>
>> Thanks for the offer of help. Yesterday I managed to get the NYPL
>> vectorizer working (this is the tool that has a first stab at creating
>> vectors from the map). I did this on a small screenshot of NLS's London
>> maps. I've asked Chris if he could send me a GeoTIF to do a larger scale
>> test.
>>
>> Some of the key areas that I think need addressing:
>>
>> * Improving the automated vectorizer. Currently th

Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] New York Public Library - Building Inspector

[Tim Waters]

Hi folks,

I've heard back from the British Library - they are hugely interested with
the Map-Vectorizer work - it's really encouraging.

In brief they said that they were positive but that they'd need to get some
things sorted first, looking at licensing, formats etc and they would
update me soonish.

In the meantime I suggest we go ahead with the NLS maps and see if we can
get our stack up and running with those maps?

Cheers,

Tim


On 18 May 2014 23:01, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> Nice work Tim.You're right about the traced and centroid JSON files.They
> do indeed come out of the NYPL map-vectorizer [1]. I've got a version of
> this up and running on my computer and have successfully vectorized the
> test file.
>
> Chris Fleet (from NLS) has sent me some test maps, however these are Jpeg
> 2000 files and are causing quite a bit of trouble so far. At first I
> thought it was a bug in my computer (in the jasper library that's
> responsible for opening jp2 files), but I tried a second computer today and
> that failed to. I'll get in touch with Chris again. Meanwhile those BL Goad
> maps look great. Let us know if you hear back from BL.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Rob
>
> [1] https://github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer
>
>
> On 18 May 2014 22:35, Tim Waters  wrote:
>
>> Couple of things - building inspector update and British Library Goad
>> maps.
>>
>> Building Inspector update:
>>
>> I've got it working and have put up an instance on heroku for the moment
>> - Works well and it can handle 10K rows in the database for free.
>>
>> http://leatherwood.herokuapp.com/
>> * It's just got about half of the NYPL data in it
>> * Only Twitter log in will work for it.
>> * Initially only the Check Polygons task will work until there's enough
>> that's been checked, and then the other tasks become unlocked.
>>
>> The code is here: https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector
>>
>> So, it does require some configuring. We need:
>> * a tile set for the basemap
>> Also - some files like what's in
>> https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector/tree/master/public/files:
>> * ingestor_config_builder.py run on the geotiffs
>> * The traced and centroid json files which I imagine are generated by the
>> vectorising process.
>>
>> We'd also need to tweak the website blurb etc
>>
>> Overall it should be quite easy to get a pilot area done.
>>
>> -
>>
>> British Library Goad Maps
>>
>> Like the NYPL's maps - these are fire insurance maps of the 19th century
>> - they have various colours, addresses etc and great detail. They are the
>> perfect thing for our Building Inspector. In addition, the coverage is
>> immense. Major towns and cities in Ireland and the UK.
>>
>> http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/fireinsurancemaps.html
>>
>> I've reached out via Twitter and via email to the Library asking for a
>> couple of maps for a pilot area to look at.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16 May 2014 19:57, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for you help Tim,
>>>
>>> The NYPL code is here:
>>> https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector/
>>>
>>> I'm assuming it's rails as that's mentioned in some of the code commits,
>>> but I don't know any more than that.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> p.s. The code for vectorizing maps is also on GitHub. Chris has sent me
>>> a couple of GeoTIFs so I'm going to have a go with them this weekend.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 May 2014 12:51, Tim Waters  wrote:
>>>
 I might have some time this weekend to look at the Rails side of things
 (that is, if no one else has made any progress)

 Will ping back in a couple of days

 Tim


 On 12 May 2014 21:08, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> Thanks for the offer of help. Yesterday I managed to get the NYPL
> vectorizer working (this is the tool that has a first stab at creating
> vectors from the map). I did this on a small screenshot of NLS's London
> maps. I've asked Chris if he could send me a GeoTIF to do a larger scale
> test.
>
> Some of the key areas that I think need addressing:
>
> * Improving the automated vectorizer. Currently the vectorizer creates
> polygons of the inside of buildings (rather than following the wall). For 
> a
> terraced street this produces a row of detached buildings. Some processing
> could improve this. I guess this could be done before, after, or both
> before and after the polygon has been processed by the human volunteers on
> the website.
> * The website looks like it's a Rails site. I would need a lot of help
> with this as it's an area I know very little about.
>
> Are you able to help with either of these?
>
> Kind regards,
> Rob
>
>
> On 12 May 2014 16:26, Steven Horner  wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would be happy to help in anyway and have previously had a
>> conversation with Chris at NLS regarding helping georeference some of 
>

Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] New York Public Library - Building Inspector

[Rob Nickerson]

Nice work Tim.You're right about the traced and centroid JSON files.They do
indeed come out of the NYPL map-vectorizer [1]. I've got a version of this
up and running on my computer and have successfully vectorized the test
file.

Chris Fleet (from NLS) has sent me some test maps, however these are Jpeg
2000 files and are causing quite a bit of trouble so far. At first I
thought it was a bug in my computer (in the jasper library that's
responsible for opening jp2 files), but I tried a second computer today and
that failed to. I'll get in touch with Chris again. Meanwhile those BL Goad
maps look great. Let us know if you hear back from BL.

Thanks for your help,
Rob

[1] https://github.com/NYPL/map-vectorizer


On 18 May 2014 22:35, Tim Waters  wrote:

> Couple of things - building inspector update and British Library Goad maps.
>
> Building Inspector update:
>
> I've got it working and have put up an instance on heroku for the moment -
> Works well and it can handle 10K rows in the database for free.
>
> http://leatherwood.herokuapp.com/
> * It's just got about half of the NYPL data in it
> * Only Twitter log in will work for it.
> * Initially only the Check Polygons task will work until there's enough
> that's been checked, and then the other tasks become unlocked.
>
> The code is here: https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector
>
> So, it does require some configuring. We need:
> * a tile set for the basemap
> Also - some files like what's in
> https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector/tree/master/public/files :
> * ingestor_config_builder.py run on the geotiffs
> * The traced and centroid json files which I imagine are generated by the
> vectorising process.
>
> We'd also need to tweak the website blurb etc
>
> Overall it should be quite easy to get a pilot area done.
>
> -
>
> British Library Goad Maps
>
> Like the NYPL's maps - these are fire insurance maps of the 19th century -
> they have various colours, addresses etc and great detail. They are the
> perfect thing for our Building Inspector. In addition, the coverage is
> immense. Major towns and cities in Ireland and the UK.
>
> http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/fireinsurancemaps.html
>
> I've reached out via Twitter and via email to the Library asking for a
> couple of maps for a pilot area to look at.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>
> On 16 May 2014 19:57, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>
>> Thanks for you help Tim,
>>
>> The NYPL code is here:
>> https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector/
>>
>> I'm assuming it's rails as that's mentioned in some of the code commits,
>> but I don't know any more than that.
>>
>> Best,
>> Rob
>>
>> p.s. The code for vectorizing maps is also on GitHub. Chris has sent me a
>> couple of GeoTIFs so I'm going to have a go with them this weekend.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16 May 2014 12:51, Tim Waters  wrote:
>>
>>> I might have some time this weekend to look at the Rails side of things
>>> (that is, if no one else has made any progress)
>>>
>>> Will ping back in a couple of days
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12 May 2014 21:08, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>>
 Hi Steven,

 Thanks for the offer of help. Yesterday I managed to get the NYPL
 vectorizer working (this is the tool that has a first stab at creating
 vectors from the map). I did this on a small screenshot of NLS's London
 maps. I've asked Chris if he could send me a GeoTIF to do a larger scale
 test.

 Some of the key areas that I think need addressing:

 * Improving the automated vectorizer. Currently the vectorizer creates
 polygons of the inside of buildings (rather than following the wall). For a
 terraced street this produces a row of detached buildings. Some processing
 could improve this. I guess this could be done before, after, or both
 before and after the polygon has been processed by the human volunteers on
 the website.
 * The website looks like it's a Rails site. I would need a lot of help
 with this as it's an area I know very little about.

 Are you able to help with either of these?

 Kind regards,
 Rob


 On 12 May 2014 16:26, Steven Horner  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would be happy to help in anyway and have previously had a
> conversation with Chris at NLS regarding helping georeference some of 
> their
> maps.
>
> I had been looking into creating my own historical version of OSM for
> a local personal project, when I looked a few weeks ago Open Historical 
> Map
> was down and was never very usable before that. It sounds like from the
> WIKI things maybe starting to happen, date slider planned, etc.
>
> regards,
> Steven
>
>
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Rob Nickerson <
> rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All, Historic Map folks,
>>
>> I have now heard from Chris at National Library of Scotland (NLS). He
>> is very supportive* of th

Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] New York Public Library - Building Inspector

[Tim Waters]

Couple of things - building inspector update and British Library Goad maps.

Building Inspector update:

I've got it working and have put up an instance on heroku for the moment -
Works well and it can handle 10K rows in the database for free.

http://leatherwood.herokuapp.com/
* It's just got about half of the NYPL data in it
* Only Twitter log in will work for it.
* Initially only the Check Polygons task will work until there's enough
that's been checked, and then the other tasks become unlocked.

The code is here: https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector

So, it does require some configuring. We need:
* a tile set for the basemap
Also - some files like what's in
https://github.com/timwaters/building-inspector/tree/master/public/files :
* ingestor_config_builder.py run on the geotiffs
* The traced and centroid json files which I imagine are generated by the
vectorising process.

We'd also need to tweak the website blurb etc

Overall it should be quite easy to get a pilot area done.

-

British Library Goad Maps

Like the NYPL's maps - these are fire insurance maps of the 19th century -
they have various colours, addresses etc and great detail. They are the
perfect thing for our Building Inspector. In addition, the coverage is
immense. Major towns and cities in Ireland and the UK.

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/fireinsurancemaps.html

I've reached out via Twitter and via email to the Library asking for a
couple of maps for a pilot area to look at.

Cheers,

Tim




On 16 May 2014 19:57, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> Thanks for you help Tim,
>
> The NYPL code is here:
> https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector/
>
> I'm assuming it's rails as that's mentioned in some of the code commits,
> but I don't know any more than that.
>
> Best,
> Rob
>
> p.s. The code for vectorizing maps is also on GitHub. Chris has sent me a
> couple of GeoTIFs so I'm going to have a go with them this weekend.
>
>
>
> On 16 May 2014 12:51, Tim Waters  wrote:
>
>> I might have some time this weekend to look at the Rails side of things
>> (that is, if no one else has made any progress)
>>
>> Will ping back in a couple of days
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> On 12 May 2014 21:08, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Steven,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the offer of help. Yesterday I managed to get the NYPL
>>> vectorizer working (this is the tool that has a first stab at creating
>>> vectors from the map). I did this on a small screenshot of NLS's London
>>> maps. I've asked Chris if he could send me a GeoTIF to do a larger scale
>>> test.
>>>
>>> Some of the key areas that I think need addressing:
>>>
>>> * Improving the automated vectorizer. Currently the vectorizer creates
>>> polygons of the inside of buildings (rather than following the wall). For a
>>> terraced street this produces a row of detached buildings. Some processing
>>> could improve this. I guess this could be done before, after, or both
>>> before and after the polygon has been processed by the human volunteers on
>>> the website.
>>> * The website looks like it's a Rails site. I would need a lot of help
>>> with this as it's an area I know very little about.
>>>
>>> Are you able to help with either of these?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12 May 2014 16:26, Steven Horner  wrote:
>>>
 Hello,

 I would be happy to help in anyway and have previously had a
 conversation with Chris at NLS regarding helping georeference some of their
 maps.

 I had been looking into creating my own historical version of OSM for a
 local personal project, when I looked a few weeks ago Open Historical Map
 was down and was never very usable before that. It sounds like from the
 WIKI things maybe starting to happen, date slider planned, etc.

 regards,
 Steven


 On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Rob Nickerson <
 rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All, Historic Map folks,
>
> I have now heard from Chris at National Library of Scotland (NLS). He
> is very supportive* of the idea of using something similar to the NYPL
> Building Inspector software and website for digitizing some of NLS's
> historic maps. As NYPL have made all their software Open Source, it should
> be relatively easy to roll this out with NLS's (or other) maps.
>
> Who's interested in getting involved? You lot set the pace of this :-D
>
> Regards,
> Rob
>
> * NLS would be able to supply the scanned and geo-rectified maps. As
> with everyone else their ability to do any more is limited by their level
> of funding. This should not be a problem as we can self host the website.
>
>
>
>
>>>
>>
>
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Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] New York Public Library - Building Inspector

[Rob Nickerson]

Thanks for you help Tim,

The NYPL code is here:
https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector/

I'm assuming it's rails as that's mentioned in some of the code commits,
but I don't know any more than that.

Best,
Rob

p.s. The code for vectorizing maps is also on GitHub. Chris has sent me a
couple of GeoTIFs so I'm going to have a go with them this weekend.



On 16 May 2014 12:51, Tim Waters  wrote:

> I might have some time this weekend to look at the Rails side of things
> (that is, if no one else has made any progress)
>
> Will ping back in a couple of days
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 12 May 2014 21:08, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>
>> Hi Steven,
>>
>> Thanks for the offer of help. Yesterday I managed to get the NYPL
>> vectorizer working (this is the tool that has a first stab at creating
>> vectors from the map). I did this on a small screenshot of NLS's London
>> maps. I've asked Chris if he could send me a GeoTIF to do a larger scale
>> test.
>>
>> Some of the key areas that I think need addressing:
>>
>> * Improving the automated vectorizer. Currently the vectorizer creates
>> polygons of the inside of buildings (rather than following the wall). For a
>> terraced street this produces a row of detached buildings. Some processing
>> could improve this. I guess this could be done before, after, or both
>> before and after the polygon has been processed by the human volunteers on
>> the website.
>> * The website looks like it's a Rails site. I would need a lot of help
>> with this as it's an area I know very little about.
>>
>> Are you able to help with either of these?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Rob
>>
>>
>> On 12 May 2014 16:26, Steven Horner  wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I would be happy to help in anyway and have previously had a
>>> conversation with Chris at NLS regarding helping georeference some of their
>>> maps.
>>>
>>> I had been looking into creating my own historical version of OSM for a
>>> local personal project, when I looked a few weeks ago Open Historical Map
>>> was down and was never very usable before that. It sounds like from the
>>> WIKI things maybe starting to happen, date slider planned, etc.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Steven
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Rob Nickerson <
>>> rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
 Hi All, Historic Map folks,

 I have now heard from Chris at National Library of Scotland (NLS). He
 is very supportive* of the idea of using something similar to the NYPL
 Building Inspector software and website for digitizing some of NLS's
 historic maps. As NYPL have made all their software Open Source, it should
 be relatively easy to roll this out with NLS's (or other) maps.

 Who's interested in getting involved? You lot set the pace of this :-D

 Regards,
 Rob

 * NLS would be able to supply the scanned and geo-rectified maps. As
 with everyone else their ability to do any more is limited by their level
 of funding. This should not be a problem as we can self host the website.




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Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] New York Public Library - Building Inspector

[Tim Waters]

I might have some time this weekend to look at the Rails side of things
(that is, if no one else has made any progress)

Will ping back in a couple of days

Tim


On 12 May 2014 21:08, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> Thanks for the offer of help. Yesterday I managed to get the NYPL
> vectorizer working (this is the tool that has a first stab at creating
> vectors from the map). I did this on a small screenshot of NLS's London
> maps. I've asked Chris if he could send me a GeoTIF to do a larger scale
> test.
>
> Some of the key areas that I think need addressing:
>
> * Improving the automated vectorizer. Currently the vectorizer creates
> polygons of the inside of buildings (rather than following the wall). For a
> terraced street this produces a row of detached buildings. Some processing
> could improve this. I guess this could be done before, after, or both
> before and after the polygon has been processed by the human volunteers on
> the website.
> * The website looks like it's a Rails site. I would need a lot of help
> with this as it's an area I know very little about.
>
> Are you able to help with either of these?
>
> Kind regards,
> Rob
>
>
> On 12 May 2014 16:26, Steven Horner  wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would be happy to help in anyway and have previously had a conversation
>> with Chris at NLS regarding helping georeference some of their maps.
>>
>> I had been looking into creating my own historical version of OSM for a
>> local personal project, when I looked a few weeks ago Open Historical Map
>> was down and was never very usable before that. It sounds like from the
>> WIKI things maybe starting to happen, date slider planned, etc.
>>
>> regards,
>> Steven
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Rob Nickerson <
>> rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All, Historic Map folks,
>>>
>>> I have now heard from Chris at National Library of Scotland (NLS). He is
>>> very supportive* of the idea of using something similar to the NYPL
>>> Building Inspector software and website for digitizing some of NLS's
>>> historic maps. As NYPL have made all their software Open Source, it should
>>> be relatively easy to roll this out with NLS's (or other) maps.
>>>
>>> Who's interested in getting involved? You lot set the pace of this :-D
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> * NLS would be able to supply the scanned and geo-rectified maps. As
>>> with everyone else their ability to do any more is limited by their level
>>> of funding. This should not be a problem as we can self host the website.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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[Rob Nickerson]

Hi Steven,

Thanks for the offer of help. Yesterday I managed to get the NYPL
vectorizer working (this is the tool that has a first stab at creating
vectors from the map). I did this on a small screenshot of NLS's London
maps. I've asked Chris if he could send me a GeoTIF to do a larger scale
test.

Some of the key areas that I think need addressing:

* Improving the automated vectorizer. Currently the vectorizer creates
polygons of the inside of buildings (rather than following the wall). For a
terraced street this produces a row of detached buildings. Some processing
could improve this. I guess this could be done before, after, or both
before and after the polygon has been processed by the human volunteers on
the website.
* The website looks like it's a Rails site. I would need a lot of help with
this as it's an area I know very little about.

Are you able to help with either of these?

Kind regards,
Rob


On 12 May 2014 16:26, Steven Horner  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would be happy to help in anyway and have previously had a conversation
> with Chris at NLS regarding helping georeference some of their maps.
>
> I had been looking into creating my own historical version of OSM for a
> local personal project, when I looked a few weeks ago Open Historical Map
> was down and was never very usable before that. It sounds like from the
> WIKI things maybe starting to happen, date slider planned, etc.
>
> regards,
> Steven
>
>
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Rob Nickerson  > wrote:
>
>> Hi All, Historic Map folks,
>>
>> I have now heard from Chris at National Library of Scotland (NLS). He is
>> very supportive* of the idea of using something similar to the NYPL
>> Building Inspector software and website for digitizing some of NLS's
>> historic maps. As NYPL have made all their software Open Source, it should
>> be relatively easy to roll this out with NLS's (or other) maps.
>>
>> Who's interested in getting involved? You lot set the pace of this :-D
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rob
>>
>> * NLS would be able to supply the scanned and geo-rectified maps. As with
>> everyone else their ability to do any more is limited by their level of
>> funding. This should not be a problem as we can self host the website.
>>
>>
>>
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[Steven Horner]

Hello,

I would be happy to help in anyway and have previously had a conversation
with Chris at NLS regarding helping georeference some of their maps.

I had been looking into creating my own historical version of OSM for a
local personal project, when I looked a few weeks ago Open Historical Map
was down and was never very usable before that. It sounds like from the
WIKI things maybe starting to happen, date slider planned, etc.

regards,
Steven

On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Rob Nickerson
wrote:

> Hi All, Historic Map folks,
>
> I have now heard from Chris at National Library of Scotland (NLS). He is
> very supportive* of the idea of using something similar to the NYPL
> Building Inspector software and website for digitizing some of NLS's
> historic maps. As NYPL have made all their software Open Source, it should
> be relatively easy to roll this out with NLS's (or other) maps.
>
> Who's interested in getting involved? You lot set the pace of this :-D
>
> Regards,
> Rob
>
> * NLS would be able to supply the scanned and geo-rectified maps. As with
> everyone else their ability to do any more is limited by their level of
> funding. This should not be a problem as we can self host the website.
>
>
>
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[Rob Nickerson]

Hi All, Historic Map folks,

I have now heard from Chris at National Library of Scotland (NLS). He is
very supportive* of the idea of using something similar to the NYPL
Building Inspector software and website for digitizing some of NLS's
historic maps. As NYPL have made all their software Open Source, it should
be relatively easy to roll this out with NLS's (or other) maps.

Who's interested in getting involved? You lot set the pace of this :-D

Regards,
Rob

* NLS would be able to supply the scanned and geo-rectified maps. As with
everyone else their ability to do any more is limited by their level of
funding. This should not be a problem as we can self host the website.


On 3 May 2014 14:15, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> The OS National Grid 1:2500 series includes addresses but is only just
> coming out of copyright. I have access to a slippy map with a few sheets
> scanned but they look like they're too recent and still in copyright.
>
> It's Chris Fleet at NLS that we need to speak to. He's spoken at sotm
> Scotland in the past. I'll follow it up with the Scotland group.
>
> Rob
> On 3 May 2014 00:09, "Tim Waters"  wrote:
>
>> Those are some good examples - they appear to be around the same scale
>> also.
>> They are monochrome and don't have addresses which should limit a couple
>> of the types of the tasks.  Could be worth trying the Building Inspector
>> with this dataset.
>>
>> I wonder if there's anyone from the NLS on list?
>>
>>
>> On 1 May 2014 19:11, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, all Open. It's great.
>>>
>>> In terms of how we could use it here in the UK, the best data I can
>>> think of is the OS Town Plans for Scotland that NLS have as individual map
>>> sheets and as a slippy map:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=57.14443&lon=-2.1054&layers=B0TFF
>>>
>>> There is also some great London data:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=51.52008&lon=-0.12473&layers=B0FTF
>>>
>>> We have a pretty good relation with NLS. Is there any interest in our
>>> community to enquire about working with them?
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>> On 30 April 2014 15:46, Tim Waters  wrote:
>>>
 Hi Rob,

 it has been on the list before - but they have recently revamped it and
 added many more features, and maps! In my opinion it's a shining example of
 how geo crowdsourcing applications should be.

 I believe it has been developed internally with the library - and I
 think they are just using Mapbox to host the tiles (originally coming from
 the warper at maps.nypl.org)

 The code is on github: https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector and
 the data is available to download as well.
 http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/general/data

 Cheers,

 Tim


 On 29 April 2014 22:44, Rob Nickerson wrote:

> Don't think I've spotted this on the historic mailing list so I'll
> post it.
>
> NYPL digitizing old maps using crowd sourcing. I just gave it a go and
> it works very well.
>
> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/
>
> Looks like Mapbox has some involvement, or at least the map display
> has a similar style to mapbox's. I wonder whether the software is open as
> we can use this to help OpenHistoricMap.
>
> Rob
>
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[Rob Nickerson]

Yes, out of bounds for now but coming out of copyright. Just as I said:

> The OS County<\strikethrough> 1:2500 series includes
addresses but is only just coming out of copyright.

If we can get hold them and scan them, then I see no problem with using
them when their copyright period ends.

The link to warks site was just to give folks an idea of what I'm on about.

Rob
On 7 May 2014 10:23, "SK53"  wrote:

> The 1:2500 maps, and many other large scale maps on the Warwickshire site
> were digitised and rectified by Landmark Information 
> Group,
> who own the copyright in the images and of course in their rectified form.
> Landmark. Landmark have a commericial business, Old-Maps which sells
> reproduction (IIRC for non-commercial use) online.
>
>
> The use of these maps at the moment for OSM or OHM purposes appears to be
> "out-of-bounds"
>
> Jerry
>
>
> On 6 May 2014 22:17, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>
>> Correction: I don't mean OS Country series (that seems to be older and
>> probably now out of copyright). What I really mean is OS National Grid
>> 1:2500 series, which can be seen at:
>> http://maps.warwickshire.gov.uk/historical/
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>> On 3 May 2014 14:15, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>
>>> The OS County series includes addresses but is only just coming out of
>>> copyright. I have access to a slippy map with a few sheets scanned but they
>>> look like they're too recent and still in copyright.
>>>
>>> It's Chris Fleet at NLS that we need to speak to. He's spoken at sotm
>>> Scotland in the past. I'll follow it up with the Scotland group.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>> On 3 May 2014 00:09, "Tim Waters"  wrote:
>>>
 Those are some good examples - they appear to be around the same scale
 also.
 They are monochrome and don't have addresses which should limit a
 couple of the types of the tasks.  Could be worth trying the Building
 Inspector with this dataset.

 I wonder if there's anyone from the NLS on list?


 On 1 May 2014 19:11, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> Yes, all Open. It's great.
>
> In terms of how we could use it here in the UK, the best data I can
> think of is the OS Town Plans for Scotland that NLS have as individual map
> sheets and as a slippy map:
>
>
> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=57.14443&lon=-2.1054&layers=B0TFF
>
> There is also some great London data:
>
>
> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=51.52008&lon=-0.12473&layers=B0FTF
>
> We have a pretty good relation with NLS. Is there any interest in our
> community to enquire about working with them?
>
> Rob
>
>
> On 30 April 2014 15:46, Tim Waters  wrote:
>
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> it has been on the list before - but they have recently revamped it
>> and added many more features, and maps! In my opinion it's a shining
>> example of how geo crowdsourcing applications should be.
>>
>> I believe it has been developed internally with the library - and I
>> think they are just using Mapbox to host the tiles (originally coming 
>> from
>> the warper at maps.nypl.org)
>>
>> The code is on github: https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspectorand the 
>> data is available to download as well.
>> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/general/data
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> On 29 April 2014 22:44, Rob Nickerson wrote:
>>
>>> Don't think I've spotted this on the historic mailing list so I'll
>>> post it.
>>>
>>> NYPL digitizing old maps using crowd sourcing. I just gave it a go
>>> and it works very well.
>>>
>>> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/
>>>
>>> Looks like Mapbox has some involvement, or at least the map display
>>> has a similar style to mapbox's. I wonder whether the software is open 
>>> as
>>> we can use this to help OpenHistoricMap.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> ___
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>>> histo...@openstreetmap.org
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>>>
>>>
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[SK53]

The 1:2500 maps, and many other large scale maps on the Warwickshire site
were digitised and rectified by Landmark Information
Group,
who own the copyright in the images and of course in their rectified form.
Landmark. Landmark have a commericial business, Old-Maps which sells
reproduction (IIRC for non-commercial use) online.


The use of these maps at the moment for OSM or OHM purposes appears to be
"out-of-bounds"

Jerry


On 6 May 2014 22:17, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> Correction: I don't mean OS Country series (that seems to be older and
> probably now out of copyright). What I really mean is OS National Grid
> 1:2500 series, which can be seen at:
> http://maps.warwickshire.gov.uk/historical/
>
> Rob
>
>
> On 3 May 2014 14:15, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>
>> The OS County series includes addresses but is only just coming out of
>> copyright. I have access to a slippy map with a few sheets scanned but they
>> look like they're too recent and still in copyright.
>>
>> It's Chris Fleet at NLS that we need to speak to. He's spoken at sotm
>> Scotland in the past. I'll follow it up with the Scotland group.
>>
>> Rob
>> On 3 May 2014 00:09, "Tim Waters"  wrote:
>>
>>> Those are some good examples - they appear to be around the same scale
>>> also.
>>> They are monochrome and don't have addresses which should limit a couple
>>> of the types of the tasks.  Could be worth trying the Building Inspector
>>> with this dataset.
>>>
>>> I wonder if there's anyone from the NLS on list?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1 May 2014 19:11, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>>
 Yes, all Open. It's great.

 In terms of how we could use it here in the UK, the best data I can
 think of is the OS Town Plans for Scotland that NLS have as individual map
 sheets and as a slippy map:


 http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=57.14443&lon=-2.1054&layers=B0TFF

 There is also some great London data:


 http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=51.52008&lon=-0.12473&layers=B0FTF

 We have a pretty good relation with NLS. Is there any interest in our
 community to enquire about working with them?

 Rob


 On 30 April 2014 15:46, Tim Waters  wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> it has been on the list before - but they have recently revamped it
> and added many more features, and maps! In my opinion it's a shining
> example of how geo crowdsourcing applications should be.
>
> I believe it has been developed internally with the library - and I
> think they are just using Mapbox to host the tiles (originally coming from
> the warper at maps.nypl.org)
>
> The code is on github: https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector and
> the data is available to download as well.
> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/general/data
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 29 April 2014 22:44, Rob Nickerson wrote:
>
>> Don't think I've spotted this on the historic mailing list so I'll
>> post it.
>>
>> NYPL digitizing old maps using crowd sourcing. I just gave it a go
>> and it works very well.
>>
>> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/
>>
>> Looks like Mapbox has some involvement, or at least the map display
>> has a similar style to mapbox's. I wonder whether the software is open as
>> we can use this to help OpenHistoricMap.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> ___
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>> histo...@openstreetmap.org
>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic
>>
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[Rob Nickerson]

Correction: I don't mean OS Country series (that seems to be older and
probably now out of copyright). What I really mean is OS National Grid
1:2500 series, which can be seen at:
http://maps.warwickshire.gov.uk/historical/

Rob


On 3 May 2014 14:15, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> The OS County series includes addresses but is only just coming out of
> copyright. I have access to a slippy map with a few sheets scanned but they
> look like they're too recent and still in copyright.
>
> It's Chris Fleet at NLS that we need to speak to. He's spoken at sotm
> Scotland in the past. I'll follow it up with the Scotland group.
>
> Rob
> On 3 May 2014 00:09, "Tim Waters"  wrote:
>
>> Those are some good examples - they appear to be around the same scale
>> also.
>> They are monochrome and don't have addresses which should limit a couple
>> of the types of the tasks.  Could be worth trying the Building Inspector
>> with this dataset.
>>
>> I wonder if there's anyone from the NLS on list?
>>
>>
>> On 1 May 2014 19:11, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, all Open. It's great.
>>>
>>> In terms of how we could use it here in the UK, the best data I can
>>> think of is the OS Town Plans for Scotland that NLS have as individual map
>>> sheets and as a slippy map:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=57.14443&lon=-2.1054&layers=B0TFF
>>>
>>> There is also some great London data:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=51.52008&lon=-0.12473&layers=B0FTF
>>>
>>> We have a pretty good relation with NLS. Is there any interest in our
>>> community to enquire about working with them?
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>> On 30 April 2014 15:46, Tim Waters  wrote:
>>>
 Hi Rob,

 it has been on the list before - but they have recently revamped it and
 added many more features, and maps! In my opinion it's a shining example of
 how geo crowdsourcing applications should be.

 I believe it has been developed internally with the library - and I
 think they are just using Mapbox to host the tiles (originally coming from
 the warper at maps.nypl.org)

 The code is on github: https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector and
 the data is available to download as well.
 http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/general/data

 Cheers,

 Tim


 On 29 April 2014 22:44, Rob Nickerson wrote:

> Don't think I've spotted this on the historic mailing list so I'll
> post it.
>
> NYPL digitizing old maps using crowd sourcing. I just gave it a go and
> it works very well.
>
> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/
>
> Looks like Mapbox has some involvement, or at least the map display
> has a similar style to mapbox's. I wonder whether the software is open as
> we can use this to help OpenHistoricMap.
>
> Rob
>
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>
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[Rob Nickerson]

The OS County series includes addresses but is only just coming out of
copyright. I have access to a slippy map with a few sheets scanned but they
look like they're too recent and still in copyright.

It's Chris Fleet at NLS that we need to speak to. He's spoken at sotm
Scotland in the past. I'll follow it up with the Scotland group.

Rob
On 3 May 2014 00:09, "Tim Waters"  wrote:

> Those are some good examples - they appear to be around the same scale
> also.
> They are monochrome and don't have addresses which should limit a couple
> of the types of the tasks.  Could be worth trying the Building Inspector
> with this dataset.
>
> I wonder if there's anyone from the NLS on list?
>
>
> On 1 May 2014 19:11, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>
>> Yes, all Open. It's great.
>>
>> In terms of how we could use it here in the UK, the best data I can think
>> of is the OS Town Plans for Scotland that NLS have as individual map sheets
>> and as a slippy map:
>>
>>
>> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=57.14443&lon=-2.1054&layers=B0TFF
>>
>> There is also some great London data:
>>
>>
>> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=51.52008&lon=-0.12473&layers=B0FTF
>>
>> We have a pretty good relation with NLS. Is there any interest in our
>> community to enquire about working with them?
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>> On 30 April 2014 15:46, Tim Waters  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rob,
>>>
>>> it has been on the list before - but they have recently revamped it and
>>> added many more features, and maps! In my opinion it's a shining example of
>>> how geo crowdsourcing applications should be.
>>>
>>> I believe it has been developed internally with the library - and I
>>> think they are just using Mapbox to host the tiles (originally coming from
>>> the warper at maps.nypl.org)
>>>
>>> The code is on github: https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector and
>>> the data is available to download as well.
>>> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/general/data
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29 April 2014 22:44, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>>
 Don't think I've spotted this on the historic mailing list so I'll post
 it.

 NYPL digitizing old maps using crowd sourcing. I just gave it a go and
 it works very well.

 http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/

 Looks like Mapbox has some involvement, or at least the map display has
 a similar style to mapbox's. I wonder whether the software is open as we
 can use this to help OpenHistoricMap.

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[Tim Waters]

Those are some good examples - they appear to be around the same scale
also.
They are monochrome and don't have addresses which should limit a couple of
the types of the tasks.  Could be worth trying the Building Inspector with
this dataset.

I wonder if there's anyone from the NLS on list?


On 1 May 2014 19:11, Rob Nickerson  wrote:

> Yes, all Open. It's great.
>
> In terms of how we could use it here in the UK, the best data I can think
> of is the OS Town Plans for Scotland that NLS have as individual map sheets
> and as a slippy map:
>
>
> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=57.14443&lon=-2.1054&layers=B0TFF
>
> There is also some great London data:
>
>
> http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=51.52008&lon=-0.12473&layers=B0FTF
>
> We have a pretty good relation with NLS. Is there any interest in our
> community to enquire about working with them?
>
> Rob
>
>
> On 30 April 2014 15:46, Tim Waters  wrote:
>
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> it has been on the list before - but they have recently revamped it and
>> added many more features, and maps! In my opinion it's a shining example of
>> how geo crowdsourcing applications should be.
>>
>> I believe it has been developed internally with the library - and I think
>> they are just using Mapbox to host the tiles (originally coming from the
>> warper at maps.nypl.org)
>>
>> The code is on github: https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector and
>> the data is available to download as well.
>> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/general/data
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> On 29 April 2014 22:44, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>>
>>> Don't think I've spotted this on the historic mailing list so I'll post
>>> it.
>>>
>>> NYPL digitizing old maps using crowd sourcing. I just gave it a go and
>>> it works very well.
>>>
>>> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/
>>>
>>> Looks like Mapbox has some involvement, or at least the map display has
>>> a similar style to mapbox's. I wonder whether the software is open as we
>>> can use this to help OpenHistoricMap.
>>>
>>> Rob
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Re: [Talk-GB] [OHM] New York Public Library - Building Inspector

[Rob Nickerson]

Yes, all Open. It's great.

In terms of how we could use it here in the UK, the best data I can think
of is the OS Town Plans for Scotland that NLS have as individual map sheets
and as a slippy map:

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=57.14443&lon=-2.1054&layers=B0TFF

There is also some great London data:

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19&lat=51.52008&lon=-0.12473&layers=B0FTF

We have a pretty good relation with NLS. Is there any interest in our
community to enquire about working with them?

Rob


On 30 April 2014 15:46, Tim Waters  wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> it has been on the list before - but they have recently revamped it and
> added many more features, and maps! In my opinion it's a shining example of
> how geo crowdsourcing applications should be.
>
> I believe it has been developed internally with the library - and I think
> they are just using Mapbox to host the tiles (originally coming from the
> warper at maps.nypl.org)
>
> The code is on github: https://github.com/NYPL/building-inspector and the
> data is available to download as well.
> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/general/data
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 29 April 2014 22:44, Rob Nickerson  wrote:
>
>> Don't think I've spotted this on the historic mailing list so I'll post
>> it.
>>
>> NYPL digitizing old maps using crowd sourcing. I just gave it a go and it
>> works very well.
>>
>> http://buildinginspector.nypl.org/
>>
>> Looks like Mapbox has some involvement, or at least the map display has a
>> similar style to mapbox's. I wonder whether the software is open as we can
>> use this to help OpenHistoricMap.
>>
>> Rob
>>
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