NDLI: Building an historical GIS platform from archival data: the creation of dynamic databases for visualization of historical GIS information

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Sundararajan, Binod Armstrong, Paul F. Johansen, Shaun
Abstract	We describe our efforts to create an Historical GIS platform for genealogical data in Nova Scotia. To build a demonstrable prototype, we use historical data from two communities, the "Old North End" of Halifax, and "Durham Village" in Pictou County. With the initial time set at 1881, these communities are considerably different in character on the urban/rural axis, by occupation, ethnicity, religion, and household composition. The data we have been compiling include (a) household-level geographic coordinates, (b) 1881 directory and census data, and (c) photographic images. The full-scale platform will utilize the archival records and output of the various community-based historical and genealogical groups around the province. We have conducted several sub-projects to develop the programming for joining arbitrary data from disparate research groups, and will report on how this approach can be used "to connect content and UX design practices to local contexts/local communities.".
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	8
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450351607
DOI	10.1145/3121113.3121232
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2017-08-11
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Historical gis Two-sided networks Data visualization Dynamic databases
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Building an historical GIS platform from archival data: the creation of dynamic databases for visualization of historical GIS information