SPATIAL QUERYING OF GEOCODED LIBRARY RESOURCES ON INTERNET

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SPATIAL QUERYING OF GEOCODED LIBRARY RESOURCES
ON INTERNET

• Renata olar
• National and University Library of Slovenia

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GEOLIBRARY

• Digitization projects in libraries
• Geolibrary georeferenced information
• Representation and retrieval by locations
• Integration of GIS

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• European Digital Library, EDL
• http//www.edlproject.eu/about.php
• WP1 Task 5
• National and University Library of Slovenia
• Geodetic Institute of Slovenia

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AIMS

• Virtual library collection inside GIS
• Map-based access
• Access by spatial locations
• Conservation and promotion of library materials
• Education and research by Internet users.

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FEATURES

• Combination of multimedia
• Interactive, dynamic environment
• Explore, manipulate, and transform collection
  holdings
• Integrate historical maps with modern
  geographical data
• Analyze accuracy, cartographic projection,
  cartographic presentation techniques
• Discover temporal changes of toponymy.

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EXECUTION

• a) Georeferencing and overlaying historical maps
  of Slovenia and Ljubljana with contemporary maps
• b) Creation of a place name point layer for
  historical and contemporary place names and
• c) The insertion of pictorial items, music and
  text at appropriate locations.

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DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA AND MULTITEMPORAL ELEMENTS

• a) Historic and contemporary maps (Slovenia and
  Ljubljana)
• b) Postcards (Ljubljana, from 19th to 20th
  century)
• c) Panoramic views (Ljubljana, dated 1843-1844)
• d) Portrait images of the famous persons
• e) Audio recordings of songs (national anthem,
  local songs).

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PROTOTYPE PORTAL http//www.theeuropeanlib
rary.org/portal/index.html
See online depicted postcard
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PROTOTYPE DATA
View the depicted postcard in the GIS Browser
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USER ACCESS ARCHITECTURE
USER STEPS
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user clicks URL www.theeuropeanlibrary.org
user searches collection by keyword
user clicks SEE ONLINE URL http//server/object.ht
ml
user clicks link GIS -URL http//server/gis/defaul
t.asp?commandfindwhatobject_idwhererelation
user gets HTML page with presentation of searched
object in formats jpg, pdf, MrSID, etc. user
gets link to GIS - URL
user gets HTML page with GIS spatial
representation of object
user gets results as HTML page - SEE ONLINE URL
user gets HTML - Search page
SERVERS
TEL
NUK GIS application
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CONCLUSIONS

• An application in progress
• Loose conceptual integrity
• More than a bibliographic records
• Educational value.

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FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

• Fully functional web application
• Temporal and spatial promenade through diverse
  library holdings
• Add more GIS functionalities
• Add contextualized querying
• From facts about objects to relationships between
  them
• More engagement of the user.