NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone Onno Boonstra Radboud Universiteit DANS

Historical Geographical Information Systems on the web ▫ some examples ▫ differences between them ▫ not suited very well for historical research what does a historical researcher want from a Historical GIS? ▫ three demands to be met the NLGIS project ▫ a web based historical GIS for everyone NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

 Status quo: web based Historical Geographical Information Systems ▫ various visualization methods ▫ various ways to show changes through time ▫ various uses of contextual information ▫ ranging from easy-to-use to sophisticated NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

 Status quo: web based Historical Geographical Information Systems ▫ various visualization methods ▫ various ways to show changes through time ▫ various uses of contextual information ▫ ranging from easy-to-use to sophisticated  but … ▫ not for historical researchers NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

what does a historical researcher want from a Historical GIS? Demand # 1 NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

what does a historical researcher want from a Historical GIS? Demand # 1 A historical researcher wants a web based HGIS to allow the upload of data of his own NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

what does a historical researcher want from a Historical GIS? Demand # 1 A historical researcher wants a web based HGIS to allow the upload of data of his own - with ease NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

what does a historical researcher want from a Historical GIS? Demand # 2 NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

what does a historical researcher want from a Historical GIS? Demand # 2 A historical researcher wants a web based Historical GIS first of all to have a simple web design. Only when this demand is met, the historical researcher wants the number of user defined possibilities to mould the data into a visual representation to be maximized. NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

what does a historical researcher want from a Historical GIS? Demand # 3 NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

what does a historical researcher want from a Historical GIS? Demand # 3 A historical researcher wants a web based HGIS to allow his maps to be downloadable – at least into a Word document NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

initially, part of the DANS Dutch Census project ▫ comparable to Belgian Historical GIS ▫ all census data available within GIS ▫ all municipals divisions ▫ all submunicipal divisions ▫ tools to manipulate census data as a consequence, very complex solution: ▫ more GIS with less GIS: NLGIS the NLGIS project NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

▫ put no data in NLGIS, only shapefiles with municipal and provincial boundaries; ▫ allow user to upload data and to link them to NLGIS shapefiles by himself ; ▫ create a set of GIS tools with which a user can visualize regional differences; ▫ make sure that such maps can be downloaded in such a way that they are fit to be included in standard software for documents and multimedia presentations NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone the NLGIS project: more GIS with less GIS

▫ put no data in NLGIS, only shapefiles with municipal and provincial boundaries; ▫ allow user to upload data and to link them to NLGIS shapefiles by himself ; ▫ create a set of GIS tools with which a user can visualize regional differences; ▫ make sure that such maps can be downloaded in such a way that they are fit to be included in standard software for documents and multimedia presentations NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone the NLGIS project: more GIS with less GIS

put no data in NLGIS, only shapefiles with municipal and provincial boundaries; ▫ allow user to upload data and to link them to NLGIS shapefiles by himself ; ▫ create a set of GIS tools with which a user can visualize regional differences; ▫ make sure that such maps can be downloaded in such a way that they are fit to be included in standard software for documents and multimedia presentations NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone the NLGIS project: more GIS with less GIS

put no data in NLGIS, only shapefiles with municipal and provincial boundaries; allow user to upload data and to link them to NLGIS shapefiles by himself ; ▫ create a set of GIS tools with which a user can visualize regional differences; ▫ make sure that such maps can be downloaded in such a way that they are fit to be included in standard software for documents and multimedia presentations NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone the NLGIS project: more GIS with less GIS

put no data in NLGIS, only shapefiles with municipal and provincial boundaries; allow user to upload data and to link them to NLGIS shapefiles by himself ; create a set of GIS tools with which a user can visualize regional differences; ▫ make sure that such maps can be downloaded in such a way that they are fit to be included in standard software for documents and multimedia presentations NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone the NLGIS project: more GIS with less GIS

put no data in NLGIS, only shapefiles with municipal and provincial boundaries; allow user to upload data and to link them to NLGIS shapefiles by himself ; create a set of GIS tools with which a user can visualize regional differences; make sure that such maps can be downloaded in such a way that they are fit to be included in standard software for documents and multimedia presentations NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone the NLGIS project: more GIS with less GIS

NLGIS ▫ prototype: ▫ najaar 2007 gereed ▫ meer informatie ▫ Onno Boonstra ▫ DANS the NLGIS project NLGIS NLGIS a web based historical GIS for everyone

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