Session Description:
PLACE, the Position-based Library Archive Coordinate Explorer, is an open source geospatial search interface enabling easier discovery of digital map collections that can be difficult to locate through standard text-based searching. Through PLACE, via a click or search, users can zoom to a region and then locate and download digital collections resources with geographic extents that intersect the search area. The prototype PLACE installation contains three thousand items from five collections including topographic maps, historical air photos, geologic field trip guidebooks, and historic atlases. Identifying geographic coordinates for geospatial ready digitized cultural heritage materials was key to the project.
