The document discusses OpenHistoryMap (OHM), a public archaeology and participatory GIS project. It addresses OHM's approach to digitizing archaeological data at different levels of detail, developing a research ontology to track interpretations, and reliability of source information. The document also outlines OHM's open-source technology stack built on OpenStreetMap and its custom additions like a tiler, time travel toolbar, and Archaeological Research Database to integrate archaeological research. Finally, it invites the audience to join the open-source OHM community.
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OpenHistoryMap
Silvia Bernardoni
Marco Montanari
Raffaele Trojanis
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What is OHM
Public/Participatory
Archaeology
Web GIS
Open Access束Best effort損
For the user by
the user
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Assumptions
Beyond the physical elements, everything else is interpretation
Each interpretation is bound to a specific research
Each research needs to be traceable
Starting from these assumptions, each discussion needs to be in part about
the ontology and in part about the digitization, requiring the
differentiation of data from a physical and interpretative point of view
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The OHM approach
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Data digitization
Points and Lines vs Polygons
Points
Lines
Polygons
No physical evidence
Physical evidence
Historical Data
Archeological
Data
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Data digitization
Measure with micrometer,
Mark with chalk,
Cut with axe
Jim Fuller
Coarse
details
Level 0
Level 1
Detailed
world
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Data digitization
Marzabotto data as test for the system
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Data digitization
Low zoom level = less detail
Polygons of buildings
Landuses
Natural environment
Roads and rivers (infrastructure)
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Data digitization
Medium zoom level = Medium detail
Polygons of buildings
Landuses
Internal separations in buildings
Floors
Natural environment
Roads and rivers (infrastructure)
Small local anthropic modifications
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Data digitization
Medium zoom level = Medium detail
Polygons of buildings
Landuses
Internal separations in buildings
Floors
Natural environment
Roads and rivers (infrastructure)
Small local anthropic modificationstype wall
hypothetical yes
type drain
hypothetical no
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Data digitization
Medium zoom level = High detail
Polygons of buildings
Landuses
Internal separations in buildings
Floors
Natural environment
Roads and rivers (infrastructure)
Small local anthropic modifications
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Data digitization
High zoom level = High detail
Polygons of buildings
Internal separations in buildings
Floors
Roads and rivers (infrastructure)
Small local anthropic modifications
Components of walls, monuments,
roads, infrastructures
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Data digitization
The fourth dimension
type research:time
valid:start -525
valid:end -475
source ardb.info/research/Govi201
0-42eeaf884
type research:time
valid:start -474
valid:end -450
source ardb.info/research/Govi201
0-42eeaf884
type research:time
valid:start -449
valid:end -400
source ardb.info/research/Govi201
0-42eeaf884
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Research Ontology
The research is the tip of the iceberg
Each research is a collection set of interpretations
Each interpretation is a collection of physical elements and a set of shared
attributes
Each attribute defines a specific way of looking at the data
The definition of Research Ontology implies
Source quality definition
Open Access enabling
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The source problem: Source Reliability
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Source Reliability
1 - Direct
a Oral
b Mnemonic
2 Survey
3 Archival
4 Bibliographical
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Source Reliability
1 - Direct
a Oral
b Mnemonic
2 Survey
a Direct drawing
b Instrumental mapping
3 Archival
4 Bibliographical
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Source Reliability
1 - Direct
a Oral
b Mnemonic
2 Survey
a Direct drawing
b Instrumental mapping
3 Archival
a Catalogue
b Digital archive
4 Bibliographical
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Source Reliability
1 - Direct
a Oral
b Mnemonic
2 Survey
a Direct drawing
b Instrumental mapping
3 Archival
a Catalogue
b Digital archive
4 Bibliographical
a Educational
b Academic
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Source Reliability
1 - Direct
a Oral
b Mnemonic
2 Survey
a Direct drawing
b Instrumental mapping
3 Archival
a Catalogue
b Digital archive
4 Bibliographical
a Educational
b Academic
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The OHM Technology
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The Platform
Based on the OpenStreetMap technological stack
Rails + PostGIS (+ LeafletJS)
The OSM tools
Osmosis
JOSM
ID Editor *
Mapnik *
Overpass API
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Our additions to the stack
Tiler
* ID Editor customization
* Mapnik customization
TimeTravelToolbar
ARDb.info (Archaeological Research Database)
A point of view on the research ontology
ASDb project
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Our additions to the stack - Tiler
Tiler enables easy digitization
of paper maps
It exposes the characteristics
of a specific map (zoom
levels, resolution)
https://github.com/openhistorymap/tyler
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Our additions to the stack - T3
TimeTravelToolbar
Integrates with LeafletJS
Already Angular2 ready
Adds time-based features to the classic Tile Server URLs by adding a
time suffix to the filename.
/{z}/{y}/{-x}.png tile url /{z}/{y}/{-x}-{t}.png
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Our additions to the stack - ARDb
Another point of view on the OHM Research Ontology
create an entrypoint and URI manager for the researches and
track the research ids source of the operations in OHM
Enables a better interpretation of research information
Context
History
Relationships between research teams
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What else to say...
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What else to say...
You are all invited to join the OHM
EMPIRE Community!
PAST
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Thank you!
Silvia Bernardoni - silvia.bernardoni@openhistorymap.org
Raffaele Trojanis - r.trojanis@openhistorymap.org
Marco Montanari - marco.montanari@openhistorymap.org