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1 Florida s Ephemeral Cities Erich Kesse - kesse@ufl.edu March

2 Objectives Create an historic atlas of Florida cities, using historic maps as GIS layers Link historical resources to the geo-temporal core & build query methods supporting discovery Author learning modules, as proof of concept, that allow users to walk through history both by location and through time 2

3 Assumptions Everything can be fixed in place and time Semantic Processes can be applied to automate this work 3

4 Florida Cities Gainesville Education + Railroad History + Historic Boundary between North & South Key West Seafaring & Shipping + Military History Historic Gateway to the Caribbean Tampa Cigars + Industrial History + Cuban Heritage 4

5 Florida Partnerships Lead Institutions Gainesville University of Florida Key West Florida International University Tampa University of South Florida PALMM Publications of Archival, Library, & Museum Materials Florida Center for Library Automation with content drawn from around the state 5

6 Florida Partnerships Local Partnerships Gainesville University of Florida + Alachua County Library District Alachua County Public Records Office Matheson History Center & Museum, Inc. + Citizens of the greater Gainesville area 6

7 Florida Partnerships Local Partnerships Key West Florida International University + City of Key West, Florida Key West Art & Historical Society Monroe County Public Library + South Florida Water Management District + Citizens of the Florida Keys 7

8 Florida Partnerships Local Partnerships Tampa University of South Florida + Henry B. Plant Museum Tampa Bay History Center + Citizens of the Tampa Bay Area 8

9 Florida Collections Content drawn from the following collections PALMM Florida Environments Online Florida Heritage Collection Florida Historical Legal Documents Floridiana on the Web (Tampa Bay Region) Milemarkers: Linking Keys History Reclaiming the Everglades Sanborn Maps of Florida University of Florida Herbarium Collections World Map Collections: Florida Map Collection Distributed Collections Alachua County Archives ( Ancient Records ) Alachua County Library District ( Heritage Collection ) Florida State Archives ( Florida Memory ) Terracotta = major collection 9

10 Florida Collections Content types Archives Government Records & Census Schedules Monographs Pamphlets 10

11 Florida Collections Content types Maps & Plans Photographs Postcards 11

12 Florida Collections Content types Newspapers and newspaper indexes 12

13 Florida Collections Content types Specimens Artifacts 13

14 Technologies DLXS XPAT Prime Recognition GATE and ANNIE scripts Relational databases MS-SQL with C# programming ESRI ArcGIS and Internet Map Server FCLA Digital Archive 14

Text Processing Optical Character Recognition Page image: Converted text: Automated Mark-up Color coded to illustrate types of data tagged Shingles- Manufacturers of.

15 Text Processing Optical Character Recognition Page image: Converted text: Automated Mark-up Color coded to illustrate types of data tagged Shingles- Manufacturers of. DIXON NICHOLAS, First av c Miller (for ad. see index) Silver and Silver Plated Ware. AYRES C. L., Franklin c Jackson (for ad. see index) Skating Rinks - Roller. Jackson c Morgan, Charles Parcell, prop. Shingles- Manufacturers of. DIXON NICHOLAS, First av c Miller (for ad. see index) Silver and Silver Plated Ware. AYRES C. L., Franklin c Jackson (for ad. see index) Skating Rinks - Roller. Jackson c Morgan, Charles Parcell, prop. Elaborated workflow: 15

16 GIS Layers Using the Sanborn maps to track change over time Tampa, Florida Temporary Interface: 16

17 GIS Layers Using the Sanborn maps to locate builds in know space Tampa 1884 Maps are geo-rectified to match them to known points as described by longitude and latitude, so that historic city information can be compared over time and with current urban plans. 17

18 GIS Layers Using the Sanborn maps to track change over time Here, the virtual reconstruction & major development of Tampa Tampa 1884 Tampa 1903 Yellow = Wooden Structure Red/Pink = Brick Structure 18

19 GIS Layers Using the Sanborn maps to track change over time Here, new uses changed the character of Tampa Tampa 1884 Tampa

20 Using a GIS Interface These images, from Aerial Photography: Florida GIS Layers The user selects an area of interest either graphically or by search strategies. 20

Using a GIS Interface These images, from Aerial Photography: Florida http://web.ufli

21 Using a GIS Interface These images, from Aerial Photography: Florida GIS Layers As the level of zoom increases, additional layers with identifying information appear. Here, zooming in on Gainesville s Alachua County home. 21

22 Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Demo: Internet Interface The user may either point and click, or, search by a particular search strategy; here, by building Information. 22

23 Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Demo: Internet Interface In this case, the user has decided to search Building Use for Cigar Factories 23

Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, 1884. Demo: Internet Interface The cigar factory in this block is identified by a red dot.

24 Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Demo: Internet Interface The cigar factory in this block is identified by a red dot. If the user so desired, they could see all of the cigar factories in Gainesville, or, in any or all of the target cities. 24

25 Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Demo: Internet Clicking on a red dot (or, on any building) displays all of the known information about that building s use and occupants at that approximate time. Interface Advanced queries will allow building uses and occupants over time. This information is extracted from name rich resources. 25

26 Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Demo: Internet Interface When the user clicks on an alternate use say, Grocery red dots indicate the location of other grocers. 26

27 Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Demo: Internet Interface By clicking the red dot of any of these locations, information about that location is displayed. 27

28 Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Demo: Internet Interface Clicking either a use or occupant launches a query against targeted collections. 28

29 Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Alachua County Archives. Ancient Records. Marriage License Charles A. Sheldon and Grace T. Wilson Alachua County Library District. Heritage Collection. PALMM Collections Photograph Sheldon Whole Goods Full Text Charles Sheldon Grocer to the Wealthy with retrieval lists sorted by holding institution, and displaying a thumbnail together with brief descriptive information. 29

30 Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Resource display in a new window. Demo: Internet Interface 30

Project Web Page For more information about the project, see: http://web.ufli

31 Project Web Page For more information about the project, see: Erich Kesse - kesse@ufl.edu March 31

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