Please note: the last date for registration here is Friday 2nd March 2012. If you want to register after this time please email edina@ed.ac.uk and we may be able to find you a space though we cannot guarantee that catering or wifi access will be available for those registering after the 2nd March. 

This one day event looking at the use of geospatial data and tools in the cultural heritage domain will take place on 7th March 2012 at Maughan Library, part of Kings College London. 

Purpose

An invited group of speakers will explore how digitised cultural heritage content (broadly defined) can be exploited through geographical approaches and the types of tools and techniques that can be used with geo-referenced/geotagged content.

Issues we are asking our speakers to consider include:

• selection of maps/materials
• issues of accuracy and precision
• staff and technical requirements
• sustainability
• licencing

If you are tweeting the event please use the #geocult hashtag or the generic #jiscgeco project hashtag. 

Find out more about the JISC GECO project on our blog: http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/.

 'Geospatial' in the Cultural Heritage domain, past, present and future

7^th March 2012

Weston Room

Maughan Library on Chancery Lane,

Kings College London.

Purpose: we are keen to use this event as an opportunity to explore how digitised cultural heritage content (broadly defined) can be exploited through geographical approaches and the types of tools and techniques that can be used with geo-referenced/geotagged content. Issues we would be keen to discuss include e.g. selection of maps/materials, issues of accuracy and precision, staff and technical requirements, sustainability, licensing.

Format: Mix of formal presentation and 'unconference' informal

The event will be 'amplified' by social media (live blogging, tweeting) and will be videoed for subsequent download via geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk.

9:30 – 10:00 Arrival and coffee

10:00 – 10:10 Housekeeping, open remarks and context

10:10 – 10:30 Michael Charno, Archaeology Data Service (ADS) , "The past is a different country: they map things differently there"

10:30 – 10:50 Claire Grover, University of Edinburgh, Trading Consequences

10:50 – 11:10 Humphrey Southall, University of Portsmouth, OldMapsonline.org

11:10 – 11:130 Coffee and comfort break

11:30 – 11:50 Stuart Nicol, University of Edinburgh, Visualising Urban Geographies 

11:50 – 12:10 Jamie McLauglin, University of Sheffield, Locating Londons Past

12:10 – 12:30 Ashley Dhanani & David Jeevenrampillais,UCL,“Classifying historical business directory data: issues of translation between geographical and ethnographic contributions to a community PPGIS project”

LUNCH & 'Unconference'

14:00 – 14:20 Chris Fleet, National Library of Scotland, The NLS Historical Maps API

14:20 – 14:40 Rebekkah Abraham and Michael Daley, We Are What We Do, HistoryPin

14:40 – 15:00 Stuart Macdonald, University of Edinburgh, AddressingHistory

15:00 – 15:30 COFFEE & THEMED BREAKOUT DISSUSSIONS

1. GAP Analysis

2. Mobile futures

15:30 – 15:40 Report back

15:40 – 16:00 Kate Jones, University of Portsmouth,"Localising wartime past:London's Blitz"

16:00 – 16:20 Natalie Pollecutt, Wellcome library,  ‘Putting Medical Officer of Health Reports on the map’

16:20 – 16:40 Stuart Dunn, KCL, Digital Exposure of English Place-Names (DEEP)

16:40 – 17:00 Summary and Close

Getting to the Venue

Chancery Lane is a short walk from the Strand Campus and is on the righthand side as you walk away from Fleet Street.

By Public Transport

The Maughan Library is a short walk from Blackfriars and London Thameslink rail stations. If you are travelling by tube the nearest stop is Chancery Lane Station. The area (High Holbern, Fetter Lane and Fleet Street) is also well served by buses. 

By Car

The Maughan Library is inside the Congestion Charge zone and is not well served by parking. The nearest car park is run by NCP and located on West Smithfield around a 10 minute walk from the Library.

By Air

The nearest airport is London City Airport around 7 miles away. 

For more information on the venue see the Maughan Library page from KCL: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/libraries/maughan.aspx

Acknowledgements

This event has been organised by the JISC GECO project with the help and support of the Centre for e-Research at Kings College London who have also provided our lovely venue for the day.

We would also like to acknowledge all of the projects who have supported the development of this event, including those sending speakers or representatives along. 

This event is supported by the JISC GECO (the GeoSpatial Engagement & Community Outreach) project,  a JISC funded project based at EDINA.