1. Collecting digital cartographic data in Utrecht: storage and accessibility

• Marco van Egmond

• Map Curators Group of the

• British Cartographic Society, Cambridge 2010

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3. Cartographic documents in digital format

• Increasing number; born-digital + scanned digital images:

• • Floppy disks

• • CDs/DVDs

• • Internet

Growing virtual collection: Role of the map librarian?

4. Content of the paper

• Various forms of digital cartographic data

• Archiving and accessibility in Utrecht

• Problems and restrictions

• Future developments and solutions

5. Content of the paper

• Various forms of digital cartographic data

• Archiving and accessibility in Utrecht

• Problems and restrictions

• Future developments and solutions

6. Forms of digital cartographic data

• Floppy disks

• CDs/DVDs

7. Forms of digital cartographic data

• Maps from the internet

• • Examples: Zorgatlas National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM); portals of provinces

8. Forms of digital cartographic data

• Maps from the internet

• • Examples: Social atlases Almere, Steenwijkerland

9. Forms of digital cartographic data

• Maps from the internet

• • Browse and search:

• • • Oddens Bookmarks

• • • Google Images

• • • Map History/History of Cartography

• • • Digmap

• • • Google Maps Google Books

10. Forms of digital cartographic data

• Disadvantages with maps from the internet

• • Dead links

• • Volatile character of the data/sites

• Utrecht: downloading files on special server

• • Ready-to-use

• • Durable storage

11. Forms of digital cartographic data

12. Forms of digital cartographic data

• Digitized analogue maps

• • Recent maps, usually copyrighted

• • Files on server only for education and research purposes

13. Forms of digital cartographic data

• Cartographic databases

• (f.i. Topographical Survey)

14. Content of the paper

• Various forms of digital cartographic data

• Archiving and accessibility in Utrecht

• Problems and restrictions

• Future developments and solutions

15. Preservation and accessibility

• Central storage of data

• Approach and management from a distance

• Consultation in a.o. the map library

16. Preservation of floppydisks and CDs/DVDs

• Floppydisks -> VFD files

• CDs/DVDs -> ISO files

• Files on server: readable through Virtual PC software

17. Content of the paper

• Various forms of digital cartographic data

• Archiving and accessibility in Utrecht

• Problems and restrictions

• Future developments and solutions

18. Problems and restrictions accessibility

• Surpassed analogue collection

• 250.000 digital files

• simple geographic and thematic file structure:

• • Continent > Country > Theme

19. Problems and restrictions accessibility

20. Problems and restrictions accessibility

21. Problems and restrictions accessibility

22. Problems and restrictions

• Legal implications

• • Agreements with copyright owners

• • Home copies publishing

• • Preservation copies

• Disadvantageous position online electronic library

• Opt out solution?

23. Content of the paper

• Various forms of digital cartographic data

• Archiving and accessibility in Utrecht

• Problems and restrictions

• Future developments and solutions

24. Future developments and solutions

• Local initiatives:

• • Geoloket , Delft

• • Geodesk , Wageningen

• National level:

• • Geoloketten

• Cooperation?

• Possibillities for cataloguing?

25. Future developments and solutions

• Central storage of data on a national or international level

• Cataloguing by participating institutes

• Netherlands: Archives, Royal Library, DANS

• UK: Edina

26. Future developments and solutions

• Changing role of map librarian and map collection

• • Information manager

• • Map collections junctions in cartographic information supply

• • Collection and archiving of digital cartographic data task of a map library

• • Cataloguing of the data deserves national or international effort

• • Better legal conditions

27. Future developments and solutions

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• Thank you for your attention!

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