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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!
Collecting digital cartographic data in Utrecht: storage and
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