dimito digitization of rural mircotoponyms douwe zeldenrust
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Dimito
Digitization of rural mircotoponyms
Douwe Zeldenrust
Geographical Information System (GIS)
Dimito
• Pilot• 1 year 1 fte• 5 months 1 fte
Index cards
Index cards
• 200.000
• OCR not possible
• Incomplete
• Vague
• No coordinates
• Collected between 1948 and 1980
• Interviews
• Books and archieves
Field name maps
Field name maps
• 1749 • Highly diverse• Various scales• Mostly without a date• Not all toponyms are
located on field name maps
• Not all toponyms on the field name maps are on the index cards
• Accuracy is an illusion
Database field name maps
Literature
R. Rentenaar (2002): “The more special categories in the sources relevant to toponymy include those created by the onmasticians themselves, such as records, questionnaires and field name maps. In theory, these are the most reliable sources that a researcher could wish for. After all, the information has been recorded straight from the mouths of the users with the sole aim of obtaining the purest possible toponymical data. All the same, it can do no harm to exercise caution. Memories can change over the years (...).”
Dimito
Digitization of a unique source
Digitization
• Database MapInfo– Familiar– Exchange information with other GIS– 27 fields (three groups)
• Field name maps– TIFF and/or JPEG– 300 dpi
Database
• Index cards
• Field name maps
• Administration
Database• Index cards– Number– Name– Location– State– Use– Source– Text rear index card– Placename– X-coordinate – Y-coordinate – URL Image front index card– URL Image rear index card
• Field name maps• Administration
Database• Index cards• Field name maps
– Identification number– Kloeke number– Case number– Specification– Toponym– Main index card– Titel– Field name map– Placename– Province– URL Image field name map
• Administration
Database• Index cards• Field name maps• Administratief
– Data processor
– Date
– Source type
– Remarks
Field name maps
• Scan • Georeferencing
– MapInfo
– X - en Y coordinate toponyms
– URL
Georeferencing
Index card
Field name map
Georeferencing
Georeferencing
Georeferencing
Georeferencing
Georeferencing
Database
Historical soil use of the Netherlands in 1900
Knowledge Infrastructure Cultural History (KICH)
Conclusion
• Digitization is possible
• Research is possible
• There is a lot of interest
• Pilot => Project
Q & A