Merge pull request #347 from C2DH/issue-346-publish-map-lesson

Issue 346 publish map lesson

Author: frederic-reis

_assignments/digital-maps/01-accessing-maps.de.md

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+---
+layout: assignment
+unit: digital-maps 
+lang: de
+title: "Accessing maps in the digital age"
+cover:
+documents:
+  - 
+tags:
+outcomes: 
+  -  
+order: 1
+---
+In today’s digital age, it is easier to access maps than ever before. Large-scale digitisation efforts at libraries and archives have made maps far more easily available through online access. Digital libraries and repositories offer multiple cartographic sources, although not all maps are openly accessible and there can be disparities between the quality of digitisation, the technical features and the additional information provided for each map. This may reflect different purposes or conditions in which the archive was created, different means of funding, or different levels of community investment.
+
+<!-- more -->
+
+<!-- briefing-student -->
+
+### 1.a Consulting digital map archives | 15 mins  
+<!-- section-contents -->
+ 
+Each online library has its advantages and disadvantages, and these vary depending on the intended use of the resources and the research question(s) being studied. For some projects, a simple map giving an overview of a certain region may be sufficient; other projects may necessitate very large-scale maps, including detailed information about the date of production, the publisher, etc. In any case, the information provided by a map repository should allow historians to establish with certainty the provenance of the map and the available resources.
+
+The following list is a selection of online map libraries that may be of interest for historians. There are many more, but we can start exploring here:
+
+
+[OldMapsOnline](https://www.oldmapsonline.org/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[David Rumsey Map Collection](https://www.davidrumsey.com/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[Virtuelles Kartenforum](https://kartenforum.slub-dresden.de/en/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[Arcanum Maps - The Historical Map Portal](https://maps.arcanum.com/en/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[Virtual Map Collection](http://chartae-antiquae.cz/en/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[Mapster](http://igrek.amzp.pl/){:target="_blank"}
+
+Please follow the links provided above. Select at least three repositories and compare them by looking for the following information:
+
+
+1. Who is the creator of the website?
+
+2. What is the purpose of the website?
+
+3. What kind of maps does the website provide? Explore the geographic/ thematic scope and language(s) available
+
+4. How are the maps displayed? You may find static images (photos of digitised maps) or more interactive artefacts – known as [geographic information systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system) – that provide several layers of information (more on these in assignment 4).
+
+5. Can the maps be downloaded and reused (republished, remixed, etc.) without copyright restrictions? What kind of explicit permission do the users have, if any?
+
+
+<!-- section -->
+
+### 1.b Understanding maps in the archive  | 10 mins
+<!-- section-contents -->
+Maps convey both explicit and implicit information about the time, place and perceived realities they represent. To contextualise and critically evaluate maps as historical sources, systematic descriptive information, known as [metadata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata), is essential. The availability and quality of these metadata are a key added value that archives offer to historians. The following exercise invites you to explore this dimension and to understand how important it is in critically assessing both the repository and the map itself.
+
+Compare topographic maps which you can find at [Kartenforum](https://kartenforum.slub-dresden.de/en/){:target="_blank"} and [Arcanum](https://maps.arcanum.com/en/){:target="_blank"}.
+
+1. Pick one map you find interesting in each of these repositories
+2. Explore what kind of additional information you can find for each map: date of publication, date of digitisation, publisher, author, etc. 
+
+Now reflect on the following: 
+
+1. Is there information you need that is missing? If so, why might that be? 
+2. What would you define as the advantages and disadvantages of these two online libraries? Think in terms of accessibility, possibility of reuse, available information or anything else that comes to mind. 
+3. What sort of research might be done with the maps provided?
+
+
+<!-- section -->
+
+### 1.c The collaborative map archive  | 15 mins
+<!-- section-contents -->
+At least two of these websites, [OldMapsOnline](https://www.oldmapsonline.org/){:target="_blank"} and [Virtuelles Kartenforum](https://kartenforum.slub-dresden.de/en){:target="_blank"}, involve the active participation of volunteer contributors who are not part of the institution or team that runs the map repository. 
+> Tip – to find this information, explore the “about” or “community” pages.
+
+Explore these two repositories based on the following questions:  
+
+1. What are volunteer contributors asked to do? What is the purpose of involving them? 
+
+2. How do volunteer contributors actually contribute in practice? What do they need to do to be able to contribute? Are there specific parts of the website dedicated to this collaborative aspect? 
+
+3. Are there specific instructions volunteer contributors need to follow (guidelines) or is anyone allowed to contribute as they wish? 
+
+4. How are the contributions checked and approved?
+
+5. How are the contributions credited? Are contributors visible or rewarded?
+
+Now reflect on the following question: would these contributions be possible without the existence of a website? If there had not been a website, could external users have found another way to get involved and contribute their knowledge? Reflecting on this should help you to understand how digital technologies and the web enable the formation of [communities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practice) around domains and resources of perceived shared interest. Such “zones” can bring historians into contact with citizen science and participatory practices.
+
+
+<!-- section -->
+
+### Reading/viewing suggestions
+<!-- section-contents --> 
+
+Volynskaya, Alina. “Chapter 1: Traditional Archive, Knowledge Repository and the Digital”. In *Digital Archives of Science: Revisiting the Vestiges of Knowledge-Making*, 23-37. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2026. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111729664-003)
+
+Salimi, Hamid, Somayeh Fadaei Nezhad Bahramjerdi, and Rana Tootoonchi. 2025. “The Role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Participatory Conservation of Heritage Areas”. *European Journal of Geography* 16 (1):s1-s11. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.48088/ejg.si.spat.hum.h.sal.1.11)
+
+
+<!-- briefing-teacher -->

_assignments/digital-maps/01-accessing-maps.en.md

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+---
+layout: assignment
+unit: digital-maps 
+lang: en
+title: " Accessing maps in the digital age: the role of online repositories"
+cover:
+documents:
+  - 
+tags:
+outcomes:
+  - Critically analyse a digital repository to evaluate the provenance of a map
+  - Recognise the variety of digital repositories providing access to maps
+  - Identify forms of collaborative participation in the archival descriptions of maps 
+order: 1
+---
+In today’s digital age, it is easier to access maps than ever before. Large-scale digitisation efforts at libraries and archives have made maps far more easily available through online access. Digital libraries and repositories offer multiple cartographic sources, although not all maps are openly accessible and there can be disparities between the quality of digitisation, the technical features and the additional information provided for each map. This may reflect different purposes or conditions in which the archive was created, different means of funding, or different levels of community investment.
+
+<!-- more -->
+
+<!-- briefing-student -->
+
+### 1.a Consulting digital map archives | 15 mins  
+<!-- section-contents -->
+ 
+Each online library has its advantages and disadvantages, and these vary depending on the intended use of the resources and the research question(s) being studied. For some projects, a simple map giving an overview of a certain region may be sufficient; other projects may necessitate very large-scale maps, including detailed information about the date of production, the publisher, etc. In any case, the information provided by a map repository should allow historians to establish with certainty the provenance of the map and the available resources.
+
+The following list is a selection of online map libraries that may be of interest for historians. There are many more, but we can start exploring here:
+
+
+[OldMapsOnline](https://www.oldmapsonline.org/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[David Rumsey Map Collection](https://www.davidrumsey.com/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[Virtuelles Kartenforum](https://kartenforum.slub-dresden.de/en/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[Arcanum Maps - The Historical Map Portal](https://maps.arcanum.com/en/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[Virtual Map Collection](http://chartae-antiquae.cz/en/){:target="_blank"}
+
+[Mapster](http://igrek.amzp.pl/){:target="_blank"}
+
+Please follow the links provided above. Select at least three repositories and compare them by looking for the following information:
+
+
+1. Who is the creator of the website?
+
+2. What is the purpose of the website?
+
+3. What kind of maps does the website provide? Explore the geographic/ thematic scope and language(s) available
+
+4. How are the maps displayed? You may find static images (photos of digitised maps) or more interactive artefacts – known as [geographic information systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system) – that provide several layers of information (more on these in assignment 4).
+
+5. Can the maps be downloaded and reused (republished, remixed, etc.) without copyright restrictions? What kind of explicit permission do the users have, if any?
+
+
+<!-- section -->
+
+### 1.b Understanding maps in the archive  | 10 mins
+<!-- section-contents -->
+Maps convey both explicit and implicit information about the time, place and perceived realities they represent. To contextualise and critically evaluate maps as historical sources, systematic descriptive information, known as [metadata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata), is essential. The availability and quality of these metadata are a key added value that archives offer to historians. The following exercise invites you to explore this dimension and to understand how important it is in critically assessing both the repository and the map itself.
+
+Compare topographic maps which you can find at [Kartenforum](https://kartenforum.slub-dresden.de/en/){:target="_blank"} and [Arcanum](https://maps.arcanum.com/en/){:target="_blank"}.
+
+1. Pick one map you find interesting in each of these repositories
+2. Explore what kind of additional information you can find for each map: date of publication, date of digitisation, publisher, author, etc. 
+
+Now reflect on the following: 
+
+1. Is there information you need that is missing? If so, why might that be? 
+2. What would you define as the advantages and disadvantages of these two online libraries? Think in terms of accessibility, possibility of reuse, available information or anything else that comes to mind. 
+3. What sort of research might be done with the maps provided?
+
+
+<!-- section -->
+
+### 1.c The collaborative map archive  | 15 mins
+<!-- section-contents -->
+At least two of these websites, [OldMapsOnline](https://www.oldmapsonline.org/){:target="_blank"} and [Virtuelles Kartenforum](https://kartenforum.slub-dresden.de/en){:target="_blank"}, involve the active participation of volunteer contributors who are not part of the institution or team that runs the map repository. 
+> Tip – to find this information, explore the “about” or “community” pages.
+
+Explore these two repositories based on the following questions:  
+
+1. What are volunteer contributors asked to do? What is the purpose of involving them? 
+
+2. How do volunteer contributors actually contribute in practice? What do they need to do to be able to contribute? Are there specific parts of the website dedicated to this collaborative aspect? 
+
+3. Are there specific instructions volunteer contributors need to follow (guidelines) or is anyone allowed to contribute as they wish? 
+
+4. How are the contributions checked and approved?
+
+5. How are the contributions credited? Are contributors visible or rewarded?
+
+Now reflect on the following question: would these contributions be possible without the existence of a website? If there had not been a website, could external users have found another way to get involved and contribute their knowledge? Reflecting on this should help you to understand how digital technologies and the web enable the formation of [communities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practice) around domains and resources of perceived shared interest. Such “zones” can bring historians into contact with citizen science and participatory practices.
+
+
+<!-- section -->
+
+### Reading/viewing suggestions
+<!-- section-contents --> 
+
+Volynskaya, Alina. “Chapter 1: Traditional Archive, Knowledge Repository and the Digital”. In *Digital Archives of Science: Revisiting the Vestiges of Knowledge-Making*, 23-37. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2026. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111729664-003)
+
+Salimi, Hamid, Somayeh Fadaei Nezhad Bahramjerdi, and Rana Tootoonchi. 2025. “The Role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Participatory Conservation of Heritage Areas”. *European Journal of Geography* 16 (1):s1-s11. [DOI](https://doi.org/10.48088/ejg.si.spat.hum.h.sal.1.11)
+
+
+<!-- briefing-teacher -->