MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Oct 1, 2024
The World Historical Gazetteer

World Historical Gazetteer: World Map

The World Historical Gazetteer, which has been in development for seven years, is a platform for linking records about historical places, allowing people to make spatial connections across time and language. Version 3, released in summer 2024, permits users to search its index of more than two million places; and to upload, augment, annotate, link, and publish information about places as individual datasets, multiple connected datasets, and thematically linked collections of indexed places. This talk introduces the methodology and functionality of the WHG and explains how to become a contributor.

Organizer(s)
Address
MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room
Room 219
Contact and Registration

All are welcome to attend, regardless of prior experience of the digital humanities. Registration is required for external participants.
This event will take place in person and on Zoom: tinyurl.com/dhbbloct24


If you have questions, or to register, please contact one of the organizers listed above.

About the Digital Humanities Brown Bag Lunch Series

Brown Bag Lunch is a meeting of researchers at the MPIWG who use or want to learn more about digital research methods, broadly encompassed by the term Digital Humanities. In the Brown Bag Lunch meetings, researchers can discuss tools, share ideas and experiences (good and bad), and learn from each other. Each session explores a new topic; workshops are usually interactive, and we often invite external speakers.

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2024-10-01T12:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2024-10-01 12:00:00 2024-10-01 13:00:00 The World Historical Gazetteer The World Historical Gazetteer, which has been in development for seven years, is a platform for linking records about historical places, allowing people to make spatial connections across time and language. Version 3, released in summer 2024, permits users to search its index of more than two million places; and to upload, augment, annotate, link, and publish information about places as individual datasets, multiple connected datasets, and thematically linked collections of indexed places. This talk introduces the methodology and functionality of the WHG and explains how to become a contributor. MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany Room 219 Pascal BelouinRobert CastiesShih-Pei ChenSteffen Hennicke Pascal BelouinRobert CastiesShih-Pei ChenSteffen Hennicke Europe/Berlin public