Georeference for "non-experts"
Georeference for "non-experts" is the Workshop organised in the frame of the Conference as an optional six hours intensive course organised by the Commission on georeference which makes sense in the humanities and curatorship approaches of Cartographic Heritage
The participants from humanities, map curatorship, geography and generally from non technical fields but dealing with historical maps, improved their knowledge and skills following the programme expecially designed for their needs
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The Lectures followed by technical exersices introduced the participants in the content of georeference, in digital transformations of historical maps in georeference alternatives with relevant examples of good practices, using the Q-GIS application
Date: 27 May 2015, from 09:00 to 16:00 with half hour interval from 12:00 to 12:30
Venue: Reading Hall, Historical Archives of Corfu
Lecturers: Prof. E. Livieratos, Prof. C. Boutoura, Prof. V. Tsioukas (AUTH Thessaloniki); Dr. A. Tsorlini (ETH Zurich); Dr. P. Přidal (KLOKAN Unterägeri). Assistant: Dipl. Math. F. Makris (Stud. AUTH-SRSE, Thessaloniki)
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Programme
08.30 - 09.00 Arrival of (only) Workshop participants at the Corfu Archives (see map). Registration, delivery of working material (bag, USB stick, papers, instructions, etc), placement.
09.00 - 10.00 Nature of map; map recognition (typology, material, age, scale, content, etc); meaning and significance of georeference - Lecturers: E. Livieratos, C. Boutoura, V. Tsioukas, A. Tsorlini
10.00 - 11.00 From analogue to digital (scanning/digitisation, resolution, transformations etc); importance of comparative analysis (fitting, preservation of representation properties); tools for comparative analysis (transparency, animation); production of metadata - Lecturers: E. Livieratos, C. Boutoura, V. Tsioukas, A. Tsorlini
***E. Livieratos: download introductory presentation
11.00 - 12.00 Familiarisation with the implementation platform and training on georeference procedures - Lecturers: C. Boutoura, V. Tsioukas, A. Tsorlini, F. Makris
12.00 - 12.30 Break
12.30 - 14.30 Practical work, application, experience on a small project, product capitalisation - Lecturers: C. Boutoura, V. Tsioukas, A. Tsorlini, F. Makris
14.30 - 15.30 Presentation of KlokanTech-"Georeferencer" application - Lecturer: P. Přidal
15.30 - 16.00 Discussion, evaluation of the Course
After the course the participants, from Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hong Kong- China, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland and United States, visited the Archives guided by its head Nella Pantazi
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The reading room of the Corfu Historical Archives and the participants of the intensive course on "Georeference for non-experts", May 27, 2015. Prof. V. Tsioukas, Dr. A. Tsorlini and F. Makris assisted the training of the participants |
E. Livieratos introducing the tutorial on Georeference for "non-experts", Historical Archives of Corfu, 27 May 2015
