Dimito Digitization of rural mircotoponyms Douwe Zeldenrust

Geographical Information System (GIS)

Dimito Pilot 1 year 1 fte 5 months 1 fte

Index cards

OCR not possible Incomplete Vague No coordinates Collected between 1948 and 1980 Interviews Books and archieves

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

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

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