Florida’s Ephemeral Cities Erich Kesse March

2 Objectives Create an historic atlas of Florida cities, using historic maps as GIS layers Link historical resources to the geo-temporal core & build query methods supporting discovery Author learning modules, as proof of concept, that allow users to walk through history both by location and through time

3 Assumptions Everything can be fixed in place and time Semantic Processes can be applied to automate this work

4 Tampa Cigars + Industrial History + Cuban Heritage Key West Seafaring & Shipping + Military History Historic Gateway to the Caribbean Florida Cities  Gainesville Education + Railroad History + Historic Boundary between North & South

5 PALMM Publications of Archival, Library, & Museum Materials Florida Center for Library Automation with content drawn from around the state Florida Partnerships Gainesville University of Florida Key West Florida International University Tampa University of South Florida Lead Institutions

6 Florida Partnerships  Gainesville University of Florida + Alachua County Library District Alachua County Public Records Office Matheson History Center & Museum, Inc. + Citizens of the greater Gainesville area Local Partnerships

7 Florida Partnerships  Key West Florida International University + City of Key West, Florida Key West Art & Historical Society Monroe County Public Library + South Florida Water Management District + Citizens of the Florida Keys Local Partnerships

8 Florida Partnerships  Tampa University of South Florida + Henry B. Plant Museum Tampa Bay History Center + Citizens of the Tampa Bay Area Local Partnerships

9 Florida Collections  PALMM  Florida Environments Online  Florida Heritage Collection  Florida Historical Legal Documents  Floridiana on the Web (Tampa Bay Region)  Milemarkers: Linking Keys History  Reclaiming the Everglades  Sanborn™ Maps of Florida  University of Florida Herbarium Collections  World Map Collections: “Florida Map Collection”  Distributed Collections  Alachua County Archives (“Ancient Records”)  Alachua County Library District (“Heritage Collection”)  Florida State Archives (“Florida Memory”) Content drawn from the following collections Terracotta = major collection

10 Florida Collections Archives Government Records & Census Schedules Monographs Pamphlets Content types

11 Florida Collections Maps & Plans Postcards Photographs Content types

12 Florida Collections Newspapers and newspaper indexes Content types

13 Florida Collections Artifacts Specimens Content types

14 Technologies DLXS XPAT Prime Recognition GATE and ANNIE scripts Relational databases MS-SQL with C# programming ESRI ArcGIS and Internet Map Server FCLA Digital Archive

15 Text Processing Elaborated workflow: Shingles- Manufacturers of. DIXON NICHOLAS, First av c Miller (for ad. see index) Silver and Silver Plated Ware. AYRES C. L., Franklin c Jackson (for ad. see index) Skating Rinks - Roller. Jackson c Morgan, Charles Parcell, prop. Optical Character Recognition Shingles- Manufacturers of. DIXON NICHOLAS, First av c Miller (for ad. see index) Silver and Silver Plated Ware. AYRES C. L., Franklin c Jackson (for ad. see index) Skating Rinks - Roller. Jackson c Morgan, Charles Parcell, prop. Automated Mark-up Color coded to illustrate types of data tagged Page image: Converted text:

16 GIS Layers Temporary Interface: Tampa, Florida Using the Sanborn® maps to track change over time

17 GIS Layers Tampa 1884 Using the Sanborn® maps to locate builds in know space Maps are geo-rectified to match them to known points as described by longitude and latitude, so that historic city information can be compared over time and with current urban plans.

18 GIS Layers Tampa 1884 Tampa 1903 Using the Sanborn® maps to track change over time Here, the virtual reconstruction & major development of Tampa Yellow = Wooden Structure Red/Pink = Brick Structure

19 GIS Layers Tampa 1884 Tampa 1903 Using the Sanborn® maps to track change over time Here, new uses changed the character of Tampa

20 GIS Layers Using a GIS Interface The user selects an area of interest either graphically or by search strategies. These images, from Aerial Photography: Florida

21 GIS Layers Using a GIS Interface As the level of zoom increases, additional layers with identifying information appear. Here, zooming in on Gainesville’s Alachua County home. These images, from Aerial Photography: Florida

22 Demo: Internet Interface Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, The user may either point and click, or, search by a particular search strategy; here, by building Information.

23 Demo: Internet Interface Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, In this case, the user has decided to search “Building Use” for “Cigar Factories”

24 Demo: Internet Interface Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, The cigar factory in this block is identified by a red dot. If the user so desired, they could see all of the cigar factories in Gainesville, or, in any or all of the target cities.

25 Demo: Internet Interface Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Clicking on a red dot (or, on any building) displays all of the known information about that building’s use and occupants at that approximate time. Advanced queries will allow building uses and occupants over time. This information is extracted from name rich resources.

26 Demo: Internet Interface Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, When the user clicks on an alternate use – say, Grocery – red dots indicate the location of other grocers.

27 Demo: Internet Interface Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, By clicking the red dot of any of these locations, information about that location is displayed.

28 Demo: Internet Interface Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Clicking either a use or occupant launches a query against targeted collections.

29 Alachua County Archives. Ancient Records. Marriage License Charles A. Sheldon and Grace T. Wilson Alachua County Library District. Heritage Collection. Photograph Sheldon Whole Goods PALMM Collections Full Text Charles Sheldon Grocer to the Wealthy Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, with retrieval lists sorted by holding institution, and displaying a thumbnail together with brief descriptive information.

30 Demo: Internet Interface Demo: Zoom to Gainesville, Resource display in a new window.

31 Project Web Page Erich Kesse March For more information about the project, see: