Oldmaps online

screenshot: georeferencer

screenshot: map from Ryhiner collection in oldmapsonline

Integrate collections of historical Swiss maps into the open platform www.oldmapsonline.org. At least the two collections Rhyiner (UB Bern) and manuscript maps from Zentralbibliothek Zurich.
Pilot for georeferencing maps from a library (ZBZ).
Second goal: to load old maps into a georefencing system and create a competition for public.
For the hackathon maps and metadata will be integrated in the mentioned platform. At the moment the legal status of metadata from Swiss libraries is not yet clear and only a few maps are in public domain (collection Ryhiner at UB Bern).
Another goal is to create a register of historical maps from Swiss collections.

• www.zumbo.ch old maps from a private collection (Marcel Zumstein).
• Sammlung Ryhiner (University Library Bern): published in public domain
• Here is the webpage for the georeferencing competition: http://klokan.github.io/openglambern/
• georeferencing tool (by klokan) with random map: http://zumbo.georeferencer.com/random