Research outputs per year
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Project Details
Description
GB1900 aimed to transcribe all place names and other text strings appearing on the full set of Ordnance Survey Six Inch to One Mile (1:10,560) second edition County Series maps, published between 1886 and 1913. This work was done by over 1,000 online volunteers working on the GB1900 web site between September 2016 and January 2018.
Layperson's description
A thousand volunteers helped us computerise 2.6 million place-names and other items from large scale mapping of the whole of Britain from a hundred or so years ago. The result is a uniquely detailed geographical description of the country: not just every town and village, but particular farms, woods, factories and footpaths.
| Short title | GB1900 |
|---|---|
| Status | Finished |
| Effective start/end date | 1/09/15 → 10/07/18 |
| Links | https://www.pastplace.org/data/#tabgb1900 |
Collaborative partners
- University of Portsmouth (lead)
- National Library of Scotland (Project partner)
- The National Library of Wales (Project partner)
- University of Wales (Project partner)
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (Project partner)
Keywords
- gazetteer
- old maps
- crowd-sourcing
- place names
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Citizen science through old maps: volunteer motivations in the GB1900 gazetteer-building project
Aucott, P., Southall, H. & Ekinsmyth, C., 8 Aug 2019, In: Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. 52, 3, p. 150-163Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile270 Downloads (Pure) -
Locating past places in Britain: creating and evaluating the GB1900 Gazetteer
Aucott, P. & Southall, H., 17 Oct 2019, In: International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing. 13, 1-2, p. 69-94 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Working with the public in historical data creation
Southall, H. & Lafreniere, D., 8 Aug 2019, In: Historical Methods. 52, 3, p. 129-131 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Open Access
Press/Media
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Gazetteer of Britain
Aucott, P., Southall, H. & Stoner, M.
21/09/16 → 27/06/19
10 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited