Reading historical maps with optical character recognition (OCR)

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1 février 2022

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INSULAE

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Hypothèses : carnets de recherches en Sciences humaines et sociales

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Monika Barget, « Reading historical maps with optical character recognition (OCR) », INSULAE, ID : 10.58079/qd91

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Historical maps are a valuable source of spatial information (including political and legal attributes) for historians, but making this information available for systematic analysis or comparison can be challenging. Georeferencing old maps in a GIS tool to match mapped places with modern geometries is often not the best course of action as mathematical projections may vary --- or maps may not even be intended to show exact geographic relations. Like modern underground maps, many historic map...

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