historical maps & geodata

The Digital Humanities hackathon was arranged by University of Helsinki & Aalto University for the second time 16–20 May 2016. The educational event aimed to bring together students and researchers of humanities, social sciences and computer science, for a week of active co-operation in groups under the heading of Digital Humanities. Exploring […]

Historical Pasila – steps towards historical street view

25.05.2016 in digital humanities / english / historical maps & geodata / historical photos & views by Susanna Ånäs

Wikimaps Nordic project has now officially been completed. Nordic Culture Fund and Wikimedia Foundation have supported bringing mapping tools for historical maps to Wikimedia Commons, and creating maps activities especially in the Nordic countries. We welcome you to view the project report and to comment and propose new directions! The work continues with […]

All of Wikimaps Nordic in a report

20.12.2015 in historical maps & geodata by Susanna Ånäs

This blog post is republished from Wiki Loves Maps seminar and hackathon in Helsinki. Wiki Loves Maps seminar (February 5, 2015) and hackathon (February 6–8, 2015) were arranged in Helsinki. The altogether 4 days brought together a full house on all the days. Wiki Loves seminar was organized by Wikimedia Suomi in collaboration with the city […]

Wiki Loves Maps seminar and hackathon in Helsinki

15.02.2015 in historical maps & geodata / historical photos & views by Susanna Ånäs

Wikimaps participated in 3 different international events in November. This was the time to look back to where we have got to and what kind of opportunities the work has opened. Creating a maker space for location-based historical storytelling Bringing Historical Geodata to the Web New York Public Library, November 5–7 Wikimaps has […]

We are here. Where do we go next?

27.11.2014 in citizen history / historical maps & geodata by Susanna Ånäs

A week of Digital Humanities in Lausanne with DH2014 was packed with projects sorting out and displaying cultural heritage. The emphasis is more on the ’sorting out’, as Digital Humanities is an academic discipline. It has a strong emphasis of textual analysis in English language, but there is more to […]

The Spatial in Digital Humanities

17.07.2014 in digital humanities / historical maps & geodata by Susanna Ånäs

I spent two weeks in the UK, meeting researchers studying crowdsourcing and volunteering in arts, humanities and geographic projects. The reason for travel is my own study that is closely knitted to the Wikimaps project. Definitions or not There have been several attempts to categorize activities taking place in this […]

A travelogue

01.02.2014 in digital humanities / historical maps & geodata by Susanna Ånäs