nfgusedautopart

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by nfgusedautopart 4y ago
Rumsey has a lot of interesting maps. i reference their collection from time to time. but a lot of maps (see the NY State Archive and Library of Congress, among others) are not georeferenced. there are various tools for dealing with this; i
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by nfgusedautopart 4y ago
pre-importing OSM data could be counter productive. OSM data is not generally populated with start_date tags, most mappers are not concerned with this issue. the result would be that all of the modern map (with rare exceptions) would projec
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by nfgusedautopart 4y ago
it would likely be some variation on that. the precise scheme to be used would need to be worked out, and i'd argue we should probably consider a variety of historical disputed border situations to make sure we cover the possibilities.
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by nfgusedautopart 4y ago
an improved version of the slider is in the works.
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by nfgusedautopart 4y ago
i've been posting replies without saying who i am. i am a member of the OHM advisory board as well as 10 year+ participant in OHM, Richard Welty.
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by nfgusedautopart 4y ago
open problem. this is a very public experiment. participation and input are welcome.
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by nfgusedautopart 4y ago
Events are an open discussion topic. right now i personally am trying to figure out event modelling for the Battle of Antietam (Sept 1862) as there is good data available. in the long term, likely we'll want to have a parallel database
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by nfgusedautopart 4y ago
we haven't worked that out yet. i think we would probably design something that documented the disputes. yet another thing to put on the list.
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by nfgusedautopart 4y ago
natfoot set that up as i recall. the rendering engine is relatively new and we're still working through how we want certain aspects of it to work. this is all kind of a big experiment where we're standing in the middle of a field