id
	10125
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/10125
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Labels and symbols: using text on maps to investigate the antiquities on the ordnance survey maps of Great Britain
Creator
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/1823
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/12795
Date
	2024
Language
	eng
Rights
	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Abstract
	This paper discusses the application of a machine learning pipeline to automatically digitise text on historical maps and make it searchable, as explored by the ‘Machines Reading Maps’ project. Looking at the Ordnance Survey Maps of Great Britain as a case study, we will suggest ways in which this new kind of open datasets, of both a textual and spatial nature, offers the unprecedented opportunity to study maps at scale, analysing map collections as digital corpora. These new approaches facilitate the use of map as historical sources in humanities research, and their investigation as complex cultural objects that combine heterogeneous knowledge. In particular, we will focus on the uncommonly detailed representation of ancient sites on the Ordnance Survey maps, and how a further layer of information around them is delivered not by the words’ literal meaning but by their appearance. We will propose ways in which this peculiarity could be digitally leveraged to retrace, investigate, and perhaps re-interpret the archaeological information on the Ordnance Survey maps. We will conclude by reflecting on the need for new, more sophisticated workflows that take into account the richness of information delivered by visual clues in words printed on maps.
Is Part Of
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/2002
Bibliographic Citation
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/collections/B9LIWLRP
Cites
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13352
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	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13362
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13363
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13364
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13365
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13366
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/13367
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.19282/ac.35.2.2024.37
Issue
	2
Pages
	355-362
Uri
	https://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/articles/1357
Volume
	35
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/6VD3TA2K/item-list

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