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Trove digitised maps metadata

This dataset contains metadata describing digitised maps in Trove, harvested from the Trove API and other sources.

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Files

single_maps.csv

date harvested2024-06-08
formattext/csv
file size14.8 MB
number of rows34,844

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Columns

name type description
identifier string NLA identifier
title string title of the map
url string url to the map in the digitised file viewer
work_url string url to the work in the Trove map category
date string date published or created
creators string creators of the map
publication string publication place, publisher, and publication date (if available)
extent string physical description of map
copyright_status string copyright status based on available metadata (scraped from web page)
scale string map scale
coordinates string map coordinates, either a point or a bounding box (format is 'W--E/N--S', eg: 'E 130⁰50'--E 131⁰00'/S 12⁰30'--S 12⁰40')
filesize_string string filesize string in MB
filesize integer size of TIFF file in bytes
width any width of TIFF in pixels
height any height of TIFF in pixels
copy_role string code indicating type of download available

single_maps_coordinates.csv

date harvested2024-06-08
formattext/csv
file size7.1 MB
number of rows28,779

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Columns

name type description
title string title of the map
url string url to the map in the digitised file viewer
coordinates string map coordinates as a string, either a point or a bounding box (format is 'W--E/N--S', eg: 'E 130⁰50'--E 131⁰00'/S 12⁰30'--S 12⁰40')
east number east bounds of box
west number west bounds of box
north number north bounds of box
south number south bounds of box
latitude number point from coordinates or centre of box
longitude number point from coordinates or centre of box

Context of creation

date harvested2024-06-08
notebookParse map coordinates from metadata

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Cite as

Tim Sherratt. (2024). GLAM-Workbench/trove-maps-data: v1.1 (version v1.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11526486