nlGis: A use case in linked historic geodata

Wouter Beek, Richard Zijdeman

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Abstract

While existing Linked Datasets provide detailed representations of Cultural Heritage objects, the locations where the objects originate from is often not accurately represented. Countries, municipalities, and excavation sites are commonly represented by geospatial points, and the fact that countries and municipalities change their geometry over time is not reflected in the data. We present nlGis, a collection of existing geo-historic datasets that are now published as Linked Open Data. The datasets in nlGis contain detailed geographic information about historic regions, with an emphasis on the Netherlands. We describe the creation of this Linked Geodataset and how it can be used to enrich Cultural Heritage data. We also distill several 'lessons learned' that can guide future attempts at publishing detailed Linked Geodata in the Cultural Heritage domain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPSW4CH 2018 Semantic Web for Cultural Heritage 2018
Subtitle of host publication Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Semantic Web for Cultural Heritage
Number of pages10
Volume2094
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event3rd International Workshop on Semantic Web for Cultural Heritage, SW4CH 2018 - Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Duration: 3 Jun 2018 → …

Publication series

NameCEUR Workshop Proceedings
PublisherCEUR Workshop Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1613-0073

Conference

Conference3rd International Workshop on Semantic Web for Cultural Heritage, SW4CH 2018
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityHeraklion, Crete
Period3/06/18 → …

Keywords

  • Cultural heritage
  • Geodata
  • GeoSPARQL
  • GIS
  • Linked data

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