Tag Archives: georeferencing
Creating digital maps from paper maps – Georeferencing
This blog post summarises how we are transforming paper maps of from the Bomb Census into interactive digital maps through a process known as geo-referencing. We start with scanned paper map which is stored as a digital image that is … Continue reading
British Library Georeferencer
Georeferencing historical maps is a time consuming process as historical maps are matched to a contemporary map with spatial coordinates by clicking on a point in the image that matches a point on the map. The more points you locate … Continue reading
Mapping the Blitz Bomb Census: Bomb Sight 