trove-maps-data

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

These datasets were generated using notebooks in the trove-maps repository.

For more information and documentation see the Trove digitised maps metadata section of the GLAM Workbench.

Dataset summary

• single_maps.csv (14.8 MB, text/csv)
• single_maps_coordinates.csv (7.1 MB, text/csv)

Dataset details

single_maps.csv

date harvested	2024-06-08
file size	14.8 MB
format	text/csv
created by	Exploring digitised maps in Trove (documentation)
number of rows	34844

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 harvested	2024-06-08
file size	7.1 MB
format	text/csv
created by	Parse map coordinates from metadata (documentation)
number of rows	28779

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

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Created by Tim Sherratt for the GLAM Workbench