Digital Technology and the Representation of Himalayan Cultural Geography.

@techreport{citeulike:1363208, abstract = {This paper outlines three general goals within the context of a digital library of Tibet and the Himalayas: to create a method for tracking data about places and in turn media pertaining to those places; to access media by location as opposed to theme or media type; and to manage the acquisition, input and retrieval of multilingual data. University of Virginia’s Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (THDL) [1] is currently building an integrated system for connecting maps, resources, and data about places. THDL sees the creation of a digital gazetteer (the Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas [2]) with basic naming, spatial coverage and feature type details as the key to linking maps and the full extent of the library’s media holdings. The Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas is both a collection of meticulously documented data about places and a point of access to THDL’s array of holdings. The goal of the Environmental and Cultural Geography initiative [3] in particular is to create an integrated system linking the Gazetteer with maps, a multitude of media objects (images, audio/video, texts), encyclopedic entries, and in depth analyses and explorations in the form of essays and web sites. Additionally under development is a set of more refined databases for handling data specific to such features as monasteries, archeological sites, and architecturally significant features. This paper reflects a focus on the connectivity between the Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas, maps and geo-referenced media objects. It will first address the need for the technology within the greater structure of the library. Then it will deal with the challenges in building an integrated gazetteer/map/resources system, paying particular attention to issues in working with the multinational, multilingual region of Tibet and the Himalayas.}, author = {Newman, David }, citeulike-article-id = {1363208}, keywords = {data\_integration, data\_models, gazetteers--digital}, posted-at = {2007-06-04 16:36:57}, priority = {0}, title = {Digital Technology and the Representation of Himalayan Cultural Geography.}, url = {http://www.columbia.edu/\~{}ph2046/iats/it/Newman\_IATS-X.pdf}, year = {2004} }

TY - RPRT ID - citeulike:1363208 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1363208 TI - Digital Technology and the Representation of Himalayan Cultural Geography. N2 - This paper outlines three general goals within the context of a digital library of Tibet and the Himalayas: to create a method for tracking data about places and in turn media pertaining to those places; to access media by location as opposed to theme or media type; and to manage the acquisition, input and retrieval of multilingual data. University of Virginia’s Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library (THDL) [1] is currently building an integrated system for connecting maps, resources, and data about places. THDL sees the creation of a digital gazetteer (the Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas [2]) with basic naming, spatial coverage and feature type details as the key to linking maps and the full extent of the library’s media holdings. The Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas is both a collection of meticulously documented data about places and a point of access to THDL’s array of holdings. The goal of the Environmental and Cultural Geography initiative [3] in particular is to create an integrated system linking the Gazetteer with maps, a multitude of media objects (images, audio/video, texts), encyclopedic entries, and in depth analyses and explorations in the form of essays and web sites. Additionally under development is a set of more refined databases for handling data specific to such features as monasteries, archeological sites, and architecturally significant features. This paper reflects a focus on the connectivity between the Gazetteer of Tibet and the Himalayas, maps and geo-referenced media objects. It will first address the need for the technology within the greater structure of the library. Then it will deal with the challenges in building an integrated gazetteer/map/resources system, paying particular attention to issues in working with the multinational, multilingual region of Tibet and the Himalayas. KW - data_integration KW - data_models KW - gazetteers--digital AU - Newman, David PY - 2004/// UR - http://www.columbia.edu/~ph2046/iats/it/Newman_IATS-X.pdf ER -