Abstract

Building historical geographic information system (HGIS) datasets is time consuming and very expensive, especially when built at the scales that permit analysis of the lived experiences of individuals or the morphology of buildings or streets. Further, these datasets are often built exclusively in the academy, with little input from the contemporary communities they represent. In this paper, we review the use of the public in crowdsourcing historical data creation, and using the Keweenaw Time Traveler set in Michigan’s Copper Country as a case study, we call for a new approach to HGIS scholarship that includes a robust public partnership to building HGIS datasets. The creation of a public participatory HGIS approach to HGIS scholarship can increase efficiencies of, public relevance in, and extend the reach of, HGIS projects beyond the academy. We have established a set of best practices that include, incorporating the public in the HGIS interface design, providing immediate public data access, contextualization of spatial data in space-time, comprehensive public history outreach in person and online, and creating affordances for the public to contribute their own historical spatial knowledge through spatial storytelling. Together, these activities can promote the long-term sustainability and success of historical data crowdsourcing projects.

摘要

建立历史地理信息系统（HGIS）数据集既耗时又非常昂贵，尤其是在以可以分析个人的生活经历或建筑物或街道形态的规模进行构建时。此外，这些数据集通常是在学院中专门建立的，几乎没有来自它们代表的当代社区的投入。在本文中，我们回顾了在众包历史数据创建中公众的使用，并以密歇根州铜乡的Keweenaw Time Traveler为例，我们呼吁采用一种新的HGIS奖学金方法，其中包括建立牢固的公共伙伴关系HGIS数据集。为HGIS奖学金创建公众参与的HGIS方法可以提高HGIS项目的效率，提高公众相关性并扩大其范围，使其超出学院范围。我们已经建立了一套最佳实践，包括将公众纳入HGIS界面设计，提供即时公共数据访问，时空中空间数据的上下文化，亲自和在线进行的全面公共历史宣传以及为公众提供服务通过空间叙事贡献自己的历史空间知识。这些活动一起可以促进历史数据众包项目的长期可持续性和成功。并为公众创造能力，以通过空间叙事贡献自己的历史空间知识。这些活动一起可以促进历史数据众包项目的长期可持续性和成功。并为公众创造能力，以通过空间叙事贡献自己的历史空间知识。这些活动一起可以促进历史数据众包项目的长期可持续性和成功。