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Imported map directories 15, 76 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 15 and 76 have been imported. Import of the map 77 directory failed.

Imported map dirs 20-22 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 20-22 have been imported.

Imported map directories 80-83 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 80-83 imported and submitted

Imported map directories 70, 71 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 70 and 71 have been imported.

Imported map dirs 35, 37, 73-75 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 35, 37, 73-75 have been imported.

Imported map directories 36, 69 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 36 and 69 are imported.

Imported map directories 52, 56, 61-62 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 52, 56, 61-12 have been imported

Imported map directories 78, 79 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 78 and 79 have been imported.

Imported map directories 63-64, 66-68 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 63-64, 66-68 have been imported.

Imported map directories 72, 86-87 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 72, 86, and 87 have been imported

Imported map directory 77 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directory 77 has been imported

Imported map directories 7, 8 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 7 and 8 have been imported.

Imported map directories 9-11 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

To be published, pending review.

Imported map directory 12 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directory 13 has been imported without problems.

Imported map directories 13-14 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 13 and 14 have been imported

Imported map directory 16 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directory 16 has been imported

Imported map directories 17-19 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 17-19 have been imported

Imported map directories 1, 49-51, 53-54 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 49-51, 53-54 (Greece) have been imported

Imported map directories 100-102 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 100-102 have been imported successfully

Imported map directory 57 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Including the Aegaeum Mare

Collections view update — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We've added KML and GeoRSS links

Imported map dirs 58, 60 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 58 and 60 have been successfully imported

Imported map dirs 2-6 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 2-6 have been successfully imported

Imported map dir 23 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directory 23 has been successfully imported

Imported map dirs 24, 27-29, 30, 32-34 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 24, 27-29, 30, 32-34 have been successfully imported and published

Imported map dir 46 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directory 46 has been successfully imported. Its siblings have not.

Imported map dirs 84, 85 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 84 and 85 have been successfully imported.

Imported map dirs 88-99 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Map directories 88-99 have been successfully imported

Data import round 1 complete — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

A summary

Graphical summaries of data import round 1 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Import status in pictures

Place map improvements — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We've improved the maps on each place page

Follow recently modified ancient world resources — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We've added a listing of recently modified places, names, and locations

Spatial criteria for collections — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Constrain searches for ancient world resources with new spatial criteria

Map of a place's neighborhood — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We're now showing neighboring places in maps

The "neighbor" tab and more — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

New convenient view of neighborhoods, spatial criterion improvements, and distance sorting

Answers to frequently asked questions — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Hopefully useful answers to important questions

Imported map directories 25, 26, 31 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

This completes the named places for Hispania-Libya

Data import round 2 schedule — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

What and when

Imported map directories 43, 59 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

What's an ancient world gazetteer without Athens and Rome?

Imported map directories 42, 44, 45, 47, 48 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Arretium-Asculum. Latium Vetus, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica

Imported map directories 39-41 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Mediolanum, Patavium, and Pisae

FAQs 6-10 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Answers to 5 frequently asked questions

Monitoring the editorial process — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Part 1 in a series of recipes for getting information about the editorial process out of Pleiades

Imported map directory 55 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Thessalia-Boeotia

Round 2 sub-milestone — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We've finished the import of all named and unnamed point-like features

Daily dumps of locations, names, and places — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Tabular snapshots of resources for researchers

Maps 38, 65 updates and new batch process — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We've used map directories 38 and 65 as a successful trial of bulk location precision upgrades

Introducing modern names — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Adding modern names into the mix to improve reusability of resources

Place detail upgrades — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We've made sweeping upgrades to the details field of places

First coordinates from DARMC — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Places of Britannia have coordinates from the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations

Coordinate upgrades for Latium and Campania — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

508 places have been relocated with coordinates from the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations

Coordinates for contributions reward program — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Here's the deal: contribute to places now and we'll prioritize coordinate upgrades for their neighborhoods

Site theme and navigation changes — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We hope you appreciate the cleaner layout and simpler navigation

Coordinates upgrades for Tarentum and Oasis Magna — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Latest results in the reward program

Pleiades site upgrade 2011-02-07 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

The Pleiades site will be read-only from 15:00-21:00 UTC on February 7

Get help — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We're making the site more helpful

Monitoring the editorial process: 2 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Part 2 in a series of recipes for getting information about the editorial process out of Pleiades

Upgrade completion — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We're now running Plone 3.3.5 with the latest security patch and the site is again read-write

New and improved spatial criterion for collections — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

The new "Where" criterion replaces the previously announced "Geolocation" criterion

Spatial parameters for the site search form — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Public spatial search of published Pleiades content

Coordinates upgrades for Ephesus, Illyricum — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Latest results in the reward program

Coordinate upgrades for Thracia, Pergamum, and Antiochia — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Latest results in the reward program

Material tags for mines and quarries — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

It's now possible to dig in Pleiades for gold and silver

Coordinate upgrades for Mediterranean coast of France and NE Spain — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Arelate–Massalia, Colonia Forum Iulii–Albingaunum, and Hispania Tarraconensis

KML formatting for search results — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Search results can now be had as KML and viewed in Google Earth

DARMC matching coordinates import completed — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

The remaining 11655 matching coordinates have been imported and published

Navigating name resources — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

On an effort to improve discoverability and navigability of name resources

Mapping aggregations of roughly located places — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

No longer do fuzzy places blot out their neighborhood

Daily KML dumps — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

The whole enchilada as KMZ archives

Pleiades spin-offs: Shapely — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Our research has produced software spin-offs like the Python package named Shapely.

OpenID login and commenting — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We are now allowing login with OpenID and have begun to turn on commenting

Missing places from Barrington map 87 imported — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Idiosyncratic directories for maps 87 and 87-inset tripped us up, but we've recovered

Map user interface improvements — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Key improvements to the map and user interface are now in production

Map interface improvements: part 2 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Less obtrusive representations of roughly located places are in production

Pleiades at AAG 2011 — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Pleiades was represented in a special session on gazetteers at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers

DH 2011 Poster — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Clickable imagemap version of our poster for the Digital Humanities 2011

New contributor quick start guide — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Initial emphasis is on adding new appellations to existing places, with more scenarios to come

Connecting places — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Geographically connected places can be linked together even if their exact coordinates are unknown.

Updated categorization of places — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Hundreds of rivers, islands, lakes, capes, temples, monasteries, and monuments have been categorized

More locations from DARMC — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

1793 more DARMC features have been reconciled with Pleiades places

First locations for unnamed features — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

127 unamed DARMC features have been reconciled with Pleiades

1600 new places from the Barrington Atlas — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Along with coordinate improvements for another ~70 existing places

Results from partner project PELAGIOS — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

PELAGIOS is a JISC funded project aimed at connecting ancient world resources using Pleiades as glue

189 place and location updates — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Manual reconciliation yields more coordinate improvements

How to follow comments — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Comments are now searchable and followable via RSS

Praise for Pleiades spin-off software — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Programmers are saying nice things about Shapely

Representative latitude and longitude added to daily tables — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Inclusion of representative points makes simple maps easy

459 place and location updates — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Manual reconciliation of unnamed objects yields more coordinate improvements

Evolution of the Pleiades brand — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

We have a new icon for Pleiades and partner sites

Site downtime Wed Sep 21 22:00 UTC — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Approximately 1 hour

Site search improvements — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Results are more consistent across search methods

Ratings for locations and names and upcoming design changes — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Users can promote or demote names and locations within the context of their place

New landing page for places — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

A new and improved landing page for the folder of places and a technical introduction have been added

New top-level tabs — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

The portal tabs have been modified

New home page — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Lighter, faster, more engaging

Barrington Atlas Correction: Andelos — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

One of the goals of Pleiades is to improve upon the data recorded by the Classical Atlas Project, to include correcting mistakes and omissions. New locations for the Roman settlement of Andelos in modern Spain, and an associated dam and aqueduct, constitute a fine example of user-contributed correction.

Linked Data for Pleiades Places — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

RDF representations of places and a complete RDF dump make Pleiades ready to join the Linked Open Data Cloud

Linked Data for Barrington Atlas Grids — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Pleiades often refers to Barrington Atlas grid cells and now there is supporting linked data

Eye on the sidebar: related photos from Flickr — by Sean Gillies — last modified Feb 11, 2013 02:39 PM

Now showing live information about related Flickr photos

Adding geographic connections to maps — by Sean Gillies — last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM

Connected places now appear in maps