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Barrington Atlas Bibliography — by Sean Gillies — last modified Feb 11, 2013 08:53 AM

The complete bibliography is now online.

Citation of external resources — by Sean Gillies — last modified Nov 23, 2016 04:41 PM

How Pleiades considers and models citation of external resources

Geography Terms and Abbreviations — by Sean Gillies — last modified Feb 11, 2013 09:03 AM

Greek and Latin geographic terms often appear in the titles of places or in their names, sometimes in abbreviated form. Those used in the Barrington Atlas and in Pleiades are defined here.

Eye on the sidebar: related photos from Flickr — by Sean Gillies — last modified Feb 11, 2013 09:39 AM

Now showing live information about related Flickr photos

Can I add a link to a Wikipedia or DBpedia article? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Nov 24, 2016 09:59 AM

Please add links to Wikipedia articles where they are relevant. The structure and extent of Wikipedia content has a significant and growing effect on the way search engines and other systems organize results and structure other content. There are some easy steps you can take to add a Wikipedia reference to a Pleiades Place resource that will help our content show up in, and have a useful influence on, the emerging graph of ancient world data (and the web as a whole).

Modifying titles and descriptions of places — by Sean Gillies — last modified Jan 07, 2023 07:43 AM

A quick tutorial on improving the titles and summaries that are required for every place resource in Pleiades. Improving a title or summary for a place is one of the easiest and most helpful contributions a Pleiades user can make.

Getting Coordinates for a Place — by Tom Elliott — last modified Apr 05, 2022 01:21 PM

Coordinate information is stored in Pleiades "location" resources, which are grouped inside the "place" resources. We also calculate "representative points" (centroids) for each place on the basis of the associated locations or connections. You can get whichever of these values is best for your purposes.

How do I connect to the Pleiades IRC channel? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Mar 17, 2014 10:49 AM

Pleiades community members and any other parties interested in using or collaborating with Pleiades development are welcome to drop in and join us in our Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel.

How do I indicate origin and accuracy of new location coordinates? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Apr 15, 2015 03:12 PM

Does Pleiades record modern names? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Feb 11, 2013 09:08 AM

Yes we do, and here's how to search for them, add them, and find them in the downloads files.

I'd like to add a link to an excavation website – where does it belong? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Nov 24, 2016 09:58 AM

Specifically, should I add it as a "Reference" from a place resource page or from a location resource page?

How do I propose a different (better) pair of coordinates for an existing place? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Apr 23, 2013 11:30 AM

Adding new locations with more accurate coordinates or more detailed geometry (i.e., lines and polygons) is a common and important desire of Pleiades community members. Here's how to do it.

How to add a new reference — by Tom Elliott — last modified Apr 10, 2024 05:27 PM

References to external web pages, books, articles, and other resources can be added to "place", "name", "location", and "connection" resources. This document provides step-by-step instructions.

What Other Projects and Scholars are Using Pleiades? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Feb 11, 2013 09:11 AM

How do I use GPS to collect coordinates for contribution to Pleiades? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Feb 11, 2013 09:55 AM

Is Pleiades like Google Maps or Google Earth? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Feb 11, 2013 09:54 AM

Why can't I find my favorite ancient site? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jul 07, 2016 09:17 PM

The two most likely explanations are: a) we don't have it, or b) search failure.

Download the Full Dataset — by Sean Gillies — last modified Jul 27, 2016 05:41 PM

Get complete and regular shapshots of all Pleiades resources, available in multiple formats including CSV, KML, and RDF.

Where did all the content in Pleiades come from? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Feb 11, 2013 09:16 AM

Is there a big map showing all the places? — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jul 07, 2016 09:20 PM

Pleiades has a couple of internal options for maps with multiple places on them. Some of our partners also provide other options.