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07 September 2024

Already in our Zotero library, but newly added to the bibliographic work quick lookup gadget used to construct references in the Pleiades gazetteer:

- IGLSyr = Jalabert, Louis, and René Mouterde, eds. Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie. Bibliothèque archéologique et historique. Paris: P. Geuthner, 1929. zotero.org/groups/2533/items/G

- Wikipedia (Spanish) = Wikipedia: la enciclopedia de contenido libre. Wikimedia Foundation, 2001. es.wikipedia.org. zotero.org/groups/2533/items/L

06 September 2024

Export Updates 2024-09-06:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

1 new and 22 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

b81211e5 - updated legacy csv
7534c211 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
38cd0387 - updated gis package
eaf2a8ee - updated data quality
0e01a876 - updated bibliography
61658e02 - updated indexes

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

cf274e4a - updated geojson and names index

05 September 2024

Wikidata -> Pleiades gazetteer alignments updated 2024-09-05:

10,545 Wikidata entities include a Pleiades ID property (68 more than when last updated on 2024-08-13).

Always latest version in CSV format: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi

Latest commit hash: 0274b23

05 September 2024

Export Updates 2024-09-05:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

29 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

eb14d9bb - updated legacy csv
e25a5cde - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
5da2ce70 - updated gis package
e895743b - updated data quality
3d62fb23 - updated bibliography
49b967c7 - updated indexes

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

082eb740 - updated geojson and names index

04 September 2024

Export Updates 2024-09-04:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

1 new and 16 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

2. pleiades.datasets: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.da:

"main" branch:

711a586e - updated legacy csv
8fc7443b - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
a664a84d - updated gis package
3fa431d9 - updated data quality
69de255f - updated bibliography
af699359 - updated indexes

3. pleiades-geojson: github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geo:

ba464460 - updated geojson and names index

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New top-level tabs

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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The portal tabs have been modified

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Missing places from Barrington map 87 imported

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Idiosyncratic directories for maps 87 and 87-inset tripped us up, but we've recovered

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Map user interface improvements

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Key improvements to the map and user interface are now in production

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Updated categorization of places

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Hundreds of rivers, islands, lakes, capes, temples, monasteries, and monuments have been categorized

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Mapping aggregations of roughly located places

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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No longer do fuzzy places blot out their neighborhood

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New home page

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Lighter, faster, more engaging

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More locations from DARMC

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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1793 more DARMC features have been reconciled with Pleiades places

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New and improved spatial criterion for collections

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM
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The new "Where" criterion replaces the previously announced "Geolocation" criterion

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Linked Data for Barrington Atlas Grids

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Pleiades often refers to Barrington Atlas grid cells and now there is supporting linked data

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Material tags for mines and quarries

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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It's now possible to dig in Pleiades for gold and silver

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Ratings for locations and names and upcoming design changes

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Users can promote or demote names and locations within the context of their place

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Navigating name resources

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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On an effort to improve discoverability and navigability of name resources

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Linked Data for Pleiades Places

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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RDF representations of places and a complete RDF dump make Pleiades ready to join the Linked Open Data Cloud

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Daily KML dumps

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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The whole enchilada as KMZ archives

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1600 new places from the Barrington Atlas

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM
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Along with coordinate improvements for another ~70 existing places

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New landing page for places

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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A new and improved landing page for the folder of places and a technical introduction have been added

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Coordinate upgrades for Mediterranean coast of France and NE Spain

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Arelate–Massalia, Colonia Forum Iulii–Albingaunum, and Hispania Tarraconensis

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Site downtime Wed Sep 21 22:00 UTC

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Approximately 1 hour

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Upgrade completion

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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We're now running Plone 3.3.5 with the latest security patch and the site is again read-write

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Connecting places

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Geographically connected places can be linked together even if their exact coordinates are unknown.

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