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01 November 2024

Export Updates 2024-11-01:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

29 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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

"main" branch:

797a67bc - updated legacy csv
9769b024 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
4799c0b5 - updated gis package
ede6ddad - updated data quality
e9c1076e - updated bibliography
6acaf854 - updated indexes

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

48e3bcab - updated geojson and names index

31 October 2024

... Pleiades ID (violates the Wikidata 'single-value constraint'): github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi

374 Pleiades resources to each of which more than one Wikidata Item link (violates the Wikidata 'distinct-values constraint'): github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi

31 October 2024

Pleiades <-> Wikidata and other gazetteer alignments updated 2024-10-31:
11386 Wikidata entities include a Pleiades ID property and 4310 Pleiades entities include a Wikidata ID property. Of these, 4303 are mutual (bidirectional).

6677 Pleiades resources to which Wikidata links can be added after they are checked: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi

7 Wikidata items to which Pleiades IDs can be added after they are checked: github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wi

97 Wikidata items that each link to more than one ...

31 October 2024

Problems with nightly exports have been resolved.

31 October 2024

Export Updates 2024-10-31:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places

2 new and 68 updated places.

1. Downloads: pleiades.stoa.org/downloads

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

"main" branch:

63b0ba4e - updated legacy csv
ebb0f271 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
3e85bbe0 - updated gis package
3135e066 - updated data quality
5e9d90c9 - updated bibliography
643078b6 - updated indexes

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

47f00034 - updated geojson and names index

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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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First locations for unnamed features

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

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Spatial parameters for the site search form

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Public spatial search of published Pleiades content

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A letter to Pleiades users about privacy

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Let's talk about privacy

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459 place and location updates

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 01:54 PM
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Manual reconciliation of unnamed objects yields more coordinate improvements

459 place and location updates - Read More…

Coordinates upgrades for Ephesus, Illyricum

by Sean Gillies last modified May 18, 2012 09:54 AM
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Latest results in the reward program

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