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Pleiades in the Fediverse: 04 September 2026

pleiades.datasets exports and derivatives will be delayed until we can troubleshoot and remedy a database inconsistency that is causing nightly exports to fail; 03 September 2026

Export Updates 2026-09-03:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places
8 updated places. 2 new and 23 updated linked data sidebars.
1. Downloads: https://pleiades.stoa.org/downloads
2. pleiades.datasets: https://github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.datasets:
"main" branch:
06c5eca7 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
88366244 - updated gis package
58a15133 - updated data quality
7de91733 - updated bibliography
cd142476 - updated indexes
48ab4a4d - updated sidebar
3. pleiades-geojson: https://github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geojson:
eb5fa406 - updated geojson and names index
4. pleiades_wikidata: https://github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wikidata/:
7609f3e2 - updated pleiades wikidata (query results from Wikidata were unavailable, but related changes in other datasets were captured); 02 September 2026

Export Updates 2026-09-02:
Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places
33 updated places. 21 new and 88 updated linked data sidebars.
1. Downloads: https://pleiades.stoa.org/downloads
2. pleiades.datasets: https://github.com/isawnyu/pleiades.datasets:
"main" branch:
e151fca9 - updated json
no change: rdf/ttl
37c51c28 - updated gis package
6a8854a0 - updated data quality
29334eb1 - updated bibliography
0dfc6a2e - updated indexes
d0464df2 - updated sidebar
3. pleiades-geojson: https://github.com/ryanfb/pleiades-geojson:
b3583dfc - updated geojson and names index
4. pleiades_wikidata: https://github.com/isawnyu/pleiades_wikidata/:
70cee3a2 - updated pleiades wikidata; 02 September 2026

The offending missing index entry has been found and the overnight exports re-run. Derivative generation and pleiades.datasets packaging of exports have now been restarted.; 02 September 2026

Daily exports and derivatives will be delayed while we investigate the cause of failure of the overnight core exports.; Pleiades in the Fediverse - More…

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PhD opportunity on ‘Abstract Mapping for Ancient and Contemporary Cities’

Last modified Mar 26, 2015 03:54 PM

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New opportunity at the University of Kent, with potential for funding.

PhD opportunity on ‘Abstract Mapping for Ancient and Contemporary Cities’

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The School of Computing at the University of Kent is currently advertising an exciting and innovative interdisciplinary research project lead by Dr Peter Rodgers (Computing) and Dr Benjamin Vis (Classical and Archaeological Studies). We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student with advanced software development skills. The ideal candidate would also have experience with spatial data and a general interest in the archaeological and urban studies expert uses of the diagrammatic visualisations this project will develop.

Further information on this project can be found in the list here, sub "Abstract Mapping for Ancient and Contemporary Cities".

Applications to this project would qualify for a three year funding award from the Computational Intelligence group covering home/EU fees and a stipend. (http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/research/studyingforaphd/phd-compint.html)

Comprehensive information on PhD funding opportunities is found here.

Project link: http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/research/groups/compint/pgprojects.html

Further info: https://kent.academia.edu/BenjaminVis/PhD-opportunities