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PresentPast
Space/Location
DARMC
Time
Event/Feature
Reference
http://pleiades.stoa.org
DARMC has: Name, location XY, source
PLEIADES has:PID(URL), Name, map sheet no., grid
no., source (Barrington Atlas)
DARMC has: Name, location XY > sheet no., grid no.source PLEIADES has:PID(URL), Name, sheet no., grid no.,
source (BA)
Challenges:
Challenges with place names:PLEIADES: typos in OCR, spelling
variationsDARMC: typos in digitization, original
names replaced by commonly used alternative names
Challenges:
Challenges with place names:One name, many places
Challenges:
Challenges with sheet no.:Inserts
Challenges:
Challenges with grid no.:Geo-correction changed original location
Challenges:
Challenges with source:Some original BA points replaced by TIB
points
Grid no.
Name
Sheet no.
Source
PLEIADES ID
Grid no.
Name
Sheet no.
Source
PLEIADES ID
Street no.
Street name
Zip code
City
X,Y
State
Advantages :
Alternative place names
(Alias table)
Fuzzy match: allow spelling variations
(Spelling sensitivity)
Interactive match (Candidate score)
Results
24,030 Roman places/points in DARMC
6,171 points don't have names
20,995 points are indicated as from Barrington Atlas
14,922 points are matched with PLEIADES ID =
84% of named Roman places in DARMC