trove-maps-data

This dataset contains metadata describing digitised maps in Trove, harvested from the Trove API and other sources.

These datasets were generated using notebooks in the trove-maps repository.

For more information and documentation see the Trove digitised maps metadata section of the GLAM Workbench.

Dataset summary


date harvested	2024-06-08
file size	14.8 MB
format	text/csv
created by	Exploring digitised maps in Trove (documentation)
number of rows	34844

name	type	description
`identifier`	string	NLA identifier
`title`	string	title of the map
`url`	string	url to the map in the digitised file viewer
`work_url`	string	url to the work in the Trove map category
`date`	string	date published or created
`creators`	string	creators of the map
`publication`	string	publication place, publisher, and publication date (if available)
`extent`	string	physical description of map
`copyright_status`	string	copyright status based on available metadata (scraped from web page)
`scale`	string	map scale
`coordinates`	string	map coordinates, either a point or a bounding box (format is 'W--E/N--S', eg: 'E 130⁰50'--E 131⁰00'/S 12⁰30'--S 12⁰40')
`filesize_string`	string	filesize string in MB
`filesize`	integer	size of TIFF file in bytes
`width`	any	width of TIFF in pixels
`height`	any	height of TIFF in pixels
`copy_role`	string	code indicating type of download available


date harvested	2024-06-08
file size	7.1 MB
format	text/csv
created by	Parse map coordinates from metadata (documentation)
number of rows	28779

name	type	description
`title`	string	title of the map
`url`	string	url to the map in the digitised file viewer
`coordinates`	string	map coordinates as a string, either a point or a bounding box (format is 'W--E/N--S', eg: 'E 130⁰50'--E 131⁰00'/S 12⁰30'--S 12⁰40')
`east`	number	east bounds of box
`west`	number	west bounds of box
`north`	number	north bounds of box
`south`	number	south bounds of box
`latitude`	number	point from coordinates or centre of box
`longitude`	number	point from coordinates or centre of box