Wikidata:WikiProject Maps and atlases National Library of the Netherlands

This project is part of the Wikidata efforts of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek Nederland

The Wikidata item for this Wikiproject is: WikiProject Maps and atlases of the KB, national library of the Netherlands (Q99485202)

Project aims

This project aims to

1. Create Wikidata items for digitized historical maps and atlasses from the KB collection (see here, here or here), while putting special focus on the geographical (lat-lon) aspects of the data, enabeling datavisualisations etc (see also this Wikidata map making workshop)
2. Upload their images to Wikimedia Commons and add Structured Data to those images (semantic tagging)
3. Write and improve the Wikipedia articles about the maps and atlasses

Maps and atlases that are KB collection highlights

Several maps and atlases are collection highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague

• Atlas Ortelius*
• Atlas Van der Hagen*
• Stedenatlas De Wit*
• Viervoudig schouwspel van wonderen*

Wikimedia Commons

• Maps and atlases from Koninklijke Bibliotheek
• Stats for images in Category:Maps and atlases from Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Other maps and atlases projects on Wikidata

• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Maps/list_of_maps
• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Maps

Overview of subpages

• WikiProject Maps and atlases National Library of the Netherlands/Atlas Ortelius
• WikiProject Maps and atlases National Library of the Netherlands/Atlas Van der Hagen
• WikiProject Maps and atlases National Library of the Netherlands/Stedenatlas De Wit
• WikiProject Maps and atlases National Library of the Netherlands/Viervoudig schouwspel van wonderen