EAGER: New Way of Writing History: Visualization of the Geography of Knowledge in Arctic Research, 1890s to 1960s

该研究项目将基于北极科学史的内容创建一个名为“事件地图”的在线资源。EventMap是由一个Timeline控制的带注释的谷歌映射序列：每个映射对应一个时间间隔，一个映射和一个时间间隔一起代表一个事件。时间轴使得导航事件序列和观察随时间变化的事件模式成为可能。事件位置可以用点、线、多边形和图像叠加（例如扫描地图）来表示。每个事件都链接到一个注释，该注释可以包含任意的web内容，包括多媒体（例如对科学家的音频和视频采访）和来自复杂web应用程序的输出。例如，通过分析工具过滤的GIS数据。参与的科学历史学家将与软件工程师和计算机科学家合作，创建一个语义网络信息存储，动态生成EventMaps。就像不同的数据库视图由SQL查询生成一样，EventMaps将由指定感兴趣内容的语义web查询生成。虽然这个项目集中在极地研究的历史上，但这项技术将对所有研究随时间变化的学科产生广泛的影响：迁移；思想的传播；语言和方言的边界不断变化，仅举几例。这个小型试点项目选择了极地研究的历史，因为它的内容特别适合于EvenMap；它受到地理上的限制，是一门相对较新的科学，它的历史有很好的记录，这在很大程度上要归功于IGY/IPY事件。EventMaps是为协作创作而设计的。他们的信息存储可以在数据库中，也可以在谷歌电子表格中，由世界各地的谷歌服务器维护。电子表格可以是私有的、公开的，也可以与受邀的参与者共享。谷歌提供用于向电子表格添加数据的HTML表单。协作创作的最终框架不需要高级计算机技能或服务器维护。提交的数据可以经过编辑审查，也可以立即“实时”显示。虽然这个试点项目将由一小群科学家撰写，但它将由更多的合作者进一步发展。该技术还非常适合使用包括智能手机在内的各种设备，在广泛分布的当地社区或现场站点之间维护注释地图通信。

This research project will create an online resource called an EventMap based on content from the history of Arctic science. An EventMap is a sequence of annotated Google maps controlled by a Timeline: each map corresponds to a time interval, and together a map and a time interval represent an Event. The Timeline makes it possible to navigate event sequences and observe changing event patterns over time. Event locations can be represented by points, lines, polygons, and image overlays (e.g., scanned maps). Every event is linked to an annotation that can contain arbitrary web content, including multimedia (such as audio and video interviews with scientists), and output from complex Web applications. e.g., GIS data filtered through an analytical tool.The participating historians of science will collaborate with software engineers and computer scientists to create a Semantic Web store of information from which EventMaps can be dynamically produced. Just like different database views are produced by SQL queries, so EventMaps will be produced by a Semantic-Web query that specifies the content of interest. Although this project concentrates on the history of Polar research, the technology will have a broad impact on all disciplines that study changes over time: migrations; spread of ideas; changing boundaries of languages and dialects, to name a few. The history of Polar research has been chosen for this small pilot project because its content is particularly well suited for an EvenMap; it is geographically constrained, it is a relatively new science, and its history has been well documented, thanks in great part to the IGY/IPY events.EventMaps are designed for collaborative authoring. Their store of information can be in a database or in Google spreadsheets, maintained on Google servers around the world. The spreadsheets can be private, public, or shared with invited participants. Google provides HTML forms for adding data to spreadsheets. The resulting framework for collaborative authoring does not require advanced computer skills or server maintenance. The submitted data can go through an editorial review or be immediately displayed "live." While this pilot project will be authored by a small group of scientists, it will be further developed by a larger group of collaborators. The technology is also well suited for maintaining an annotated-map communication among widely dispersed local communities or field stations, using a variety of devices including smartphones.