In order for the whole process to work,
and for the various systems to be able to communicate with each other,
standard ways of creating and modeling the data was required. These
documents discuss guidelines for tagging directories and converting
them to GIS-ready files.
- Boston
Streets: Early Directory Tagging Guidelines (pdf)
- These guidelines are to be used for directories which retain the
typographical and punctuation-based field delimitations, common
in earlier 19th century city directories (1845-1905)
- Cowpaths:
Dataset Structures and Display Guidelines (pdf)
- Guidelines for building datasets from directories, image metadata
and geospatial sources for use in generating ESRI shapefiles and
to populate associated databases.
- Notes on Point Gathering: 1874
(pdf)
- Documents the inconsistencies in street numbering in the 1874
atlas, and how those inconsistencies were resolved in plotting address
points.
- Notes on Point Gathering: 1898
(pdf)
- Documents the inconsistencies in street numbering in the 1898
atlas, and how those inconsistencies were resolved in plotting address
points.
- Notes on Point Gathering: 1928
(pdf)
- Documents the inconsistencies in street numbering in the 1928
atlas, and how those inconsistencies were resolved in plotting address
points.
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