Notes

  1. The GDAL command line programs and QGIS can be downloaded as part of the OSGeo4W software.
  2. Further information on the usage of these tools with examples is given in our Visualising Urban Geographies guide: http://geo.nls.uk/urbhist/guides_gdal_commands.html.
  3. http://help.oldmapsonline.org/publish The main websites referred to are listed at the end of this paper.
  4. The process of using MapTiler to create a tileset is illustrated and described on the Visualising Urban Geographies website: http://geo.nls.uk/urbhist/guides_maptiler.html.
  5. We also used MapTiler Pro for loading multiple images into one Tileset. Although not open-source, MapTiler Cluster provides much faster processing and even smaller resulting tilesets. http://www.klokantech.com/maptiler/.
  6. See the OSM/NLS wiki page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Scotland.