Commons:Batch uploading/Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection

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Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection[edit]

  • Source to upload from: http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/
    • Do the media URLs follow a pattern?
      The urls themselves, so far as I can work out, don't, but in the same way as in Adobe Acrobat Pro you can set it to go down a list of web links to generate a single pdf, a bot may be able to too
    • Does the site have an API?
      Bit technical, but I dont' think so
    • What else could ease uploading? (is the site valid XHTML, do they use a WCM…?)
      I don't know
    • Did you contact the site owner?
      No
  • Describe the works to be uploaded in detail (audio files, images by …): vast series of maps generated by the US Army Map Service (i.e., PD-USGov-Military) in the Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Which license tag(s) should be applied? PD-USGov-Military
  • Is there a template that could be used on the file description pages? Do you think a special template should be created? In terms of the file naming convention, this could follow that of the site, i.e, the top of each page has the series, a credit to the US AMS, and the date, then each map file has the name of the map, the sheet number (for the index pages, cross-references from adjoining maps etc), and the scale

NB there are already some files at Category:India maps by U.S. Army Map Service (plus various other individual uploads etc within Category:Maps by the United States Army Map Service), and it looks from below on this page and eg this commons image that "Slick-o-bot" may have been used in 2012 to upload some or all of these (I'm most keen on the various Japan-related maps (especially the 3x Honshu 1:50,000 series) but imagine every region would benefit).
This would be a mind-bogglingly great addition, thank you, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 14:08, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

PS, these are much more detailed than google maps - and the labelling is in English (with some Japanese too), Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 19:27, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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