Add MoEML Locations to the Agas Map (User version)
¶Introduction to the Agas Map
Our implementation of the Agas Map is based on the OpenLayers 4.6 library and presents the map as a tiled image at
a range of different resolutions.1 Locations are plotted on the map in three
forms:
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Polygons: closed shapes
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MultiLineStrings: lines with multiple points
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Points: single points
The information used to display locations is provided to the map through two JSON
files:
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categories.json
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agasLocations.json
: provides information about the locations, including each location’s document type(s) and the list of referring documents
The Agas Map interface can also be used to create new shapes,
lines, and points for locations, which can be either associated with a location file
or can be used more generally to interact and draw on the map. This document will
explain
how to do both.
¶Creating a Polygon
To create a polygon shape, first zoom right into the map so that the shape you want
to
outline is taking up most of the window. In this example, we’re going to outline St. Mary Woolchurch:
![agas_draw_poly_01.png agas_draw_poly_01.png](graphics/agas_draw_poly_01.png)
Then choose Polygon from the Draw a shape drop-down list:
![agas_draw_poly_02.png agas_draw_poly_02.png](graphics/agas_draw_poly_02.png)
A red box appears at the bottom of the screen. We’ll see the purpose of this later.
You’ll notice that the cursor turns to a blue point. Now you can click on one of the
corners of the object to add a point. Move your mouse to the next corner, and click
there to add the next point:
![agas_draw_poly_03.png agas_draw_poly_03.png](graphics/agas_draw_poly_03.png)
Keep adding points until you have outlined the whole object:
![agas_draw_poly_04.png agas_draw_poly_04.png](graphics/agas_draw_poly_04.png)
Click back on the original starting point to complete the shape.
![agas_draw_poly_05.png agas_draw_poly_05.png](graphics/agas_draw_poly_05.png)
Two things will happen: the shape will change colour to show that is is complete,
and in the red box, a block of XML code will appear. This is the TEI
<surface>
element that you need to add into the location file for the place. You do not need to worry about this script, unless you would like to suggest an addition
or a change .
What if your shape is not perfect first time around? You can easily edit it after
it’s completed. Put your mouse over one of the existing points to click and move it;
put your mouse over one of the lines to add a new point. Every time you make a change
to the shape, the XML in the red box will update itself automatically.
![agas_draw_poly_06.png agas_draw_poly_06.png](graphics/agas_draw_poly_06.png)
If you need to delete one of the nodes in your shape, press the Shift key and click
on it.
It is best to have the map zoomed to its maximum size when you create the shape, because
you’ll be more accurate. If you’re outlining a large area, this may mean that the
shape does not completely fit on the screen. Don’t worry about this; even while you’re
in the middle of drawing the shape, you can still click and hold (hold down the mouse
button), drag the map around, and release without adding a new point in your shape.
It’s only when you click and release immediately that a new point is added.
¶Creating MultiLineStrings
While we usually draw buildings as shapes, streets are drawn
as MultiLineStrings (in other words, a series of connected lines). The process is
exactly the same as for Polygons, except that to finish the shape,
you just double-click on the last point. When tracing a street, start the line in
the middle of the junction where the street starts, and end in the middle of the junction
where it ends. Keep the line in the middle of the street.
![agas_draw_street.png agas_draw_street.png](graphics/agas_draw_street.png)
¶Creating Points
Some locations cannot be precisely outlined, perhaps because
although we know approximately where they were, they do not
actually appear on the map. You can use a Point for this.
Creating a Point is the simplest process of all: select Point from the drop-down list, then click on the location.
¶Bookmarking Shapes
Just as you can bookmark locations or sets of locations,
you can also bookmark a shape you have created. This can be handy if you’re emailing
someone and would like to refer
to a specific location on the map, if you would like to suggest a particular location
for inclusion, or if you would like to share a custom shape that does not belong in
the database.2 To do this, simply create the
shape as you normally would, and then when you’ve finished, press the Bookmark button. A long,
inscrutable URL will be created and a popup alert will tell you that it is about to
redirect you to the bookmarked URL.
![agas_bookmark_alert.png agas_bookmark_alert.png](graphics/agas_bookmark_alert.png)
Press OK and the page will redirect you to the bookmark URL. Once the page has reloaded,
you can copy and paste the entire URL in the address bar. If you plug this URL into
a browser, the map will recreate the shape and zoom to it,
also showing the TEI
<surface>
element at the bottom of the screen.
¶Downloading an Image
In order to download an image of the shape that you drew on the map, hover your curser
to the top banner of the page, and click on the images icon (shown below). Note that
when you hover over the appropriate icon, the pop-up should say:
Save this state of the map as a static image.
![save_agas.png save_agas.png](graphics/save_agas.png)
Notes
- The OpenLayers implementation of the Agas map was first created in 2014, replacing
the old
star map.
↑ - See, for instance, the footnote in Silver Street, which shows the house that Shakespeare may have lived in during his stay on Silver Street.↑
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Building a Gazetteer for Early Modern London, 1550-1650.
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Public Glory, Private Gilt: The Goldsmiths’ Company and the Spectacle of Punishment.
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Smock Secrets: Birth and Women’s Mysteries on the Early Modern Stage.
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Versioning John Stow’s A Survey of London, or, What’s New in 1618 and 1633?.
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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Internet Shakespeare Editions. Open.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Ed. Janelle Jenstad and the MoEML Team. MoEML. Transcribed. Web.
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Locations
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St. Mary Woolchurch is mentioned in the following documents:
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Silver Street
Silver Street was a small but historically significant street that ran east-west, emerging out of Noble Street in the west and merging into Addle Street in the east. Monkwell Street (labelledMuggle St.
on the Agas map) lay to the north of Silver Street and seems to have marked its westernmost point, and Little Wood Street, also to the north, marked its easternmost point. Silver Street ran through Cripplegate Ward and Farringdon Ward Within. It is labelled asSyluer Str.
on the Agas map and is drawn correctly. Perhaps the most noteworthy historical fact about Silver Street is that it was the location of one of the houses in which William Shakespeare dwelled during his time in London.Silver Street is mentioned in the following documents: