Chronoscope World
A IIIF viewer from both sides of the screen
- Chronoscope World is a user-centred tool to browse shared cultural heritage media from IIIF providers world wide.
It predecessor, Chronoscope Hamburg, has started as a maps webapp in 2016 with 4 old maps. Since then, more than 7,200 IIIF maps have been georeferenced and can be studied at their correct location on a global map. Context info allows to browse seamlessly across 80 openGLAM institutions. The user can search and filter by place, timeframe, scale, cartographer, subject, or archive. Due to the fact that Chronoscope can display maps in IIIF format, it can also display IIIF books (with special map pages inside) or just any online 2D media such as old photos or paintings from art museums. - Import should be as easy as drag ’n’ drop. In fact it is. The user can drag any IIIF manifest link into a Chronoscope browser tab to display a matrix of thumbnails. 60 libraries even support smart drag ’n’ drop, i.e. the user can drag the item’s preview images from the search results page to the Chronoscope, rather than hunting for a IIIF link on the archive page.
- The presentation will provide a live demo and reveal some algorithmic tricks on the other side of the screen.
Video
Complete recording of IIIF Friday #10
Demo
try this at home: maps.mprove.net
IIIF Friday GLAMs
- lib.ugent.be :: Gent maps in Chronosope, signature UG
- bibliotheek.universiteitleiden.nl/bijzondere-collecties :: Leiden maps in Chronosope, signature UL
- Mmmonk.be | Doorzoeken en bladeren :: smart drag ’n’ drop for half of the books
- vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/en/collection :: IIIF manifest via Mirador only, no home link
- museabrugge.be/en/collections/browse :: IIIF manifest via Mirador only, no home link
- kmska.be/en/overview/the-collection :: IIIF image server only
- brugge.bibliotheek.be :: login required
- kuleuven.limo.libis.be :: login required
- anet.uantwerpen.be/desktop/uantwerpen :: login required
Refs & Links
- Geo-Spatial Interaction Design for Old Maps, 1/2024
- crossGLAM - Die Antwort sind 42 Bibliotheken und ein User Interface /2022
Feedback – please leave a message
...I just wanted to add that the drag and drop feature is so wonderful because it really bypasses one of the major obstacles of use of images and metadata in IIIF format. For end users it is such an obstacle for them to go and to click on a thing that says iiif manifest. And they have no idea what that means. And then have to copy it in a viewer that they have never heard of. So kudos to you -Matthias- for the drag and drop feature. - Evelien
Wim: Wonderful tool and excellent presentation Matthias, thank you so much!
Wim: Hoogtepunten: de presentaties van Allmaps van Jules Schoonman, Bert Spaan en Manuel Claeys Bouuaert (TU Delft) en ChronoScope van Matthias Müller-Prove.
Femke: Did Matthias design a very efficient shortcut vewer, skipping 5 steps? Chronoscope can be used in general then, not just for maps :) Great!
In general on technical systems like IIIF: WYSIWYG through easy user friendly interface like drag and drop could lower the threshold and putting people off? Thus all the systems including Madoc and others work for us as a tool to reach our goals instead of the other way around....
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Matthias Müller-Prove is a computer scientist with a special focus on interaction design for cultural computing. His web-application »Chronoscope World« was selected as an official project of the European Year for Cultural Heritage 2018, and it is supported by the EU-funded project Virtual Lab on the Collection and Commercialization of digital tools for Citizen education in Cultural Heritage (C4Education).
Matthias is founder of the Chrono Research Lab, and Senior Member of the ACM.
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cover photo: Belfort Trommelkamer, Virtual Bruges via ChronoMedia