The speaker will present the new interface for cartographic and textual research, GéoPhoto+, which will allow for the identification of all the collections of aerial photographs of the Centre GéoStat held by the Library of the Université Laval. This geographic information dissemination system enables remote consultation of the Centre’s whole set of indexes of aerial photographs using one single, fast and user-friendly interface. It displays—as a footprint—over 160,000 aerial photographs from the federal and provincial governments. GéoPhoto+ not only offers the option to print or send a command by email, it also provides access to each photo’s metadata, such as the flight line number, the photograph’s number, year, scale, season, emulsion, etc. GéoPhoto+ was designed to easily integrate collections of aerial photographs from different institutions. Its decentralized management module allows each institution to easily index new additions of aerial photographs in the collective directory.

1. GéoPhoto+
Toward an collective directory of aerial photographs!
STÉFANO BIONDO
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Carto 2014
June 18 2014

2. Context – Centre GéoStat
Air photos… I love it!
History (discovery and management)
Overhaul of GéoPhoto
GéoPhoto+ – Demo
Partnership
Forthcoming
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3. Centre
GéoStat
A service offered by the Université Laval Library
Books, statistics, maps, atlas, air photos,
geospatial data
190 000 air photos
Teachers, students and researchers
across the campus
Mandate: Facilitate the discovery and the access
for research and education
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4. Spatial treasure!
Rich information
Visible features : Not generalized or
symbolized
Witness of the past
Stereo perspective : Stereoscope or scan
and integrate in a numerical stereo software
Scan + orthorectify + georeferenced
Roles : Preserve and Promote
Save lost collections (create indexes, don’t
refuse donations)
Discovery tools… collaborative tools!
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5. History
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Since the beginning : map indexes
Time consuming
2006 -GéoPhoto
Web mapping platform
Automation
Democratization

6. Why redesigning GéoPhoto?
Old interface not enough convivial
No localisation engine, no filter, complex search…
Complex update (adding new photos)
Excel, Access, ShapeFile, ArcIMS
One collection (Laval University)
Not built to be collaborative
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7. Why redesigning GéoPhoto?
Old ArcIMS architecture
Too slow, no update,
Basemap
Created and updated by us, not
enough precise
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8. Demo time
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9. Under the hood…(Flashback of And again… The cook
Martin Ouellet
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10. Numerical indexes sources… at this
time
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NAPL
Subset of the National Air
Photo (Quebec Province)
BDPA
Base de Données sur les
Photographies Aériennes
(Ministère Ressources naturelles et
de la Faune du Québec)
GéoStat Our home made indexes
TOTAL : 2 260 942 Air Photos Centroids

11. Collections pointed in it… at this
time
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Laval
180 000 Air Photos
Centre GéoStat
Sherbrooke
96 000 Air Photos
Cartothèque Jean-Marie-Roy

12. The Ultimate Goal
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Collective Directory of
Airs Photos (union catalog)
Québec, Canada….
…and why not the World?

13. How to do it! (step by step…)
Get the entire NAP indexes
It’s almost done (discussions)
Get other provincial or city indexes
We need your help
Become Partner
Send your air photos inventory
Shape file, KML, Excel or CSV
It’s a work in progress
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Exemple of Excel sheet from USherbrooke

14. How to do it! (step by step…ouh baby)
Create numerical indexes
Easiest way with Google Earth
and it’s very fun
Maintain your inventory up to date
Add new photos (it’s easy, fast and fun too)
Share your photos with others (if possible)
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15. When you become partner
Université Laval
You’ll get your own admin web page
You can limit the results to your institution collections
Receive requests of your patrons by email
You contribute to promote the use of air photos
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Université de
Sherbrooke
University of …
Université de…
Unique bilingual interface

16. Show me the money!
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17. Next steps
Adding Features / Enhancements
Add other metadata (flight report, company, …)
Improve the gazetteer (clean + new one)
Add reference maps
Mecanism for downloading many scanned air photos
Adding new data
Finish to add our own air photos
Add collections from partners
Partnerships
Find new partners
Organize partnerships (administrative poutine!)
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18. Get on board?
Stefano.Biondo@bibl.ulaval.ca
geophoto-plus.bibl.ulaval.ca
Geophotoplus@bibl.ulaval.ca
Questions
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