tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122769289008611945.post6333211574431875050..comments2024-02-19T06:36:37.010-08:00Comments on Mycenaean Atlas Project: Pleiades Data - Does Crowd Sourcing for Toponymy Actually Work?Robert Consolihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17953937280794805002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122769289008611945.post-91032417335612201512018-03-10T23:18:45.607-08:002018-03-10T23:18:45.607-08:00Pleiades isn't structured to provide a single,...Pleiades isn't structured to provide a single, accurate set of coordinates, though I think it hopes to evolve in that direction. Its most useful role currently is as a set of identifiers that allow links to superior gazetteers. For example, the huge error for ancient Messene is the result of displaying a calculated representative point that includes one spurious DARMC location (from the modern village of Messene), in addition to a mildly inaccurate DARMC location plus a very accurate DARE location. (DARE has assimilated a bunch of Google Earth-validated ToposText points for Greece, and from other sources as well, but uses Pleiades IDs as an easy pivot to other resources). Some of the tools Pleiades funding has produced for the purpose of improving its data are not being used very much -- one problem being a technological gap between laborious on-the-ground collectors (like me) and people who automate things.Brady Kieslinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06416330078855403975noreply@blogger.com