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New Fagel Maps Project to Bring Golden Age of Exploration to Life The golden age of exploration will be brought to life in a new interactive website featuring thousands of magnificent early modern (pre-1800) maps which is being developed by researchers at Trinity College Dublin. The Fagel Project will see 10,000 maps including battle plans, urban streetscapes and architectural drawings made available as a free online resource. It is part of an ambitious new digital humanities project being undertaken by the departments of History, Geography and Computer Science at Trinity. The beautiful maps, the majority of which are in colour, form part of Trinity’s Fagel collection, a library assembled by the Fagel family in Amsterdam from 1630 to 1800. Regarded as one of the finest pre-1800 map collections in the world, the Fagel maps are unique in terms of quality and standard of preservation. The collection contains maps from all parts of the world, with a particular emphasis on Europe, regions where the Dutch had trading or colonial interests or areas of recent discovery. It includes over 900 detailed urban street plans, several hundred battle plans showing all major conflicts in Europe from 1650 to 1800 and sea and celestial atlases. Under the direction of Dr Micheál Ó Siochrú, Associate Professor in Modern History, the multidisciplinary team will create a fully interactive website showcasing the entire map collection. The website will allow users to view the maps as an image gallery with full zoom functions and also via a Google Maps interface which will overlay these early modern maps on modern topography. The Google interface will include a “time” feature which will allow users to drill down through maps of the same area drawn up at different periods to explore how the area developed. The website will also incorporate a number of novel visualisation tools including 3-D modelling of selected battle plans and urban streetscapes. The initial phase of the Fagel Project has been supported by a philanthropic donation arranged by the Trinity Foundation. The project is also being supported by Google Maps. Similar projects undertaken by the research team include the award-winning Down Survey of Ireland map project. Speaking about the Fagel Project, Dr Ó Siochrú commented: “The creation of the Fagel map website gives these glorious treasures of Trinity Library a new lease of life and will provide an invaluable resource for all who wish to understand the development of European identities and of Europe's relationships with the wider world.” Ed Parsons, Chief Geospatial Technologist at Google, added: “Google is delighted to be working with Trinity College on this exciting new project, building on the work of the Down Survey mapping team to tackle a cartographic collection of truly global significance.” Media Coverage: Media Contact: Fiona Tyrrell, Press Officer for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Trinity College Dublin | tyrrellf@tcd.ie | + 353 1 8964337 Back to press release listing.
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Beocht Tugtha do Ré Órga na Taiscéalaíochta i Láithreán Gréasáin Nua Choláiste na Tríonóide ina bhfuil Bailiúchán Mapaí Uathúla Tabharfar beocht do ré órga na taiscéalaíochta i láithreán gréasáin idirghníomhach nua ina mbeidh na mílte mapaí iontacha ón nua-aois luath (roimh 1800) atá á fhorbairt ag taighdeoirí Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath. Cuirfear 10,000 mapa lena n-áirítear pleananna catha, sráid-dreacha uirbeacha agus líníochtaí ailtireachta ar fáil mar acmhainn ar líne saor in aisce mar chuid de Thionscadal Fagel. Tá sé mar chuid de thionscadal daonnachtaí digiteach nua uaillmhianach arna dhéanamh ag na ranna Staire, Tíreolaíochta agus Eolaíochta Ríomhaireachta i gColáiste na Tríonóide. Tá na mapaí áille, a bhfuil a bhformhór acu daite, mar chuid de bhailiúchán iontach Fagel Choláiste na Tríonóide, leabharlann a chuir teaghlach Fagel le chéile in Amstardam ó 1630 go dtí 1800. Meastar go bhfuil sé ar cheann de na bailiúcháin mhapaí roimh-1800 is breátha ar domhan. Tá mapaí Fagel uathúil i dtéarmaí cáilíochta agus caighdeán an chaomhnaithe. Tá mapaí sa bhailiúchán ó gach cearn den domhan, le béim ar leith ar an Eoraip, ar réigiúin a raibh leasanna trádála nó coilíneachta ag muintir na hÍsiltíre iontu nó limistéir a fuarthas le déanaí. Áirítear ann os cionn 900 plean sráide uirbeach mionsonraithe, cúpla céad plean catha a thaispeánann gach coimhlint mhór san Eoraip ó 1650 go dtí 1800 agus atlais farraige agus neamhaí. Faoi stiúir an Dr. Mhicheál Ó Siochrú, Ollamh Cúnta le Nua-Stair, cruthóidh an fhoireann ildisciplíneach láithreán gréasáin lán-idirghníomhach a léireoidh an bailiúchán mapaí ina iomláine. Tabharfaidh an láithreán gréasáin deis d’úsáideoirí féachaint ar na mapaí mar ghailearaí íomhánna le feidhmeanna iomlán zúmála agus trí chomhéadan Google Maps a bheidh forleagtha ar na mapaí nua-aoise ar thopagrafaíocht nua-aimseartha. Beidh gné “ama” ar chomhéadan Google a thabharfaidh deis d’úsáideoirí léargas domhain a fháil ar mhapaí ón limistéar céanna a dréachtaíodh ag tréimhsí éagsúla chun iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar conas a forbraíodh an limistéar. Ionchorpróidh an láithreán gréasáin roinnt uirlisí léirshamhlaithe núíosacha lena n-áirítear samhaltú 3-D de phleananna catha agus sráid-dreacha uirbeacha áirithe. I measc na dtionscadal eile den chineál céanna áiríonn an fhoireann taighde tionscadal mapaí Down Survey of Ireland. Tá an chéad chéim de Thionscadal Fagel á tacú ag bronntanas daonchairdiúil arna eagrú ag Fondúireacht na Tríonóide. Tá an tionscadal á thacú ag Google Maps chomh maith. Ag labhairt dó mar gheall ar Thionscadal Fagel, dúirt an Dr. Ó Siochrú: “Tugann cruthú láithreán gréasáin mapaí Fagel beocht do sheoda glórmhara Leabharlann na Tríonóide agus cuirfidh sé acmhainn luachmhar ar fáil dóibh siúd ar mian leo tuiscint a fháil ar fhorbairt céannachtaí na hEorpa agus ar chaidreamh na hEorpa leis an domhan i gcoitinne.” Dúirt Ed Parsons, Príomhtheicneolaí Geospásúil le Google: “Tá an-áthas ar Google a bheith ag obair le Coláiste na Tríonóide ar an tionscadal nua spreagúil seo, ag tógáil ar an obair a rinne foireann mapála Down Survey chun dul i ngleic le bailiúchán cartagrafach a bhfuil tábhacht domhanda aige.” Teagmháil na Meáin: Fiona Tyrrell, Preasoifigeach Dhámh na nEalaíon, na nDaonnachtaí agus na nEolaíochtaí Sóisialta, Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath | tyrrellf@tcd.ie | + 353 1 8964337 Back to press release listing.