Today in dodgy #SpatialHumanities #WebArchiving bodges, I'd like to introduce the 'tile suck'.

So if you use most conventional automated archiving tools on a website with a leaflet map on it (in this example a #Curatescape Mapbox map for the @PortsPastPres website), you may notice that they only ever capture the map tiles visible on the screen.

Not good enough, I say! So my strategy is this:

1) Get the biggest screen you can find. Biiiiiiig. (zooming out on the browser doesn't seem to quite work)

2) Open up the map with the tileset that you want to hoover up into your WARC record (probably in Chrome because that's what Archiveweb.page works on). Set your Leaflet or whatever map viewer to full screen. Start your crawl.

3) Zoom around at each level of zoom for areas of zoom and focus on your map. I'm using a point cluster map so I focus on the areas where my points are. The big screen means that whenever you hit an undownloaded tile, it'll pull it in.

(Re)#Introduction: I'm a professor of history and direct the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at Cleveland State Univ. Write/teach #20cUS, #UrbanHistory, #USSouth, & #PublicHistory. Books on #NOLA & #CLE; new work on #Georgia. Direct digital projects incl #ClevelandHistorical, #GreenBookCLE, #Curatescape web/app framework, & #PlacePress plugin for place-based stories/tours. I also play #trumpet in #CLERepertoryOrchestra and a college-based civic wind ensemble. #histodons @histodons

Today I found (admittedly thanks to the bird site) that one of our NEH-supported #CPHDH projects, #MaCleKi, is among those reviewed in the newest issue of Reviews in Digital Humanities. I think the review is thoughtful and balanced in its praise and critiques. Check out the other reviews too at https://reviewsindh.pubpub.org/v3-n11 #ReviewsInDH #DigitalHumanities #DigitalHistory #PublicHistory #Kisumu #Kenya #AfricanHistory #Curatescape #PlacePress #histodons @histodons

On today’s agenda:
Weekly meeting of #CPHDH (Center for Public History + Digital Humanities https://csudigitalhumanities.org)
A guided #Curatescape content-development day in my Intro to #PublicHistory class for students curating #ClevelandHistorical stories (https://clevelandhistorical.org)
And, if we find some chayote squash, prepping to make #StuffedMirlitons (a favorite from #NewOrleans days) for #Thanksgiving.

Now that typical suburban homeowner tasks are checked off the list, today's real (#histodons) agenda awaits...

Writing my grant evaluation for another Ohio-based #publichistory project.

Teaching my Public History students how to use the #Curatescape metadata fields to develop the place-based stories on #ClevelandHistorical that they're curating after completing their research papers.

#Introduction: I'm a #History professor at Cleveland State University in #Cleveland, #Ohio. Areas of interest: 20th-c. #USHistory, #USSouth, #UrbanHistory, #PublicHistory, #DigitalHumanities.

Books: #NewOrleansOnParade, #BelievingInCleveland. In progress: #SandhillCities.

Digital projects: #ClevelandHistorical, #GreenBookCLE, #CLEVoices, #Curatescape, #PlacePress.

Fun fact: I play #trumpet in #CLERepertoryOrchestra, #Civic&CollegiateWindEnsemble.

#histodons #orchestra #band