Playing games on a PC with friends over the internet is easy to set up nowadays. All you need is a decent internet connection and a...
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Reconstructing the past with digital tools: searching for a forgotten cemetery
Digital tools have made research in the past more accessible than ever before. A new tool like the handwritten text recognition of Transkribus is an example....
Continue reading...Google One + Google Opinion Rewards, a free subscription?
Since June this year I decided to take a Google One subscription to increase the amount of storage space on my Google Drive. It had almost...
Continue reading...Below the Surface, bringing archaeology into a digital environment
In previous weeks I have written about the combination and interaction of history with digital media. This week I want to showcase another website that I...
Continue reading...Viabundus, a digital travel planner for the Middle Ages
Previously I wrote about the (digital) historical mapping of Leiden and my own website that also incorporates historical maps. Viabundus is another project which I find...
Continue reading...Creating a website – trying the cheapest way
Last year I decided to make a website to showcase interactive historical maps of my home town. The maps are similar to the maps of the...
Continue reading...Geocaching, a fun way to explore your surroundings
Some of you may have heard of geocaching before. It is a form of offline treasure hunting with GPS-coordinates. Most people play it with the app...
Continue reading...Citizen science, accelerating research.
In our current digital landscape there are vast amounts of data that need to be processed. In some situations the data can not be verified by...
Continue reading...Transkribus: an AI-powered text recognition tool for (old) handwriting
Last week I wrote about the (digital) historical mapping of Leiden. It is a project that uses multiple historical sources from different times to reproduce and...
Continue reading...Mapping historical Leiden: getting to know more about Leiden and it’s inhabitants in the past
About a year ago I stumbled across a project that caught my interest. It is called Historisch Leiden in kaart. The project by Erfgoed Leiden &...
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