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Distant Viewing Toolkit

Distant Viewing Toolkit is a Python package for the computational analysis of images and videos using computer vision algorithms. High level analysis produces semantic metadata from the for the digital collection which can then be search, visualized or analyses to identify differences and patterns. A good documentation of the methods of the module can be found in the tools GitHub page. A review of the tool can be found here https://reviewsindh.pubpub.org/pub/distant-viewing-toolkit/release/1

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Visualization

The GeoNewsMiner (GNM)

This is a project that had as goal to show on a map the references to geographical location from the text of publications from Italian language newspapers published in the United States between 1898 and 1920. They have made the code and dataset publicly available on GitHub and hence can be used by scholars with a similar project. A review of this project is available here https://utrecht-university.shinyapps.io/GeoNewsMiner/

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Creation

Ginger

Ginger is an application that is used to generate 360 Virtual reality tours from 360 images located in a folder. It uses a command line tool to generate the virtual reality tour which can be viewed with a web browser. It also comes with the Ginger Editor which is used to preview, annotate and edit the generated tour. It was developed under the Immersive Scholar project hosted by the University of Illinois. The last commit on GitHub was over two years ago so it is no longer in active development.

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Storage

3deposit

3deposit is a platform for storing, distribution and depositing 3D-content. It uses the MinIO to store the 3D objects. Objects can be stored locally and remotely It stores 3 main types of media: 3D models, 360 videos and Virtual Reality applications These media files can be processed and published by Sketchfab, Vimeo and Amazon Web Services respectively. It is deployed using docker.

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Collaboration

Collectme

Collectme is a content sharing platform that can be use to build content for large displays like data walls. It was developed under the immersive scholars project. It is a free to use service available online. You can curate and create a media collection that fits your display and share it with others. You can also use templates created by other users. Through your browser you can make an immersive exhibit of your collection by presenting it on a data wall.

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Collaboration

Glider

Glider is a app that facilitates the display of content on on large display walls and the interaction with this content by users from other devices. With Glider, you can format your content to fit the dimensions of your display wall, You can set timers for the display to change on the entire display wall or on different sections of the display wall, set up content to be displayed on the different connected devices and control the displays remotely. Development seems to have stopped before a stable state was reached. There is a wealth of information on the project's website.

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Creation

Vast

Vast is an open source tool that that is used to assist in the creation of web content to fit on very large displays. It helps the developer design web page while taking into consideration display aspect ratio, display size, content fit and viewing distance. The aim of this tool is to make design for large displays accessible for everyone. Examples and demos can be found in the tools GitHub webpage.

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Visualization

ZeeMaps

ZeeMaps quickly maps point data on Google base maps in two ways: 1) The user uploads a .csv file of data points and their locations. 2) A group of users all add their own data location points to the map, on their own time from their own devices. Each point can include text, video, image, or audio annotations. Basic functionality is free; larger uploads and large numbers of maps require a paid subscription.

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Organizing

Papers

Papers helps users collect and curate the research material that they're passionate about. From citations to search, Papers will improve the way users find, organize, read, and cite. Find Federated search across 25+ search engines. From PubMed and Scopus to arXiv and Google Patents. Read Focus on reading with the full-screen reader, which supports highlights, annotations, and tabs. Organize Throw out those folders of uncategorized PDFs and let Papers organize your documents. Cite Citing has never been easier. Format citations in one of 7000+ citation styles. Share Collaborate, share and discover with Papers Online. Providing shared collections and a personal reading list.

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Firefox

Firefox is a free open source browser with numerous user-contributed plugins.

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