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Last updated: 09.12.25
My Place – Tim Sherratt
Using location-based data to build a more complete picture of our state.
Historian and hacker Tim Sherratt is experimenting with new digital tools to help you navigate the State Library of Victoria's collections by place.
- My Place – explore SLV's collections by location
- CUA Browser – explore the Committee for Urban Action collection street by street
- Sands & MacDougall's directories – search across all 24 volumes
- Help turn historic maps from SLV's collection into geospatial data
- Dashboard – how many maps have been georeferenced?
- Explore georeferenced maps from SLV's collection
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Glossary
Folk technology
Describes how people creatively adapt and repurpose systems in unexpected ways to solve their specific needs, amounting to a form of technology. For instance, users might transform a basic spreadsheet tool like Microsoft Excel into a complex, custom solution for tracking unique workflows or managing intricate personal systems that go far beyond the software's original design.
Georeferencing
The process of assigning geographic coordinates (like longitude and latitude) to data – often historical maps, images or place names – so they can be accurately placed on a modern map to enable spatial analysis and exploration.
Open source
A computer program where the both the source code and the right to use, examine, or modify that code is freely available to all. Can also refer to the community of developers who support this practice, and the underlying software development approach that seeks to support decentralised and collaborative programming.
Gazetteer
A geographical directory that contains information about place names, often including coordinates, administrative boundaries and historical data. Gazzetteers support metadata enrichment, geospatial search and historical research by linking place names to structured geographic data.
Userscript
A small piece of JavaScript code that modifies the behaviour and appearance of a website when viewed in a browser. Userscripts can enhance library catalogue interfaces, automate tasks or improve accessibility.