Hi, This might be interesting for those interested in Dutch (colonial) history: last week I did an donation of 512 maps and images from the proceedings of the Dutch Parliament (the so-called States General<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:States_General_of_the_Netherlands>. They are from the period 1885-1995.
The images are in Category:Media contributed by Tweede Kamer<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_Tweede_Kamer>. Every image has geo coordinates for the map centre. The set has some unique content, not only about the Netherlands, but also about its former colonies Dutch East-Indies (now Indonesia) and Suriname. Themes include the Delta Works, polders, land reclamation and the construction of roads, railways, and ports. To foster reuse, I started assigning thematic categories to some images, for example Eastern Scheldt<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastern_Scheldt>, Delta Works<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Delta_Works>, Canals in Friesland<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Canals_in_Friesland>, IJsselmeer<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IJsselmeer> and Railway lines in the Netherlands<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Railway_lines_in_the_Netherlands> Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards Olaf Janssen Wikipedia & open data coordinator Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> +31 (0)70 3140 388 @ookgezellig www.slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL<http://www.slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL> [Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands] Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 | 2595 BE Den Haag Postbus 90407 | 2509 LK Den Haag | (070) 314 09 11 | www.kb.nl<http://www.kb.nl/> [http://www.kb.nl/sites/default/files/dots.jpg] English version<http://www.kb.nl/en/email> | Disclaimer<http://www.kb.nl/disclaimer>
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