There are several platforms/apps dedicated to enriching the metadata of historic images – geotagging pictures, identifying persons, rephotography of historic images etc.

Ajapaik is celebrating its 10th anniversary on February 27 and on that occasion a webinar brings together 5 such platforms – Topothek, Smapshot, Civil War Photo Sleuth, Historypin and Ajapaik.

The presentations start at full hour from 14 onwards with max 40 minutes for presentations, then Q&A and then a small break before next session.

Schedule (UTC +2, Tallinn)

13:50 intro by Vahur Puik

14:00 Topothek by Alexander Schatek. Moderator Sandra Fauconnier (ex Wikimedia Foundation)

15:00 Smapshot by Stéphane Lecorney. Moderator Susanna Ånäs (Open Knowledge Finland, Wikidocumentaries)

16:00 Civil War Photo Sleuth by Vikram Mohanty. Moderator Peter Krogh (The DAM book, The Tandem Vault)

17:00 Historypin by Jon Voss. Moderator James Morley (A Street Near You, Postcodepast)

18:00 Ajapaik by Vahur Puik. Moderator Mia Ridge (British Library)

The event will be streamed on Ajapaik Youtube channel, on Ajapaik Facebook page, on Ajapaik Periscope (not fully). The presentations will be recorded too.

Instructions about commenting the stream on Facebook.