Web-Developer for GIS on the Fagel Project
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Web-Developer for GIS on the Fagel Project,
Trinity College Dublin
Fagel Map Project
The Fagel archive contains one of the finest pre-1800 cartographic
collections anywhere in the world, unsurpassed in terms of quality and
standard of preservation. The Fagel material is practically unknown
outside of Trinity College Dublin yet it includes the finest surviving
examples of seventeenth and eighteenth century Dutch, French and German
cartography, as well as complete sets of coloured town plans for every
major settlement in the ‘known’ world, hundreds of contemporary battle
plans and the first detailed maps of many countries as and when they
were first surveyed. Building on the success of Trinity College’s Down
Survey of Ireland map project (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie), the Fagel
collection is to be made available to the public for the first time.
The Fagel project (2014-15) will create an open access web portal which
includes digital images of the entire Fagel cartographic collection.
This project, in direct collaboration with Google, will allow access to
images through both a Google Maps interface, whereby the user can point
to a place on a modern globe, select a date and the appropriate map(s)
will appear, or through traditional keyword and faceted search. Image
characteristics will include location, date, cartographer, place of
publication, as well as various themes. Themed search will enable the
user to browse maps by type; for example, charts, military plans or
colonial maps. The Fagel portal will be the largest single source of
pre-1800 cartography anywhere in the world.
Job Description: Web-Developer for GIS on the Fagel Project, TCD
Contract: Full time, fixed term --€“ 12-month post (approx. April
2014-April 2015)
Salary: 37,750-‚40,003 euro per annum
Job Specification:
1. Geo-Referencing of Image Data
2. Encoding of Geographic Data
3. Database Development
4. Web Front-End Development
5. Identify research projects related to the Fagel Collection
Desirable Skills and Experience:
1. Google Maps / ARCGIS
2. PHP
3. Javascript - JQuery
4. HTML, CSS
5. XML
6. MySQL
7. Strong initiative in developing research projects
8. Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
9. Experience of the following would be an advantage (but is not a
necessity): MARC-XML; Leaflet JS; 3D Terrain Modelling.
Candidates should submit a cover letter (600-1000 words) expressing your
suitability for the position together with a full curriculum vitae to
include the names and contact details of 3 referees (email addresses if
possible) to Séamus Lawless - Seamus.Lawless@scss.tcd.ie with the
subject heading "Fagel Web-Developer for GIS".
