HK Spatial History Platform: How AI and GIS Recreate Historical Space

- This talk introduces the speaker’s recently completed Hong Kong Spatial History Platform and explores how the research team has used various tools including optical character recognition (OCR) and geographic information systems (GIS) to transform Hong Kong’s historical records, maps and aerial photographs into spatial data. By bringing textual and spatial sources together in an intuitive, visual formal, the new platform traces the evolution of Hong Kong’s urban landscape. The database not only offers a new model for the digital preservation of historical documents, but also provides an important analytical foundation and empirical support for historical research with a spatial dimension. The talk will provide a detailed introduction to the platform’s features and operation. Venue: Hong Kong Baptist University, Jockey Club Campus of Creativity (JC3), UG02 Format: In-person session Language: English CPD: 1 Hour Formal CPD Schedule: 6:15pm – 6:30pm Registration 6:30pm - 7:30pm Presentation Notes: - This event is in-person with limited places available. - Multi-booking or walk-in on the day is not allowed. - RICS will send over event confirmation/reminder email around 1 week prior to the event if your registration is successful, please ensure you read the full information in the email. - Should the event status need to change/cancel, we will communicate with all parties as soon as possible. - All participants shall arrange their own transport to the venue. - No insurance policy will be arranged for the participants by RICS, members may consider taking out their own insurance policy to cover their own risks. - Photographs may be taken at this event. If you do not wish to you photographed, please make the host and/or photographer aware. Organizer: