@allmaps/annotation

Parsing and Generating Georeference Annotations.

How it works

This module that can generate and parse Georeference Annotations.

A Georeference Annotation is a Web Annotation that stores the metadata needed to georeference a IIIF image. See this example.

A Georeference Annotation contains the following data:

• The URI of an IIIF Image, as well as its dimensions in pixels.
• A polygonal resource mask that defines the cartographic part of the image.
• A list of ground control points (GCPs) that define the mapping between resource coordinates and geospatial coordinates.

Multiple maps can be defined in an Annotation Page (see spec).

Allmaps offers apps and packages for working with Georeference Annotations. Allmaps Viewer can for example warp IIIF maps in the browser, just by loading a Georeference Annotation.

A Georeferenced Map is the format Allmaps uses internally to describe a map and pass it between functions and packages. It contains the same information in a more practical form. See this example.

This module allows parsing Georeference Annotations to Georeferenced Maps and generating Georeference Annotations from Georeferenced Maps.

This module is written in TypeScript and is built using Zod.

Installation

This is an ESM-only module that works in browsers and in Node.js.

Node.js:

Install with pnpm:

pnpm install @allmaps/annotation

Browser:

<script type="module">
  import { Annotation } from 'https://unpkg.com/@allmaps/annotation?module'
</script>

Usage

import { parseAnnotation, generateAnnotation } from '@allmaps/annotation'

// Fetch an annotation
const annotation = await fetch(annoationUrl).then((response) => response.json())

// Create a georeferencedMap from the annotation
const georeferencedMaps = parseAnnotation(annotation)
const georeferencedMap = georeferencedMaps[0]

// Use or modify the georeferencedMap(s)
// ...

// Generate Georeference Annotation
// Note: returns an annotation or annotation page based on input
const georeferenceAnnotation = generateAnnotation(georeferencedMap)
const georeferenceAnnotationPage = generateAnnotation(georeferencedMaps)

See the API below for more details.

License

MIT

API

Annotation

Type

{ id?: string | undefined; type: "Annotation"; '@context'?: string | Array<string> | undefined; motivation?: string | undefined; created?: string | undefined; modified?: string | undefined; target: { ...; }; body: { ...; }; }

AnnotationPage

Type

{ id?: string | undefined; type: "AnnotationPage"; '@context'?: string | Array<string> | undefined; items: Array<{ id?: string | undefined; type: "Annotation"; '@context'?: string | Array<string> | undefined; motivation?: string | undefined; created?: string | undefined; modified?: string | undefined; target: { ...;...

AnnotationPageSchema

Type

AnnotationPage1Schema

AnnotationSchema

Type

Annotation1Schema

FeaturePropertiesSchema

Type

Annotation1FeaturePropertiesSchema

GCPSchema

Type

GeoreferencedMap2GCPSchema

GeoreferencedMap

Type

{ '@context'?: "https://schemas.allmaps.org/map/2/context.json" | undefined; type: "GeoreferencedMap"; id?: string | undefined; created?: string | undefined; modified?: string | undefined; ... 5 more ...; _allmaps?: unknown; }

GeoreferencedMapSchema

Type

GeoreferencedMap2Schema

GeoreferencedMapsSchema

Type

GeoreferencedMaps2Schema

PartOf

Type

Array<PartOfItemType>

PartOfItem

Type

{
  id: string
  type: string
  label?: z.infer<typeof LanguageValueSchema>
  partOf?: PartOfItemType[]
}

ResourceSchema

Type

GeoreferencedMap2ResourceSchema

SvgSelectorSchema

Type

SvgSelector1Schema

generateAnnotation(mapOrMaps)

Generates a Georeference Annotation from a single Georeferenced Map or an Annotation Page containing multiple Georeference Annotations from an array of Georeferenced Maps.

Parameters

• mapOrMaps (unknown)
  • Single Georeferenced Map, or an array of Georeferenced Maps

Returns

Georeference Annotation or Annotation Page ({ id?: string | undefined; type: "Annotation"; '@context'?: string | Array<string> | undefined; motivation?: string | undefined; created?: string | undefined; modified?: string | undefined; target: { ...; }; body: { ...; }; } | { ...; }).

Examples

import fs from 'fs'
import { generateAnnotation } from '@allmaps/annotation'

const map = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./examples/map.example.json'))
const annotation = generateAnnotation(map)

parseAnnotation(annotation)

Parses a Georeference Annotation or an Annotation Page containing multiple Georeference Annotations and returns an array of Georeferenced Maps.

Parameters

• annotation (unknown)
  • Georeference Annotation or Annotation Page containing multiple Georeference Annotations

Returns

Array of maps (Array<{ '@context'?: "https://schemas.allmaps.org/map/2/context.json" | undefined; type: "GeoreferencedMap"; id?: string | undefined; created?: string | undefined; modified?: string | undefined; ... 5 more ...; _allmaps?: unknown; }>).

Examples

import fs from 'fs'
import { parseAnnotation } from '@allmaps/annotation'

const annotation = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./examples/annotation.example.json'))
const maps = parseAnnotation(annotation)

validateAnnotation(annotation)

Parameters

• annotation (unknown)

Returns

{ id?: string | undefined; type: "Annotation"; '@context'?: string | Array<string> | undefined; motivation?: string | undefined; created?: string | undefined; modified?: string | undefined; target: { ...; }; body: { ...; }; } | { ...; }.

validateGeoreferencedMap(mapOrMaps)

Parameters

• mapOrMaps (unknown)

Returns

Array<{ '@context'?: "https://schemas.allmaps.org/map/2/context.json" | undefined; type: "GeoreferencedMap"; id?: string | undefined; created?: string | undefined; modified?: string | undefined; ... 5 more ...; _allmaps?: unknown; }> | { '@context'?: "https://schemas.allmaps.org/map/2/context.json" | undefined; type....