- BBC Domesday Reloaded
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Screenshot showing a written account from D-block GB-540000-252000URL www.bbc.co.uk/domesday Commercial? Yes Registration None Available language(s) English Owner BBC Launched May 12, 2011[1] Current status Online BBC Domesday Reloaded is a local history web site for the digitised content of the 1986 BBC Domesday Project. It was launched in May 2011[2][3][4][5][6] and includes some updates contributed by users during 2011.
Contents
History
BBC Learning worked with The National Archives to digitise the material.[7] The data was extracted to a PC compatible computer by communication with the BBC Master which hosted the original system. The transfer was facilitated by Simon Guerrero and Andy Finny, who were involved in the original project.[8][9]
Main features
The website provides online access to images and articles from the original Domesday Project. Visitors were able to update information from their local area[10] until the end of October 2011.[11][12] Some local libraries hosted events for residents to contribute updates to the site.[13][14]
References
- ^ "BBC Domesday Reloaded unveils rarely-seen local material from 1986". BBC. 2011-05-12. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/05_may/12/domesday.shtml. Retrieved 2011-05-13. "[...] has been unearthed through BBC Domesday Reloaded [...]"
- ^ The National Archives - the UK government's official archive
- ^ Lanxon, Nate (May 06, 2011). "Behind the BBC's Domesday Reloaded". Wired UK. http://www.wired.co.uk/podcast/episode-24. Retrieved November 07, 2011.
- ^ Musgrove, Dave (May 12, 2011). "Domesday Reloaded". BBC History. http://www.historyextra.com/blog/domesday-reloaded. Retrieved November 07, 2011. "Domesday Reloaded reopens to the public the material that was gathered 25 years ago for the BBC Domesday project."
- ^ Sung, Dan (May 06, 2011). "BBC Domesday Project Reloaded for the Internet age". Pocket-lint. http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/39906/domesday-reloaded-bbc-project-1986. Retrieved November 07, 2011. "In a matter of days, all of that information will finally be available to see online as Domesday Reloaded."
- ^ "Domesday Reloaded". East of England Broadband Network. http://www.e2bn.org/news/307/domesday-reloaded.html. Retrieved November 07, 2011. "Today, the BBC launched the Domesday Reloaded website."
- ^ "BBC Learning takes you back to Eighties with Domesday Reloaded". BBC. 2011-05-06. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/05_may/06/domesday.shtml. Retrieved 2011-05-13. "BBC Learning has been working very closely with The National Archives and with their help and expertise in web archiving and digital preservation, this valuable resource will be available to the public for generations to come."
- ^ Freeman, Eric (2011-06-01). "Rescuing the Domesday Project (Part One)". TechRadar. Future Publishing. http://pcplus.techradar.com/feature/internet/rescuing-domesday-project-part-one-01-06-11. Retrieved 2011-07-27. "[...] in the end however we were contacted by an extremely clever engineer: Simon Guerrero who wanted to do an extraction (having taken part in the original project), the timing was wonderful and did the actual data transfer. [...] We hooked a PC up to the serial port and wrote another programme to receive the data coming from the Master and write it to disk. To obtain the images another piece of software written on the PC was used to send BBC star commands to the Master system via the serial port, which caused the individual display of the video frames stored on the LVROM, those frames were then captured via a video input on the PC's graphics card and written to disk, each named for its frame number from the source video."
- ^ Freeman, Eric (2011-06-01). "Rescuing the Domesday Project (Part Two)". TechRadar. Future Publishing. http://pcplus.techradar.com/feature/internet/rescuing-domesday-project-part-two-01-06-11. Retrieved 2011-07-27. "Since the quality of our image extraction wasn't wonderful we ended up using the work done by the wonderful Andy Finny to extract the frames from the original one inch video tapes used to create the LVROMs."
- ^ 1980s Domesday Reloaded data goes online
- ^ Grant, Darren (October 31, 2011). "Domesday Reloaded Submissions end Today". Domesday Special Interest Group. http://domesday1986.com/node/53. Retrieved November 07, 2011. "[...] October the 31st is the last day for submissions."
- ^ Copeman, Neil (October 14, 2011). "Last chance to update Domesday Reloaded: Make your mark on history". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/domesday/. Retrieved November 07, 2011. "On the 31st October it's time for us to close Domesday Reloaded to updates and new submissions. [...] We're doing this to mark the end of the 2011 project and to enable The National Archives to capture the site and preserve the data [...]"
- ^ "Listings guide". Derbyshire Times. October 21, 2011. http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/lifestyle/what-s-on/listings_guide_1_3897753. Retrieved November 07, 2011. "Local Studies Day, Bring your 1980s memorabilia: toys, games, fashion, stories and memories. The aim is to update the 1986 BBC Domesday information for Whitwell on the Domesday Reloaded site at Whitwell Library, See www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday 2pm till 5pm."
- ^ "Library to stage BBC Domesday Reloaded event". Bradley Stoke Journal. May 17, 2011. http://www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/2011/05/17/library-stage-bbc-domesday-reloaded-event/. Retrieved November 07, 2011. "Bradley Stoke Library is staging a “Back to the ’80s” event on Saturday (21st May) to mark the 25th anniversary of the BBC’s Domesday Project."
External links
Categories:- Website stubs
- BBC stubs
- British websites
- Educational websites
- Online encyclopedias
- Domesday Book
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