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A research project funded by Google is to link sites and literature, displaying works related to an age or a specific location in Google Earth.
Google Ancient Places, a joint project between the Open University, the University of Southampton and the University of California at Berkeley, will allow users to search for books related to a specific geographic location at a particular time which is then displayed in Google Earth or Google Maps.
Scholars will have access to data compiled for a wide swath of literature, with the inclusion of material out of print and rare which is often a small number of institutions only. Researchers say the project will broaden the interest in history, classics and archeology, but also help develop new tools and methods of research and knowledge and experience to use the information in this way.
Another project, led by Dr. Alfonso Moreno of Magdalen College Oxford, is producing an index of translated European literature from 1701 to 1917. The Bibliotheca Academica Translationum be used to investigate what Moreno describes how changes in the transmission of knowledge in that period.
In total, Google announced it will invest $ 1 million to fund 12 projects at 15 universities analyzed "digital literature" which he defines as "the use of quantitative techniques to analyze large amounts of literature and identify trends over of times selected by language, by geography and by topic. "
A post from Google explains the project in detail, including one that aims to analyze all the literature written in Victorian times to identify trends in the use of vocabulary, while another might compare each version of the opening line of Virgil's Aeneid to see where and how often it is cited.
The researchers also have the support of various Google tools and technologies and have access to parts catalog includes books Google Books scans and histograms.
Clearly, this project is far from being a mother lode of money to Google. It is rather part of a long-term campaign well orchestrated to reassure and win over academics and publishers concerned about the scale and impact of Google's broader initiative on the books.

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