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update origin with info about text spotting
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rwood-97 committed Oct 1, 2024
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The success of the tool subsequently generated interest from plant phenotype researchers working with large image datasets and so MapReader is an example of cross-pollination between the humanities and the sciences made possible by reproducible data science.

Since then, MapReader has expanded to include a text spotting pipeline, which enables users to detect and recognize text in map images.

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These text spotting elements of MapReader were inspired by the work completed during Machines Reading Maps (AHRC grant AH/V009400/1), whose team members at the University of Minnesota developed the first end-to-end text spotting pipeline used to find text on maps: mapKurator.

What is unique about MapReader?
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