One of two components for research into Croatian neo-Latin will be a three-part bibliography: a FRBR-inspired list of works, authors, and manifestations. The basis for this are TEI XML encoded lists, such as the one searchable here: [X].
Yesterday's discussion with our programmer, Krešimir Šojat, reminded us that the only way to make placenames in our lists useful is to provide them with some kind of geographically unambiguous mark. Šojat proposed linking to OpenStreetMap, which looks indeed nice — though it is a modern map, not a historical one.
Another possibility that we'll look into are data compiled by the Pleiades project (here are their data on Split / Spalatum). These are ancient places, but for people writing in Latin modern places still carry their ancient names.
For XML encoding, TEI element geo will be used.
(By the way, geotagging is a discipline almost as fascinating as prosopography and bibliography. Too bad I was such a lousy student of geography in high school.)
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