Minecraft – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:58:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Minecraft – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Using Machine Learning to Map Fictional Worlds https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/11/using-machine-learning-to-map-fictional-worlds/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:58:09 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1786607 More]]> Mapping Fictional Worlds is a project to create maps and virtual spaces from literary texts. This seems to be a machine learning project: using natural language processing to build a world around a text that didn’t necessarily come with a map. One component, highlighted by the Guardian, is LitCraft: creating literary worlds using Minecraft. Such as Treasure Island. More at the project’s Chronotopic Cartographies blog. [David Garcia]

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