The ECAI digital atlas is a globally federated collection of
hundreds of networked digital projects created by libraries, museums and
archives, and by scholars in history, the humanities and the social sciences.
They are linked together through a metadata clearinghouse and visualized
on a GIS viewer.
Integrating GIS technology with a distributed architecture and humanities
content, ECAI is on the front lines of research in various fields of
information technology in addition to developing content for the atlas.
To achieve these goals, ECAI is involved in Research
Initiatives on numerous topics.