lookup-place

What problem does it solve?

Resolve ambiguous or archaic place names found in 665 WW1-era Danish letters into canonical modern locations, providing coordinates, historical context, and links to reference data so researchers and mapmakers can reliably locate and interpret mentions in the collection.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Place resolution: Match period spellings and German/Danish transliterations (e.g., Lotzen -> Gizycko) to modern names and URL slugs.
• Geodata & references: Return lat/lng, Wikidata and Wikipedia links where available, and indicate historical national borders using 1914/1918 GeoJSON.
• Letter linkage: Provide counts and excerpts of letters referencing each place to support archival research, timelines, and interactive maps.
• Use cases: Visualize troop and family movements on a map, enrich publications with authoritative identifiers, or let historians query letters by place and period.

Quick Start

Ask the skill to find "Lotzen" and return its modern name, coordinates, Wikidata/Wikipedia links, historical country membership for 1914 and 1918, and the letters that reference it.