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CatMapper organizes and harmonizes category systems across datasets. It includes two web applications: SocioMap (social-science categories) and ArchaMap (archaeological categories), plus a public API and an R wrapper package (CatMapR).

Apps

SocioMap

Supports social-science category systems such as ethnicities, languages, religions, and administrative units.

Open SocioMap

ArchaMap

Supports archaeological category systems including artifact classes, site types, and period taxonomies.

Open ArchaMap

API

Base URL: https://api.catmapper.org

Docs

Interactive API docs and endpoint reference.

Open API Docs

Common Endpoints

  • /search
  • /CMID/{database}/{cmid}
  • /dataset
  • /allDatasets

CatMapR (R Package)

CatMapR is the official R wrapper for the CatMapper API.

install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("ProjectCatMapper/CatMapR")
Documentation Source

How To Cite

If you use CatMapper in a research project, please cite:

Hruschka, Daniel J., Robert Bischoff, Matt Peeples, Sharon Hsiao, and Mohamed Sarwat.
2022. CatMapper: A User-Friendly Tool for Integrating Data across Complex Categories. SocArXiv Papers.
https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/n6rty/

For external datasets used through CatMapper, please cite the original dataset sources shown in their dataset metadata pages. See the CatMapper citation page for updates: catmapper.org/citation.

Team and Maintainers

ProjectCatMapper is maintained by contributors across CatMapper repositories.

Contribute

Issues and pull requests are welcome.

Open an Issue Open a Pull Request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for workflow details and setup links.

Trust and Governance

License and Terms

This repository uses the same license model as its GitHub-hosted source. See LICENSE.

Privacy and Data Handling

Privacy and data handling guidance follows CatMapper documentation on catmapper.org.

Stability Policies

API and package stability expectations are documented in project repositories, including CatMapR API stability contracts.

Feedback

Questions, requests, and collaboration inquiries: support@catmapper.org