The Magneto Project is a research initiative based at Trent University, aimed at digitizing and analyzing historic analog magnetograms records of Earth’s magnetic field variations captured using early magnetic instruments.
This project focuses on data collected from observatories during the 19th and early 20th centuries. By converting scanned photographic traces into usable digital datasets, the team seeks to identify geomagnetic patterns and events that might offer insight into Earth’s magnetic history.
In collaboration with Ingenium and Natural Resources Canada, the Magneto Project uses modern statistical methods, such as clustering and machine learning, to classify and interpret the digitized magnetic signals. This work not only contributes to our understanding of space weather in the past, but also supports contemporary studies in geophysics.
Explore this site to learn more about the project's methodology, team, and findings. Our interactive tools allow visitors to examine individual magnetograms, vote on trace quality, and contribute to ongoing classification efforts.