Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS are Changing Historical ScholarshipAnne Kelly Knowles, Amy Hillier In the last decade, historical GIS (geographic information systems) has emerged as a promising new methodology for studying the past. This work offers case studies and essays involving historical GIS, highlighting the unprecedented range of tools to visualize historical information in a geographical context. |
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Animations Geoff Cunfer | 8 |
Creating a GIS for the History of China Peter K Bol | 27 |
Teaching with GIS Robert Churchill and Amy Hillier | 61 |
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