A collection of projects using GIS in the humanities

Project using oral history recordings, as audio originals with print transcripts and GIS to geo-locate places and concept terms in the interviews. Linked places and concepts to historical maps.

HyperCities is an open-source, web-based platform for “going back in time” to analyze the cultural, urban, and social layers of city spaces. HyperCities brings together archival objects, maps, 3D models, academic books and articles, as well as community histories in an ever-growing, hypermedia context that allows for rich interaction, collaborative authorship, and participatory learning.

The Mapping History Project has been designed to provide interactive and animated representations of historical problems and/or illustrations of historical events, developments, and dynamics.

Presentation on using GIS to map oral histories.

Stanford University initiative to support projects using geospatial technologies for historical research.

A presentation of how a researcher used GIS and ethnography to recreate a village.