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Resources
- Geographically Integrated HistoryA GIS training manual for historians and historical social scientists.
- Historical GIS Clearinghouse and ForumThe Historical GIS Clearinghouse and Forum provides a central reference point for scholars seeking to access or catalogue projects that apply geographic technologies to historical research.
- Historical Maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map CollectionExtensive collection of US and World maps.
WUSTL's GIS Homepage
http://www.gis.wustl.edu/
Humanities Projects using GIS
- AntertesisA collection of projects using GIS in the humanities
- Bengali Intellectuals and Decolonization: Visualizing Oral HistoriesProject 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.
- HypercitiesHyperCities 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.
- Mapping History ProjectThe Mapping History Project has been designed to provide interactive and animated representations of historical problems and/or illustrations of historical events, developments, and dynamics.
- Mapping the HolocaustPresentation on using GIS to map oral histories.
- Spatial History ProjectStanford University initiative to support projects using geospatial technologies for historical research.
- Using GIS to Enhance EthnographyA presentation of how a researcher used GIS and ethnography to recreate a village.
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