Leading Discussion: Mapping
These are the questions I generated from the readings for class discussion: 1. What is a map? How are maps useful to historians? What is GIS? How is GIS useful to historians? 2. Hitchcock argues that a dialogue must exist
Mapping the 1st Michigan Calvary
Google has provided a platform for users to create their own maps. It is called Google Maps Engine. It allows the user to overlay data on Google base maps (you have a choice between nine different maps.) The user can
Mapping and Spatial Visualization
I found myself torn between my two selves during this weeks readings. I have a very established identity as a geographer. I invested the years into the major for my undergraduate and have developed ways of thinking, analyzing and approaching
Networks and such..
This week, I was introduced to Palladio and RAW as networking visualization software. Both programs are web based, accessed through your web browser, and do not offer standalone programs. There are pros and cons associated with web based programs. It
Digital Visualization and Networks
The next two weeks of topics (digital visualization and networks, mapping) are areas that I have a bit more experience with. While this is truer of next weeks, I found myself going back to my undergraduate training in geography at
