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Historical GIS : technologies, methodologies and scholarship / Ian N. Gregory, Paul S. Ell.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gregory, Ian, 1970-
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in historical geography ; 39.
- Cambridge studies in historical geography ; 39
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical geographic information systems.
- Historical geography--Methodology.
- Historical geography.
- Physical Description:
- x, 227 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Historical GIS is an emerging field that uses Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to research the geographies of the past. Ian Gregory and Paul Ell present the first study to define this emerging field comprehensively, exploring all aspects of using GIS in historical research. A GIS is a form of database in which every item of data is linked to a spatial location. This technology offers unparalleled opportunities to add insight to and rejuvenate historical research through the ability to identify and use the geographical characteristics of data. Historical GIS introduces the basic concepts and tools underpinning GIS technology, describing and critically assessing the visualisation, analytical and e-Science methodologies that it enables, and examining key scholarship in which GIS has been used to enhance research debates. The result is a clear agenda charting how GIS will develop as one of the most important approaches to scholarship in historical geography.
- Contents:
- 1 GIS and its role in historical research: an introduction 1
- 2 GIS: a framework for representing the Earth's surface 21
- 3 Building historical GIS databases 41
- 4 Basic approaches to handling data in a historical GIS 63
- 5 Using GIS to visualise historical data 89
- 6 Time in historical GIS databases 119
- 7 Geographic Information Retrieval: historical geographic information on the internet and in digital libraries 145
- 8 GIS and quantitative spatial analysis 161
- 9 From techniques to knowledge: Historical GIS in practice 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0521855632
- 0521671701
- 9780521855631
- 9780521671705
- OCLC:
- 166290603
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