Historical GIS : technologies, methodologies, and scholarship / Ian N. Gregory, Paul S. Ell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregory, Ian, 1970- author.

Ell, Paul S., author.

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:

1 online resource (x, 227 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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's study, first published in 2007, comprehensively defines this field, 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 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 where 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:

GIS and its role in historical research: an introduction

GIS: a framework for representing the earth's surface

Building historical GIS databases

Basic approaches to handling data in a historical GIS

Using GIS to visualise historical data

Time in historical GIS databases

Geographic information retrieval: historical geographic information on the internet and in digital libraries

GIS and quantitative spatial analysis

From techniques to knowledge: historical GIS in practice.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-107-17685-9

1-281-24332-9

9786611243326

0-511-37789-4

0-511-37698-7

0-511-37604-9

0-511-37454-2

0-511-49364-9

0-511-37878-5

OCLC:

476126712