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Historical GIS: Technologies, Methodologies, and Scholarship (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, Series Number 39)
Gregory, Ian N.
Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008
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Synopsis: 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.
Book Description: Historical GIS is a field that uses Geographical Information Systems to research the geographies of the past. Gregory and Ells study, first published in 2007, comprehensively defines this field, exploring all aspects of using GIS in historical research and providing a clear agenda for its future development.
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Title: Historical GIS: Technologies, Methodologies,...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very good