Georeferencing with the David Rumsey Georeferencer was more challenging than expected. I had a hard time pinpointing the common points between the maps to locate a full version of Somalia, as the coordinates of the Horn would show up partially in other… Continue Reading
In flipping through random maps in the David Rumsey Collection, I was surprised to see the wide range of topics maps were being used to illustrate. Maps can measure historic territory, wars, topography, sailing routes, climate, religion, and so much… Continue Reading
I explored the spatial field of digital humanities this week through georeferencing. Through the David Rumsey Georeferencer page, I was able to overlay a historical map of the Mediterranean onto a modern map. You can see the two maps
Georectifying the “World of Mercator Projection” map gave me some insights into the meaning of maps as visual arguments about the world. The purpose of georectifying a map is to create a more geographically accurate version of a map which… Continue Reading
Georeference seems to be an interesting tool as I worked throughout this process to connect the points on the image to the map of California. I searched for some of the popular cities in California such as Sacramento, San Francisco,… Continue Reading
I highly enjoy the process of georeferencing. And here is my result. I did a map of Africa which was published in 1720. I am shocked at how powerful David Rumsey Georeferencer is. I used to think when doing georeferencing,… Continue Reading
My <This Map> page can be seen here. The map I used is called Mercators Chart, and was depicted and published at 1808. This process of rectifying a historic map was an interesting experience, as it was fun to see… Continue Reading
Yesterday I had the opportunity of working with a map from the David Rumsey Georeferencer page. I was given an old map of the globe (shown bellow), and I had to match the places with a current map of the world.… Continue Reading
