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
This is the link to my embedded map page on my site. I have a lot of fun adding lines and areas to my map and comparing it to the actual world map. I am surprised to see how the… 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
This is my rectified map. It is a hand-drawn Italian map made in the 18th century. In the rectifying process, I was surprised by the various format that spatial DH projects can be presented in. In the projects that we… Continue Reading
Walking through the georeferencing lab, I found a french map of Africa from 1784 titled, L’Afrique. Created by a french map maker, I saw this project and georeferencing to be beneficial for showing desparities in understanding of the world. I… Continue Reading
Here is my georeference! To be honest, I am not sure that my understanding of spatial digital humanities projects has changed that much after georeferencing. I think I got more out of exploring the Roman Archeology maps, and the other… 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
I had a lot of fun rectifying historical maps on the David Rumsey Georeferencer webpage. When I was browsing through the David Rumsey Map Collection, I was blown away by the variety of maps and the extensiveness of this collection. Using modern… Continue Reading
