The use of GIS plays a large role in spatial-based digital humanities which has become one of the primary focus areas for many different types of humanities scholars.
data visualization
GIS Software
Insights for ArcGIS 2.0 Released
Insights now has new ways to visualize data with new charts: box plots, data clocks, chord diagrams and heat charts are all now available.
Spatial Analysis
Visualizing American Migration Without a Map
As a cartographer, the display of spatial information is of great interest to me. I’ve been particularly intrigued by analysts who are able to convey complex geographic information without resorting to a map. Previously, I had done a round of some of the methods in the article, “Spatial Unmapped.” Chris […]
GIS Software
Weave – Open Source Data Visualization
Weave is an open source offering from the Open Indicators Consortium. OIC is a collaboration with the Institute for Visualization and Perception Research (IVPR) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and counts membership from a range of local, regional, state, and federal government agencies and nonprofits. Weave takes its name from the software description: […]
GIS Data
Geography of the Olympic Rings
As the logo of the Olympics, the blue, yellow, black, green, and red rings against the white background were intended as a representation of the regions of the world with the colors pulled from the representing nations at the time.
GIS Data
Mapping Air Pollution
Pulling real time data from the city government of Madrid, Into the Air is a project led by Nerea Calvillo (along with a team of architectural students, anthropologists, and designers) to map out air pollutants over the Spanish city. The project was originally developed at Visualizar’08, an annual workshop/seminar that focused that year’s […]
GIS Software
Making Maps with R
R language is a commonly used programming language and open source software that can be utilized by statisticians for statistical and data analysis. Licensed under GNU, R can be downloaded and installed on Linux, MacOS, and Windows platforms. More about what R is here. R can also be used for […]