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Hi Abby, Thanks for torwarding Reed-L items me. How is Kent coming along? Are we going to meet the deadline? Is there going to be a celebration? The movers came last weekend and so now all the main stuff is up at the new house. I am back in the city until Wed. and again on the weekend until Mon the 30th. We are sleeping in sleeping bags!! I miss you guys. Would you please forward to me the e-mail adresses oif Bill Rowcliffe and ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abigail Ann Young" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 9:23 AM Subject: History Data Service - New Guide to Using GIS in Historical Resea rch (fwd) > I think this announcement will be of interest to some REEDers.... A. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:50:20 +0100 > From: "Merry, Mark L" <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: "From: Local-History list" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: History Data Service - New Guide to Using GIS in Historical Resea > rch > > **Apologies for cross-posting** > > New Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research > > A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research > > The History Data Service is pleased to announce the web publication of 'A > Place in History', a new guide to using GIS in historical research. The > guide is available at http://hds.essex.ac.uk/g2gp/gis/index.asp and will > also be published by Oxbow Books next year. For more information, please > contact Oxbow Books, email: [log in to unmask], +44 (0) 1865) 241249, fax: > ++44 (0) 1865) 794449, URL: http://www.oxbowbooks.com/ > This guide is intended for historians who want to use Geographical > Information Systems (GIS). It describes how to create GIS databases and how > to use GIS to perform historical research. Its aims are to: > > * Define GIS and outline how it can be used in historical research > * Evaluate the way GIS models the world > * Describe how to get data into a GIS > * Demonstrate the basic operations that GIS offers to explore a database > * Review how time is handled in GIS > * Explain how GIS can be used for simple mapping and more advanced forms of > visualisation > * Discuss quantitative data analysis within GIS > * Illustrate the use of GIS for qualitative analysis > * Summarise documenting and preserving GIS datasets > > The book provides a broad sweep of GIS knowledge relevant to historians > without assuming prior knowledge. It includes case studies from a variety of > historical projects that have used GIS and an extensive reading list of GIS > texts relevant to historians. > > It has been commissioned by the History Data Service as part of the Arts and > Humanities Data Service publication series Guides to Good Practice in the > Creation and Use of Digital Resources. The series aims to provide guidance > about applying recognised good practice and standards to the creation and > use of digital resources in the arts and humanities. > > =============================== > Mark Merry > Information and Acquisitions Officer > History Data Service > UK Data Archive, University of Essex > Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ > Phone +44 (0)1206 872326 > Fax +44 (0)1206 872003 > Email: [log in to unmask] > URL: http://hds.essex.ac.uk > > Legal Disclaimer: Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not > necessarily those of the History Data Service or the UK Data Archive. This > Email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely > for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom they are addressed. >