Toronto-area HGIS workshop resources

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Toronto-area HGIS workshop resources

In preparation for the HGIS workshop, participants are asked to examine the following resources:

What is GIS?

http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/index.html

Web Resources

http://gislounge.com

http://directionsmag.com

GIS Datasets

www.geobase.ca

www.geogratis.ca

www.gisdatadepot.com

Maps Online

http://www.davidrumsey.com

Library of Congress Maps Collection online:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

Canadian Maps Online

Mirage http://gdr.nrcan.gc.ca/mirage/index_e.php historical map images

Library and Archives Canada Maps Online (and not online): http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/020154_e.html

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/maplib/digital/ or your own institution’s map library web page

Historical GIS at work:

http://mercator.geog.utoronto.ca/georia/home.htm

http://www.hgis.org.uk/resources.htm

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/

http://civilwar.gatech.edu/histgis/

http://www.ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk/

http://gislounge.com/ancient-tree-hunt/
Google Earth and Google Maps

http://www.gearthblog.com/

http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/

Open Map

http://openmap.bbn.com/

Books

Knowles, A.K. Past Time, Past Place: GIS for History.(Redlands, California: ESRI Press), 2002

A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research available in print and at http://hds.essex.ac.uk/g2gp/gis/ for free online.

Knowles, A.K. Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS are Changing Historical Scholarship. (Redlands, California: ESRI Press), 2008

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