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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Chicago Map Society Meetings
Chicago Map Society: Anne Knowles: Mapping the Terrain of History

Digital methods are enabling mapping on a whole new scale. This talk presents examples of using GIS (geographic information systems) to reconstruct and study past landscapes from the battlefield at Gettysburg to the Holocaust. Historical maps and plans are often key to making digital scholarship possible.