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Date: Thu, 09 Jul 98 14:12:05 -0800
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Jenny, here's a review citation; history indexes seem to be the only place where
reviews on it appear). Also our catalog record. Data is not compatible with
ArcView. But GAHM is a good freestanding database/mapping product. Esp useful
for census time series (History Bibliographer and Documents librarian should pay
for it, it's their content).
good luck.
Larry Cruse
UCSD
Title
The great American history machine [computer file] : an
interactive atlas of the
19th and 20th century : United States social and political
history
Published
College Park, Md. : ePress Project, Academic Software
Development Group, Computer
Science Center, University of Maryland, c1994
Edition
Release 1.0
LOCATION
CALL NUMBER
STATUS
SSH Reference CD-ROM
YCD 20 At Workstation #5
LIB USE ONLY
Description
Computer programs and data
1 computer laser optical disc : col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer
disk (3 1/2 in.) + guide (9 p. : ill.
; 28 cm.)
Note
Title from label on optical disc
Programs on diskette, data and maps on optical disc
"A collaborative product of the University of Maryland
Academic Software Development
Group, Dr. Chad McDaniel, Director, & Dr. David Miller,
professor, Department of
History, Carnegie Mellon University"--Guide
Summary
Using data from the US decennial censuses from 1840-1990,
users may select variables of
interest for display in map or statistical summary form, or as
part of the formulation of
new, derived variables
System note
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; Microsoft Windows
version 3.1 or above;
monitor with VGA capability or better (Super VGA display
capability strongly
recommended); can be loaded to hard disk with at least 115 MB
free; DOS version 3.3 or
above; mouse or other pointing device
Subject
United States -- Census -- Maps -- Software
United States -- Statistics, Vital -- Maps -- Software
United States -- Population -- Maps -- Software
United States -- Social conditions -- Maps -- Software
United States -- Historical geography -- Maps -- Software
Author
McDaniel, Chad K. (Chad Kent)
Miller, David W., 1940-
University of Maryland at College Park. Academic Software
Development Group
Other title
At head of title: GAHM
Title on title screen: History machine
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Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:04:53 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Great American History Machine
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Greetings, all. Has anyone ever used this?
Great American History Machine
The Great American History Machine (GAHM) provides data profiles useful in
social science research. GAHM allows you to select data sets tailored to your
specific inquiries. For example inquiries can be constructed for population,
literacy, education, slavery, housing, voting, immigration and many other
social science topics. Data provided includes 18th, 19th and 20th century
data, including election returns and census data.
I can't seem to find much more information than that. I know it can make
maps, but can data be exported in other formats or imported into existing
programs such as ArcView? Does anyone know who the publisher is?
Thanks!
Jenny Stone
___________________________________
GIS Librarian * Map Collection
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900 * Seattle, WA 98195-2900
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