----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I didn't see MAPS-L on the address list, so thought I'd share. Kathryn Kathryn Womble e-mail: [log in to unmask] Map Collection Phone: (206) 543-9392 University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 19:42:21 +0000 From: Humphrey Southall <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Subject: New Mailing List: history-gis [The usual apologies for cross-posting] A new list, 'history-gis', has been established at mailbase to facilitate discussion among historical researchers interested in the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology. By 'historical researchers' we mean people who study the past mainly using documentary evidence -- so if your interests are archaelogical you may be better off joining the 'gisarch' mailing list. To join history-gis send the command: Join history-gis firstname(s) lastname (substituting appropriately) as the only text in the body of a message addressed to: [log in to unmask] About the list: ============== If you are a historian or historical geographer who simply wants to know more about GIS, there is no harm in joining and you may be able to make some useful contacts (but see also the more general 'gis-uk' list). However, we hope that this list will be a place where there is specialist discussion of: -- How to obtain digitised historical mapping; for example, maps showing the boundaries of ancient counties or the road network as it was at some past date. -- Incorporating a time dimension into a GIS, which is surprisingly difficult using standard packages. -- Analysing and visualising geographical change. This covers both the problems posed for statistical analysis by changing geographical units and the creation of animated maps. -- Incorporating old maps and other archival resources into a GIS. How can we make best use of poor quality survey data, or maps using strange and obsolete map projections? The practicalities of digitising or otherwise capturing data from archive maps. The list is intended to be 'with special emphasis on the UK', and this means we would expect most discussion to either concern the history of the UK or to involve UK-based researchers. The list has been established as part of a major collaborative initiative which aims to build a large integrated historical GIS for the UK, containing the changing boundaries of administrative units from regions down to parishes, linked to a wide range of socio-economic data from sources such as the census, vital registration and election results. It may prove necessary to set up a separate list for this initiative (especially if we obtain the large scale funding we are seeking); it is also possible that we will moderate the list to keep it reasonably focussed on the UK. Incidentally, information about other activities involving historical GIS work in and on the UK, including planned workshops etc, is available at our web site: http://www.qmw.ac.uk/~gbhgis Humphrey Southall (List owner) ======================================================== Dr. Humphrey Southall, Reader in Geography, Department of Geography, Queen Mary and Westfield College, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, ENGLAND Direct Line: 0171-975-5413 Dept. Fax: 0181-981-6276