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          Maps-L people -- FYI
          (Please excuse the duplication if this notice has
          come through already.  I have a backlog of mail
          from June, and perhaps this announcement got out
          already.)
          Nancy Kandoian
          Map Div., NYPL
 
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Subject: MAPPING THE PAST
Author:  prader at LINCOLN=5FCENTER
Date:    7/18/97 12:05 PM
 
 
 
 
This came through on one of my listserves--thought you might like to know =
about
it--
 
Pat Rader
Dance Collection
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Subject: MAPPING THE PAST
Author:  Astrid Wissenburg =3Castrid.wissenburg=40ahds.ac.uk=3E at =
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Date:    7/18/97 9:58 AM
 
 
MAPPING THE PAST: A Workshop on Computer-Assisted Mapping for Historians
 
 University of Essex, 22-26 September 1997
 
 The Association for History and Computing, in conjunction with the
 Arts and Humanities Data Service, the History Data Service and
 UKBorders will be running a workshop introducing Geographic
 Information Systems to historians.
 
 The workshop will be run at the University of Essex between 22-26
 September 1997. Places will be limited to 16 people and will be
 filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
 
 Thanks to the sponsorship of the above bodies there will be no
 charge for this workshop. However, there will be an administrative
 fee of =A320 for all registered UK students (increasing to =A3100 for
 non-students). Accomodation will be charged at cost. (=A317.70 per
 night for standard rooms and =A321.05 for en-suite rooms).
 
 This intensive course will run for 6 hours a day, with at least 3
 hours in front of a computer. All participants must have a working
 knowledge of Windows and at least a basic understanding of
 relational database management systems.
 
 The aim of the course is to teach historians how to create
 computer generated maps with machine-readable historical spatial
 data. In essence this course is an introduction to Geographical
 Information Systems for historians.
 
 This will be achieved by looking at the following areas:
 
 =2A Methodology and terminology of cartography, computer-assisted
   mapping and GIS in general
 =2A Digital resources for historians, i.e.
   what =22raw=22 boundary data, raw data and software exists
 =2A Digitization of maps
 =2A Review of available software
 =2A Using data with the base maps
 
 
 For further information, booking forms and costs of accommodation,
 contact: History Data Service, The Data Archive, University of
 Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom. Fax: (0)1206 872003.
 E-mail: hds=40essex.ac.uk