Mapping the Catalogue of Ships
I’m very pleased to share a guest post by UVa Classics professor Jenny Strauss Clay, describing a new project we’ve undertaken at the Scholars’ Lab. We’re excited not only at the opportunity to use GIS...
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Spatial In the Scholars’ Lab: Spring 2012
With classes over and finals behind us, let’s look back on the Spring 2012 semester with a spatial eye. Yes, January-May was a very mappy time in the Scholars’ Lab! University of Virginia Library...
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Announcing Neatline!
What do you get when you cross archives and artifacts with timelines, modern and historical maps, and an appreciation for the interpretive aims of humanities scholarship? Today, the Scholars’ Lab is...
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DIY Aerial Photography and Edgar Allan Poe
Earlier this year Professor Megan Marlatt from the University of Virginia McIntire Department of Art began work with her students to create a jumbo outdoor mural titled “Hello Pluto, Good-bye Kitty”...
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Using Neatline with historical maps :: Part 1 – Georeferencing
[Cross-posted from dclure.org and neatline.org] Out of the box, Neatline (our recently-released framework for building geotemporal exhibits) can be used to create geo-temporal exhibits based on...
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Using Neatline with historical maps :: Part 2 – Transparency
Update 8/27/12: After posting this last week, a comment by KaCeBe led me to go back and look for a way to get Geoserver to render transparent borders without having to manually add an alpha channel to...
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Using Neatline with historical maps :: Part 3 – GeoServer
[Cross-posted with dclure.org and neatline.org] This is part 3 of a 3-post tutorial that walks through process of georeferencing a historical map and using it in GeoServer and Neatline. In part 1 of...
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Meg Stewart to talk about the Fulbright Scholar program, Thursday, Jan 17
A Fulbright Scholar Talks About Participatory GIS, the Caribbean, Google Earth and How a Fulbright Could Be in Your Future Thursday, January 17 2:00 – 3:00pm Alderman Library, Room 421 Meg Stewart...
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Size Matters
In geography, size matters. On maps, large always wins over small. We’re human. We’re wired to quickly spot patterns and make visual comparisons. See Tufte, Edward. Picture a map of your own state....
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DIY Aerial Photography
Here in the Scholars’ Lab, we’ve been interested for some time in having the ability to take aerial photographs on a small scale. Many great uses exist for such techniques here at UVa. A landscape...
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Update: DIY Aerial Photography
It’s been over a month since our last post re DIY aerial photography. Since then, we hosted two GIS workshops, a THATCamp Virginia session, and our first real “job” flight for an art installation. Our...
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DIY Aerial Photography In A Crowd
The Lawn is the center of Mr. Jefferson’s historic Academical Village at the University of Virginia. We took our Scholars’ Lab DIY aerial photography equipment to the Lawn on Sunday afternoon as part...
View ArticleSpring 2013 GIS Workshops
Every semester Kelly Johnston and I teach a workshop series around specific topics in GIS. Typically, we stick to the basics for fall but branch out and mix it up a little by teaching new topics in...
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Homer’s Catalogue of Ships
Ben Jasnow and Courtney Evans (UVA Classics Graduate Students) just presented their findings at DH2013. They hypothesize that their spatial-linguistic analysis of the catalogue of ships could aid in...
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Mapping Crowd Sourced Bicycle Data
Background Charlottesville is not the easiest place to ride a bicycle. There are obstacles beyond the narrowness of the streets. Let’s take a look at a few of these. Cville street grid overlaid on...
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GIS Day 2013
November 20, 2013 was GIS Day. In our annual tradition here in the Scholars’ Lab, we hosted a round of lighting talks with a variety of speakers including several groups from the Shenandoah Valley...
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Map Sleuthing in Africa
One of the many fun things we do in the Scholars’ Lab is help people find geographic datasets. Yes, these are geographic datasets via srh.noaa.gov Folks use geographic datasets to make maps and for...
View ArticleSpring 2014 Scholars’ Lab GIS Workshop Series
All sessions are one hour and assume attendees have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials with expert assistance. All sessions will be taught on...
View ArticleFall 2014 Scholars’ Lab GIS Workshop Series
All sessions are one hour and assume attendees have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials with expert assistance. All sessions will be taught on...
View ArticleUVa Library Fall 2015 GIS Workshops
All sessions are one hour and assume attendees have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials with expert assistance. All sessions will be taught on...
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