Mapping History Using Digital Tools
Eric Rodenbeck and Alan McConchie, Stamen
It's easy to think that our current maps represent a 1:1 relationship with the world as it is now; Google and others have given us tools to be able to navigate so effortlessly that the problem of mapping seems solved. Going back in time, though, presents a different set of challenges. Historical maps and spatial representations operate according to a different set of rules than our current maps do, and much can be lost in translation. Using examples from Stamen projects for the Alan Turing Institute, Columbia University, the Getty Institute, the University of Richmond, and Densho's maps of Japanese-American internment camps, among others, this talk will offer an overview of the problem space of historical mapping in a digital context, as well as provide examples of solutions arrived at through hard-won grapplings with sometimes difficult histories.
Links from this presentation:
American Panorama: https://https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/
American Panorama - Foreign Born: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/foreignborn/
American Panorama - Overland Trails: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/overlandtrails/
Overland Trails animated gifs:
* http://imgur.com/cN1l2xE
* https://imgur.com/nuBD48S
Mapping Historical New York: https://mappinghny.com
Densho - Sites of Shame: https://maps.densho.org/sitesofshame/
Densho - Manzanar: https://maps.densho.org/sitesofshame/manzanar/
Ed Ruscha's 12 Sunsets: https://12sunsets.getty.edu
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