History and GIS Epistemologies, Considerations and Reflections /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: L<U+00fc>nen, Alexander. (Editor), Travis, Charles. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Geography.; Science > Philosophy.; Geographical information systems.; History.; Regional economics.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Philosophy of Science.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5009-8

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) <U+0013> either as 'standard' GIS or custom made Historical GIS (HGIS) <U+0013> have become quite popular in some historical sub-disciplines, such as Economic and Social History or Historical Geography. 'Mainstream' history, howe...

Table of Contents:

• -Keep on trackin' [working title]
• -The Space Between the (Post) and the (Modern): Considering GIS, History, and Geography
• -Using GIS to Explore the Nonlinear Dynamics of Historic Systems
• -A class from the past [working title]
• -Beyond GIS: geo-spatial technologies and the future of history
• -Luddites in social science: the history of choropleth mapping in the Netherlands
• -Beyond the Narrative: Using H-GIS to Reveal Hidden Patterns and Processes of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century Cities
• -The Role of Knowledge Spaces in the design of Historical GIS
• -Mapping early modern commerce and technology in urban mental landscapes
• -GIS for Native American history
• -GIS for environmental history
• -GIS in Medieval history to map religious apparitions.