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Spatial Humanities Step By Step is a peer-reviewed series of tutorials and guides to getting things done in teaching and research with spatial tools and resources. Interested in submitting content to Step By Step? Please

  • Patrick Florance Tufts University
  • Chris Gist University of Virginia
  • Tracey Hughes University of California, San Diego
  • Kelly Johnston University of Virginia Editor
  • Scott Nesbit University of Richmond
  • Bethany Nowviskie University of Virginia
  • Diana Stuart Sinton University of Redlands
  • Ginny White University of Oregon

Creating GIS Datasets from Historic Maps

Chris Gist

How to extract features from georeferenced maps and store them in a geodatabase for use in ArcGIS.

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Mapping Wikileaks Afghan War Diary Data Using Google Fusion Tables (Part 2 of 2)

Devin Becker

How to import and map datasets with Google Fusion Tables.

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Cleaning Wikileaks Data for Use in Google Mapping Applications (Part 1 of 2)

Devin Becker

How to harvest and prepare text from a web-based datasource for mapping.

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Making Mapped Points through Geocoding

Diana Sinton

How to convert a list of street addresses to points on a map

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Create a Project in HyperCities using Google My Maps

Barbara Hui

Import your own customized Google map into HyperCities.

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GPS – adding points to your map

Kelly Johnston

Learn how to add a file full of GPS locations to ArcGIS

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Georeferencing – making historic maps spatial

Kelly Johnston

Learn how to add spatial smarts to cool historic maps

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