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| CFP: Mapping the Ottoman Realm (Istanbul, 21-23 April 2020) - deadline extended till 15 November | November 7, 2019 8:43am | Discussion |
| CFP: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF EXPLORATION (6-Volume Series): Call for Chapter Proposals | November 5, 2019 8:08am | Discussion |
| Announcement roundup for H-Maps (October 27-November 2, 2019) | November 3, 2019 10:41am | Discussion |
| CFP 2020 College Park HGSA Conference, Borders Imagined, Borders Constructed (Univ. Maryland, USA, Feb. 21, 2020) | November 2, 2019 1:20pm | Discussion |
| ANN: Workshop MAPS AND COLOURS, 5-6 November 2020 (Hamburg, Germany) (Save the Date) | October 30, 2019 2:14pm | Discussion |
| Online Resource: Map of Essex 1777 (UK) | October 29, 2019 12:24pm | Discussion |
| CFP: RAI/RGS Call for Papers "Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues, Past, Present and Future" (London, UK, June 4-7, 2020) | October 29, 2019 11:04am | Discussion |
| New York Public Library Short Term Research Fellows: Applications open | October 29, 2019 8:38am | Discussion |
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Online Resource: Map of Essex 1777 (UK)
Map of Essex 1777 (map-of-essex.uk) is an online resource containing a high-resolution version of the Map of the County of Essex 1777 by John Chapman & Peter André. This open access version supports all modern web browsers, platforms and devices for the benefit of students, teachers, historians, researchers and other interested people.
Re: Query: How to create/edit a historical map?
Hi Egor,
As suggested by Zef, QGIS is the way to go: it's free, open-source and constantly evolving, which means the more historians will use it, the more you will see plugins useful to historians for doing historians' stuff (e.g. TimeManager by Anita Graser aka underdarkGIS).
The first thing you will need to do, is to georeference the old maps you have scanned. See here the excellent tutorial by Ujaval Gandhi: https://www.qgistutorials.com/en/docs/3/georeferencing_basics.html
Re: Query: How to create/edit a historical map?
Besides the question posed by Ellen Dornan, another question regards the content you would like to add and its magnitude.
Much of the information is already available online (openstreetmap, for example), but others might need work. In that case, a GIS tool such as QGIS is useful, even for someone who is not familiar with digital tools.
-- Zef
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H-Maps Announcements
CFP: Mapping the Ottoman Realm (Istanbul, 21-23 April 2020) - deadline extended till 15 November
The ICA Commission on the History of Cartography will hold its 8th International Symposium from 21 to 23 April 2020 in Istanbul, partnering with the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) – Istanbul Department.
CFP: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF EXPLORATION (6-Volume Series): Call for Chapter Proposals
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Online Resource: Map of Essex 1777 (UK)
Map of Essex 1777 (map-of-essex.uk) is an online resource containing a high-resolution version of the Map of the County of Essex 1777 by John Chapman & Peter André. This open access version supports all modern web browsers, platforms and devices for the benefit of students, teachers, historians, researchers and other interested people.
New York Public Library Short Term Research Fellows: Applications open
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