Week 1.5 Readings

To help you prepare for the tutorials and labs, I've included a very short reading below to give you some background in the field of historical GIS and spatial history.

Guiding Questions: What is spatial history? How is it different from other kinds of history? Is historical GIS just good for making attractive pictures or does it have an analytic purpose?

1. White, Richard. “What Is Spatial History?” Spatial History Project, February 1, 2010. https://web.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/cgi-bin/site/pub.php?id=29 Links to an external site..