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Plane Table Mapping aka Instant Gratification Mapping
“Plane table mapping is the most interesting of all to do. One can hardly browse through an account of its various operations without wishing to go directly into the field and do them.” – Down To...
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A (Digital) Declaration of Independence
[Cross-posted from dclure.org] Launch the Exhibit Way back in the spring of 2012, a couple months before we released the first version of Neatline, I drove up to Washington to give a little demo of the...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Fall 2014 Scholars’ Lab GIS Workshop Series
All sessions are one hour and assume attendees have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials with expert assistance. All sessions will be taught by our...
View ArticleFall 2014 Scholars’ Lab GIS Workshop Series
All sessions are one hour and assume attendees have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials with expert assistance. All sessions will be taught on...
View ArticleVisualizing Early America through MapScholar and Beyond
Hello, DH World! As this is my first official post as a DH Grad Fellow in the Scholars’ Lab, I’d like to start it by thanking the folks in the Lab for the opportunity to join the team for this academic...
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Minard + Napoleon + Neatline
[Cross-posted from dclure.org] Open the Exhibit Yesterday I made the hop across the country to Boston for the NEH Workshop on Digital Methods for Military History at Northeastern University, where I’ll...
View ArticleSpring 2015 Scholars’ Lab GIS Workshop Series
All sessions are one hour and assume attendees have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials with expert assistance. All sessions, except where noted,...
View ArticleMoving People/Linking Lives DH Symposium
I am pleased to announce that “Moving People, Linking Lives: An Interdisciplinary Symposium” will take place March 20-21, 2015 at the University of Virginia. Friday, March 20 events will take place in...
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Can you get the data out of this file?
That was the question I was asked by a student who came into the Scholars’ Lab this semester. My answer is always, “Yes. That can be done.” Wether I know how at the time is a different matter, but...
View ArticleUVa Library Fall 2015 GIS Workshops
All sessions are one hour and assume attendees have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials with expert assistance. All sessions will be taught on...
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Spring 2017 UVa Library GIS Workshop Series
All sessions are one hour and assume participants have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials and expert assistance. All sessions will be taught on...
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Over the Moon and Down to Earth: Scholars’ Lab versions of space
Something about space has gone to our heads here in the Scholars’ Lab. Any day, I expect to come out of a trance to find I’ve been wearing a motion capture suit while I geo-referenced an historic...
View ArticleFall 2017 UVa Library GIS Workshop Series
All sessions are one hour and assume participants have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials and expert assistance. All sessions will be held on...
View Article2017 Virginia Higher Ed GIS Meeting
2017 Virginia Higher Ed GIS Meeting November 2, 2017 – 10am to 3pm (check in begins at 9:30am) Scholars’ Lab, Alderman Library – University of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA A meeting of all Virginia...
View ArticleGIS Day – Wednesday, November 15
Mark your calendars, Wednesday, Nov. 15 is GIS Day (http://www.gisday.com/). To celebrate, all are invited to the University of Virginia Library’s Scholars’ Lab for an afternoon of events. 1PM –...
View ArticleFellowship Calls and Grad Student Professional Development
I want to share several developments from the grad programs side of the Lab this semester. It’s been a busy fall, and I’m pleased with all the work the team has put into our programs! For one, the CFPs...
View ArticleSpring 2018 UVa Library GIS Workshop Series
All sessions are one hour and assume participants have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials and expert assistance. All sessions will be held on...
View ArticleFall 2018 UVa Library GIS Workshop Series
All sessions are one hour and assume participants have no previous experience using GIS. Sessions will be hands-on with step-by-step tutorials and expert assistance. All sessions will be taught on...
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Fall 2018 Virtual Reality Workshop Series
Oct. 2 VR Workshop: Creating Virtual Museums (6 seats available; register) This workshop will explore creating virtual museums using the free game engine Unity3D and found assets from the web....
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Twitterature: Mining Twitter Data
Hello again, everybody! I’m back this semester as a DH Prototyping Fellow, and together, Alyssa Collins and I are working on a project titled “Twitterature: Methods and Metadata.” Specifically, we’re...
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