Building an historical GIS platform from archival data: The creation of dynamic databases for visualization of historical GIS information

Shaun Johansen; Binod Sundararajan; Paul F. Armstrong

doi:10.1145/3121113.3121232

Building an historical GIS platform from archival data: The creation of dynamic databases for visualization of historical GIS information

Shaun Johansen, Binod Sundararajan, Paul F. Armstrong

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We describe our efforts to create an Historical GIS platform for genealogical data in Nova Scotia. To build a demonstrable prototype, we use historical data from two communities, the "Old North End" of Halifax, and "Durham Village" in Pictou County. With the initial time set at 1881, these communities are considerably different in character on the urban/rural axis, by occupation, ethnicity, religion, and household composition. The data we have been compiling include (a) household-level geographic coordinates, (b) 1881 directory and census data, and (c) photographic images. The full-scale platform will utilize the archival records and output of the various community-based historical and genealogical groups around the province. We have conducted several sub-projects to develop the programming for joining arbitrary data from disparate research groups, and will report on how this approach can be used "to connect content and UX design practices to local contexts/local communities."

Idioma original	English
Título de la publicación alojada	SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication
Editores	Elizabeth Keller
Editorial	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (versión digital)	9781450351607
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1145/3121113.3121232
Estado	Published - ago. 11 2017
Evento	35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2017 - Halifax, Canada Duración: ago. 11 2017 → ago. 13 2017

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Nombre	SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication

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Conference	35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2017
País/Territorio	Canada
Ciudad	Halifax
Período	8/11/17 → 8/13/17

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Information Systems

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Johansen, S., Sundararajan, B., & Armstrong, P. F. (2017). Building an historical GIS platform from archival data: The creation of dynamic databases for visualization of historical GIS information. En E. Keller (Ed.), SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication Artículo 33 (SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3121113.3121232

Building an historical GIS platform from archival data: The creation of dynamic databases for visualization of historical GIS information. / Johansen, Shaun; Sundararajan, Binod; Armstrong, Paul F.
SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication. ed. / Elizabeth Keller. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. 33 (SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication).

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Johansen, S, Sundararajan, B & Armstrong, PF 2017, Building an historical GIS platform from archival data: The creation of dynamic databases for visualization of historical GIS information. En E Keller (ed.), SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication., 33, SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2017, Halifax, Canada, 8/11/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3121113.3121232

Johansen S, Sundararajan B, Armstrong PF. Building an historical GIS platform from archival data: The creation of dynamic databases for visualization of historical GIS information. En Keller E, editor, SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2017. 33. (SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication). doi: 10.1145/3121113.3121232

Johansen, Shaun ; Sundararajan, Binod ; Armstrong, Paul F. / Building an historical GIS platform from archival data : The creation of dynamic databases for visualization of historical GIS information. SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication. editor / Elizabeth Keller. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. (SIGDOC 2017 - 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication).

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