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Dear all,
The AHDS recently hosted a workshop on the use of Geographical Information
Systems (GIS) in the Arts and Humanities. Designed as an introduction to the
subject, the workshop dealt with definitions of GIS, glimpsed at the study
of time and space in the arts and humanities, considered software issues,
and discussed the problems inherent in using and exploiting maps. It also
had some case studies looking at how some projects have made use of GIS.
The detailed presentations are now available on the AHDS website from
http://ahds.ac.uk/gis_workshop.htm
This page also contains an extensive suite of links on GIS. This includes
links to Guides to Good Practice, sources of data, support services, example
resources and other useful GIS-based tools.
The page also includes details of reduced-price software and mapping data. A
number of GIS / spatial analysis products are available to academic
institutions under specially-negotiated Agreements through CHEST - the
educational shop window for purchases of software, data, information,
training materials and other IT related products. The majority of these
Agreements are for site licences and if you are interested in any particular
product you are advised to check with CHEST ([log in to unmask]) before
placing an order, to establish whether your institution is already licensed.
The Agreement covers several software packages (ArcInfo, MapInfo etc.) and a
wide array of mapping data.
Alastair
Alastair Dunning
Arts and Humanities Data Service
King's College London
0207 9288 7848
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