Week 5: June 29-July 2
GIS (Maps!)
Monday // Tuesday // Wednesday // Thursday // Friday is a holiday
GOAL: upload all media to Omeka by end of the week!
Monday, June 29
9:00 GIS basics and Google Earth - Andrea
- Google Earth tutorial: https://programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/googlemaps-googleearth
- Google Earth: Upload CSV instructions https://support.google.com/earth/answer/176685?hl=en
11:00 Project meeting
Note taker: Cindy
- REMINDER: NO WORK FRIDAY
- Research updates
- Goals for the week
Afternoon Tasks
- Make your own map using placemarks, paths, polygons, and image overlay in Google Earth
- Upload the CSV of the 1847 Quaker census data to Google Maps (see GIS & GE Powerpoint for CSV link and instructions)
- Make a 20 second tour with a voice over of a route that you normally walk (e.g. between classes at Bryn Mawr)
- Look at ArcGIS story maps (https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-storymaps/overview) and GIS Showcase (https://www.esri.com/en-us/what-is-gis/showcase)
Consider:
- What do you notice from mapping data in your map and the ArcGIS maps/story maps?
- What do the maps allow you to see that you might not see otherwise?
- What are the limitations of these maps and/or your map dataset?
Tuesday, June 30
Data Visualization with Palladio 9 am - Molly
- Timesheets due to Molly by 12:00 PM
Wednesday, July 1
9:00 Elizabeth ArcGIS demo
11:00 Project meeting
Note taker: Elizabeth
- Mapping observations
- Present one of the maps/datasets/tours you made