NACIS 2024: Mapping History Using Digital Tools

Mapping History Using Digital Tools
Eric Rodenbeck and Alan McConchie, Stamen
It's easy to think that our current maps represent a 1:1 relationship with the world as it is now; Google and others have given us tools to be able to navigate so effortlessly that the problem of mapping seems solved. Going back in time, though, presents a different set of challenges. Historical maps and spatial representations operate according to a different set of rules than our current maps do, and much can be lost in translation. Using examples from Stamen projects for the Alan Turing Institute, Columbia University, the Getty Institute, the University of Richmond, and Densho's maps of Japanese-American internment camps, among others, this talk will offer an overview of the problem space of historical mapping in a digital context, as well as provide examples of solutions arrived at through hard-won grapplings with sometimes difficult histories.

Links from this presentation:

American Panorama: https://https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/
American Panorama - Foreign Born: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/foreignborn/
American Panorama - Overland Trails: https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/overlandtrails/

Overland Trails animated gifs:
* http://imgur.com/cN1l2xE
* https://imgur.com/nuBD48S

Mapping Historical New York: https://mappinghny.com

Densho - Sites of Shame: https://maps.densho.org/sitesofshame/
Densho - Manzanar: https://maps.densho.org/sitesofshame/manzanar/

Ed Ruscha's 12 Sunsets: https://12sunsets.getty.edu

Transcript

1. _sta.mn / f7r_ Rebuilding Stamen’s map styles with Stadia Maps #SOTMUS2024 sta.mn / qwc Alan McConchie Lead Cartographer Eric Rodenbeck Founder & Creative Director Stamen Design subdued.social/@alan vis.social/@stamen NACIS Annual Meeting, Tacoma, October 18, 2024 Slides: _sta.mn / f7r_ Mapping History Using Digital Tools
2. _sta.mn / f7r_ 1. About Stamen 2. American Panorama 3. Mapping Historical New York 4. Densho: Sites of Shame 5. Ed Ruscha’s 12 Sunsets 2
3. _sta.mn / f7r_ About Stamen Design • Interactive visualization design firm focused on data & cartography • Founded in 2001 3
4. _sta.mn / f7r_ 2. American Panorama dsl.richmond.edu/panorama 4
5. _sta.mn / f7r_ 5 5 https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/
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26. _sta.mn / f7r_ 3. Mapping Historical New York mappinghny.com 26
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39. _sta.mn / f7r_ 4. Densho: Sites of Shame maps.densho.org/sitesofshame maps.densho.org/sitesofshame/manzanar 39
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47. _sta.mn / f7r_ 5. Ed Ruscha’s 12 Sunsets 12sunsets.getty.edu 47
48. _sta.mn / f7r_ Ed Ruscha, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1966 48
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65. _sta.mn / f7r_ Thank you! These slides and links: sta.mn / f7r_ Got historical data? Get in touch! info@stamen.com vis.social/@stamen subdued.social/@alan 65