GIS in Historical Sciences (1)

After an inspiring interview with Peter Doorn, director of the Data Networking and Archived Services (DANS), about the use of location information by historians, we are happy to announce the release of our first article in the series on GIS in science in VI Matrix.

An English translation of the article and an overview of relevant sources can be found on our website. The article can be found under 'research', 'current projects', 'research projects' and then 'GIS in science'.

We would like to invite you to have a critical look at our article and to share with us your experiences with or views on Historical GIS. Your feedback and suggestions are most welcome. You can leave your comments with this posting.

We are specifically looking for examples of research which resulted in surprising outcomes, thanks to GIS. But we are also interested in cases which shed light on the limitations of the current GIS systems or on the obstacles on the way to a futher integration of location information in the field.