RJ Andrews, in collaboration with the David Rumsey Map Center, curated a collection…
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Exhibition of historical visualization
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Visualizing black America in 1900
The visualization work of W.E.B. Du Bois and his students has been on…
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Historical data visualization panel
Manuel Lima hosted a free online panel with Michale Friendly and Sandra Rendgen…
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Data shelf life
Stephen M. Stigler argues that data have a limited shelf life. The abstract:…
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The early beginnings of visual thinking
Visualization is a relatively new field. Sort of. The increased availability of data…
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What is R, what it was, and what it will become
Roger Peng provides a lesson on the roots of R and how it…
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The role of cartography in early global explorations
For Lapham’s Quarterly, Elizabeth Della Zazzera turns back the clock to maps used…
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History of the word ‘data’
Sandra Rendgen describes the history of “data” the word and where it stands…
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A musical journey in 1939, retold with visualization
In 1939, John and Ruby Lomax traveled through ten southern states in three…
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PowerPoint history lesson
David C. Brock writing for IEEE Spectrum delves into the origins of PowerPoint.…
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History of data visualization
I have an affinity for new things designed as old things, so this…
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History lesson on data visualization
Clive Thompson for Smithsonian Magazine gives a quick history lesson on infographics.
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Atlas of United States history
In a collaboration between the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond…
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A timeline of history
“I wish there was a timeline browser for all the historical events documented…
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Map of literary road trips
Ever wanted to follow in the footsteps of a famous writer or literary…
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A century of National Geographic maps
Celebrating the 100th year of the National Geographic cartographic department, they provide a…
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Mapped history of how Native American land was taken
In Invasion of America, an animated map shows the loss of land.…
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Digitally revamped atlas of historical geography, from 1932
In 1932, Charles O. Paullin and John K. Wright published Atlas of the…
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History of San Francisco street names mapped
Where do street names come from? Sometimes there’s actual history behind a name,…
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Map: Laconic history of the world
Cartographer Martin Elmer made a truncated history map of the world:
This map…