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Methods in Architectural History - ARH 8001

Class Information

Handout

Slides

Charlottesville Spatial Data

Scholars' Lab Charlottesville Data Links

Scholars' Lab Spatial Data Portal

1896 Charlottesville Sanborn Map 4.kmz

1896 Charlottesville Sanborn Map 6.jpg

Vinegar Hill Oblique Aerial Photo.kmz

Sanborn Map Background Information

How to Read Sanborn Maps

Nationwide Sanborn Collection (accessible on Grounds or via UVA Anywhere)

UVA's Charlottesville Sanborn Collection

Topographic Maps in Google Earth

US Geological Survey Topographic Maps for Google Earth

Bird's Eye Imagery from Bing Maps

http://bing.com/maps

Social Explorer - create maps of US Census data

http://socialexplorer.org

More Links

Scholars' Lab Geospatial Data Portal
http://gis.lib.virginia.edu

Google Earth
http://earth.google.com
http://earth.google.com/userguide/v5/ - User Guide
Adding an Image Overlay - Georeferencing a historic map
Creating an elevation profile in Google Earth
Overlay USGS Topographic Maps in Google Earth

NASA World Wind
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/download.html

Bird’s Eye Imagery – Bing Maps

http://bing.com/maps

Social Explorer – US Census data

http://socialexplorer.org/

Free Tools for GIS, GPS, Virtual Globes, neogeography, and more

http://freegeographytools.com/

Sanborn Maps
- Nationwide Set
http://sanborn.umi.com/  (on grounds, UVA Anywhere, or proxy)

Historic Maps 

http://www.davidrumsey.com

3D Buildings - Google Sketch-Up

http://sketchup.google.com/

Richmond Maps – Library of Congress

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/citymapPlaces14.html

Historypin - Overlay historic images on Google Street View

http://www.historypin.com/

SepiaTown - historic images on Google maps

http://www.sepiatown.com/

What is GIS?

The USGS's Introduction to GIS



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