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Andrew Hurley commented on the post, Build a Semi-Automated Geocoding Program for Text Documents, on the site THATCamp St. Louis 2013 right now

Thanks. The Clavin software looks promising, based on the demo. It also looks like it takes more computer knowledge than I have to actually get it running.

Andrew Hurley wrote a new post, Build a Semi-Automated Geocoding Program for Text Documents, on the site THATCamp St. Louis 2013 right now

It would be really cool to have a program that would semi-automate the process of geocoding textual data within a document in preparation for GIS analysis. Given the complexities of place names, such a program […]

Andrew Hurley wrote a new post, Blurring the Boundaries Between Scholarship, Teaching, and Community Outreach Through Digitial Media, on the site THATCamp St. Louis 2013 right now

The concept of collaborative scholarship has generated tremendous excitement among digital humanists. Much of the discussion has been restricted to the transformative impact of social media on the process and […]

Andrew Hurley wrote a new post, The Contribution of Spatial Humanities to Scholarship, on the site THATCamp St. Louis 2013 right now

The application of GIS mapping to humanities research has been recognized as a primary catalyst for what has been termed the “spatial turn” in humanities scholarship. Despite tremendous excitement about the power […]

Andrew Hurley wrote a new post, Introduction to QGIS, on the site THATCamp St. Louis 2013 right now

I would love a beginner’s introduction to using QGIS if anyone knows how to use it and wants to teach it. QGIS is a free Geographical Information System software.