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Title: Visualizing Time, Space, and Genealogy Sets with Maps

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: Where did my ancestors live? On the surface, this question is fairly straight forward. In order to visualize where my ancestors lived in a clear manner using computers and maps, most people tend to use latitude and longitude coordinates. This works fairly well for cities because they do not tend to move around. With very few exceptions, cities tend to stay put once they are created. Although the tectonic plates of earth constantly move, the approximate location of a given city, say Rome, is approximately where it was when it was founded. On the other hand, countries, states, and other large political boundaries do not behave nearly as nicely. Knowing exactly where they are at a particular time in history can be difficult and is an active research area in cartography. Even knowing exactly the boundaries of modern-day countries . . .

Url: https://fhtw.byu.edu/static/conf/2016/ball-visualizing-fhtw2016.pdf

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Authors: Ball, Robert

Publisher: Weber State University

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other

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