Publication details
Historical Geocoding Assistant
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | SoftwareX |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| web | full text online |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2021.100682 |
| Keywords | Geocoding GIS; Historical data; Gazetteer; Web-based application |
| Description | The growing use of geographic information systems (GIS) and geographical analyses in different areas of the digital humanities highlights the need for geocoding, i.e. assigning geographic coordinates to records in a dataset. Such spatially-referenced datasets are a precondition for any spatial analysis and visualization. While GIS in general is a dynamically evolving branch of software development, there is a need for specialized applications which would assist researchers in geocoding datasets in history, archaeology, and the digital humanities. Therefore, we developed the “Historical Geocoding Assistant”, an open-source web tool that meets the specific needs of historical research and brings a solution to geocoding historical data in a convenient, fast, and reliable way. |
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