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How to Geo-code Maps in Map Warper and Import to ArcGIS

Map Warper is a map-warping (geo-rectifying) service website. It is an open and free resource online. When I am working on my final project that…

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Data Visualization Made Easy with Tableau

So you have a bunch of data, but you’re not sure what it all means. One approach would be to import the dataset into Excel…

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Map A List Tutorial

What is Map A List and how is it helpful? Map A List is a program that works with GoogleMaps to plot location points from…

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OCR With Python

Transcription is a common and tedious task in Digital Humanities research. This usually means the researchers need to spend countless hours deciphering (sometimes very tricky)…

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Text Sentiment with R

Artificial intelligence is a vital tool in the DH community. R Studio’s Text Sentiment analysis is a great tool to help academics analyze historical documents…

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Lost to Progress Update

Abbey, Aidan, and Kenyon Progress:               After having some time to mull over our project, talk with Austin, and take a visit to the Carleton…

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Final Project Check in

Progress And Problems Cole and I have visited the archives to look at campus plans and to do a little research on the ideas behind…

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Parish Project Update #2

Progress John and I are making great progress on our project. We spent 3 hours in the archives gathering historical documents and pictures on Parish…

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Visualizing Data Using Lucidchart

Many historical accounts, novels, or documents can be better understood and analyzed when displayed visually, rather than as a plain block of text. Imagine you…

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Final Project (Carleton Expansion) Week 8 Update

Progress: We looked at GIS map layers that contain historical aerial images of Carleton College. We also looked at the story maps that Austin recommended…

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