Geography
Old Maps Online Conference a success for Department of Geography
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:38:00 GMT
Old Maps Online hosted a spectacular conference in Edinburgh titled “Working Digitally with Historical Maps”. In three sessions led by guest speakers, attendees looked at subjects including the use of technology in mapping history and historical places, the visualisation of places and routes and place based datasets.
Guest speakers included Bruce Gittings of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Richard Roger from the University of Edinburgh, Andrew Janes of the National Archives and Ashley Beamer from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
Thanks to all who made it a success, PDF’s from the day, including the keynote presentation, can be found at http://www.port.ac.uk/research/gbhgis/abouttheproject/currentactivities/oldmapsonline/ukconference/