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IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1110: Mappings, II: Digital Cartographies - A Workshop

Wednesday 13 July 2011, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Spatial Technologies Research Unit, Queen's University Belfast
Organiser:Keith Lilley, School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast
Moderator/Chair:Dan Terkla, Department of English, Illinois Wesleyan University
Paper 1110-aNavigating the 'Gough Map of Great Britain' through Mapping Multimedia
(Language: English)
Keith Lilley, School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast
Paul Vetch, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
Nick Millea, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Geography and Settlement Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1110-bDigital Mappaemundi and the Agile Cartography
(Language: English)
Martin Foys, Department of English & Communication Arts, Hood College, Maryland
Shannon Bradshaw, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Drew University, New Jersey
Index terms: Archives and Sources, Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract

This session focuses on the digitization, annotation, and visualization of medieval cartography, covering both mappaemundi and also an example of a 'national map', an English late-14th century map of Britain known as the 'Gough Map'. The papers will discuss the conceptual, methodological, and empirical challenges presented by using multimedia technologies in exploring the textual and visual content of medieval cartography. The papers will be also be a practical demonstration of the online resources that have resulted from an AHRC-funded 'Beyond Text' research project, 'Linguistic Geographies', and also the ongoing 'Digital Mappaemundi' project.
The two contributions are demonstrations and explanations of digital online map-resources, so this session will run as a workshop allowing the authors and audience to present the resources interactively.