Research and Course Guides: Digital Humanities Resources: Mapping & Infographics

Mapping Tools

This page introduces resources for DH projects using GIS and mapping tools.

(Image credit: U.S. Census)

What is Neatline?
Basic description of Neatline and it's plug-ins.
Using Neatline requires access to an Omeka.org server.
Neatline Basics
Step by step instructions for creating Neatline maps.

Google Maps Basics
Step-by-step exercise of creating, adding information to, and saving a Google Map

Mapbox
Sign up with your UST account for more capabilities.
Mapbox Getting Started Guides
Good documentation here. Also see their Help link in the top nav.

StoryMap
Maps that tell stories
TimeMapper
TimeMapper is an open-source project of Open Knowledge Foundation Labs. Elegant timelines and maps created in seconds.
How to Use TimeMapper
Timeline JSSamples
Creating digital timelines with TimelineJS and Timemapper
Timeline JS video
A youtube instructional video

The Invasion of America
A map of the U.S.'s seizure of land from indigenous populations from 1776-1887.
The Spread of U.S. Slavery, 1790-1860
Maps of census data by county of the enslaved, free African-American, and free populations.
Locating London's Past
Mapping crime, poor relief, taxation, elections, plague deaths, and archaeological info on early modern and 18th Century maps of London.
Notes on James Joyce's Ulysses
Summary of each chapter of Ulysses, with notes and maps of events.
Mapping the Catalogue of Ships
Maps the 190 place names in the catalogue of ships in Book 2 of Homer's Iliad.

Piktochart
A tool for creating infographics in as little as 10 minutes
Piktochart video tutorials
Illustrations of how to use the tool.
Easely
Thousands of Infographics templates
How to use Easel.ly
Many Eyes
IBM Many Eyes, a web community that connects visualization experts, practitioners, academics and enthusiasts, offers this technology and expertise, along with ways to share and learn from others.
Many Eyes Tutorial