ECAI Sessions at the 2005 Meeting of Association of American Geographers
April 5-9 2005, Denver CO

2430 Approaching historical geographic questions through HGIS

5140 Data and design issues in historical GIS I: developing national HGIS systems

5240 Data and design issues in historical GIS II: the place-based information interface

5440 Data and design issues in historical GIS III: technical challenges in HGIS

5540 Data and design issues in historical GIS IV: visions and collaborations

2430 Approaching historical geographic questions through HGIS
Wednesday, 4/6/05, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM

Organizer(s):
Mary Ruvane - University Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Ian N. Gregory - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH

Chair(s):
Ell Paul - QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY

Presenters(s):

1:00 PM Prof. Robert Schwartz - Mount Holyoke College
Abstract Title: History and Geography: Railways, Uneven Development, and Cultural Change in France and Great Britain, 1830-1914

1:20 PM Kristen N. Keegan - University Of Connecticut
Abstract Title: Settlement Patterns in Eighteenth Century New England Towns: Clustered or Dispersed?

1:40 PM G. Rebecca Dobbs - Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract Title: Settlement systems, backcountry development, and indigenous transportation routes: the North Carolina Piedmont in the 18th century

2:00 PM James W. Wilson - Old Dominion University
Abstract Title: Historical and computational analysis of long term environmental change: Forests in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia


Discussant(s):
Ian N. Gregory - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH


5140 Data and design issues in historical GIS I: developing national HGIS systems
Saturday, 4/9/05, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM

Organizer(s):
G. Rebecca Dobbs - Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ian N. Gregory - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH

Chair(s):
Mary Ruvane - University Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Presenters(s):

8:00 AM Mr. Luuk Schreven - NIWI-KNAW
Abstract Title: A Historical Geographical Information System for the Netherlands

8:20 AM Ell Paul - QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
Abstract Title: Towards a historical GIS for Ireland

8:40 AM Ian N. Gregory - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
Abstract Title: Beyond the database: Generating results from national historical GIS databases

9:00 AM David Bodenhamer - Centre for Data Digitsation & Analysis - Queens' University
Abstract Title: Challenges and Opportunities of National and Trans-National Historical GIS


Discussant(s):
Mr. Onno Boonstra

5240 Data and design issues in historical GIS II: the place-based information interface
Saturday, 4/9/05, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM

Organizer(s):
G. Rebecca Dobbs - Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ell Paul - QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY

Chair(s):
Ian N. Gregory - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH

Presenters(s):

10:00 AM Jason Gilliland - University Of Western Ontario
Abstract Title: Building a virtual historical community with H-GIS: Lessons from London, Canada

10:20 AM Prof. Ruth Mostern - University Of California
Abstract Title: Data Development, Historical Gazetteers, and the Religious Atlas of China and the Himalayas: The Foguang Encyclopedia and other Sources

10:40 AM Prof. Michael Buckland
Abstract Title: Contextualizing Places: Gazetteers, Maps, and Bibliographical Searches

11:00 AM Kentaro Toyama - Microsoft Research India
Abstract Title: Project Lachesis: Parsing Location Histories


Discussant(s):
Mary Ruvane - University Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

5440 Data and design issues in historical GIS III: technical challenges in HGIS
Saturday, 4/9/05, from 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM

Organizer(s):
G. Rebecca Dobbs - Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ian N. Gregory - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH

Chair(s):
Ell Paul - QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY

Presenters(s):

2:00 PM Richard Campanella - Tulane University
Abstract Title: Mapping and Analyzing Historical Spatial Distributions: Experiences and Challenges in an Urban Environment

2:20 PM Michael T. Wheeler
Abstract Title: Technical Issues in Rendering Historical Topography: Recreating Eastern New York’s Early Canals and Railroads

2:40 PM Thomas J. Nolan - Middle Tennessee State University
Abstract Title: Reconstructing Civil War Battlefields: the Thematic and Positional Accuracy of Stones River Maps

3:00 PM Mr. Brian Tomaszewski
Abstract Title: Reconstruction of Aztec Political Geography in the Toluca Valley of Mexico

3:20 PM Introduction: Mary Ruvane - University Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Discussant(s):
Anne Knowles - Middlebury College


Paper Session:

5540 Data and design issues in historical GIS IV: visions and collaborations
Saturday, 4/9/05, from 4:00 PM - 5:40 PM

Organizer(s):
Mary Ruvane - University Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Ell Paul - QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY

Chair(s):
G. Rebecca Dobbs - Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presenters(s):

4:00 PM Susan J. Bergeron - West Virginia University
Abstract Title: Multimedia GIS and geovisualization in historical and cultural landscape analysis

4:20 PM Caverlee Cary - University of California, Berkeley
Abstract Title: Geographies and Museums: Mapping the Art of Ayutthaya

4:40 PM Roy Bradshaw - UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Abstract Title: Standards, metadata and benchmarks: quality control in Historical GIS

5:00 PM Mary Ruvane - University Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Abstract Title: Interdisciplinary collaboration and database modeling for historical GIS: structured annotation for land grant research

5:20 PM Introduction: Ian N. Gregory - UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH

Discussant(s):
Prof. Ruth Mostern - University Of California