Information technology is changing the academic landscape. Scholars are rethinking the effects and the opportunities of these changes. Explorations in space and time represented in a digital environment is promoted by the affiliates of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are software tools of power and promise for scholars. GIS link spatial information to information of any kind that can be represented in a digital environment. While not yet widely used by humanities scholars, GIS has great potential for data organization, collaboration, and scholarly analysis. Remote sensing is expanding our understanding of the landscape, and even beyond, to the hidden relics of past civilizations now buried beneath the earth’s surface. Databases permit us to organize vast amounts of data useful to scholars. Virtual reality techniques are making it possible to capture in extraordinary detail objects, monuments, places, and enable access and study at a level not before possible. This panel presents an overview of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) and shares examples of scholars exploring new technologies in the study of history and culture.