Instructors

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  • David McClure

    Digital Humanities Research Developer, Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research Stanford University Libraries

Description

This course will introduce students to a range of techniques for analyzing and presenting spatial data in the humanities. We’ll start with a survey of popular GUI-based tools (Neatline, Google Fusion Tables, CartoDB, QGIS, etc), exploring both their capabilities and their limitations. Motivated by the gaps in existing software, the last part of the course will consist of a basic introduction to web map programming in the browser, making use of popular open-source libraries like Leaflet, d3, and Turf.js. Along the way, we’ll touch on the basic concepts needed to get up and running with front-end software development – HTML, CSS, Javascript, and more. This course is designed for enthusiastic beginners who are looking to learn about new tools and and get started with the basic skills needed to create custom GIS applications. No previous programming experience is required.
Participants should plan to bring with them a laptop that has Quantum GIS installed. You can download Quantum GIS at:
http://www.qgis.org/en/site

Location

Undergraduate Library Room 1116