Sorry for the hour late post, I got stuck late at a meeting at work- then traffic. By the time I got to the history department the doors were locked and I spent a little bit of time freaking out. Here is the final pdf. I am not 100% happy […]
History and Cartography
For being a billion dollar theme park, Disney’s wifi isn’t the best. Unfortunately for me that means the articles aren’t opening. Unfortunately for my fellow students that means my posts and comments will have to wait until I return to post. For digital history class- what I have learned from […]
Remote posting
Here is my quirky map find for the weekend, Enjoy! Maps
Quick post from Milwaukee
2 Since my project focuses on big areas I wasn’t sure what I could or would wind up with for the sketchup project. I thought about doing my childhood home but I don’t know where I would find a floor plan. Instead I went with my dream house- A nice simple […]
The humble and efficient home.
Last week we had to run Photoshop on images we might use in our project. I went with Mr. Zip. Saturday the Smithsonian posted the picture below on their Owney the Raildog facebook page. I feel much better about my Photoshop skills if this is the “professional” version.
Photoshop by “professionals”
3 Please, someone write a great paper on the history of sea monsters on maps! What is going on here? Why are there monks in a boat rowing past a giant sea creature? There is a research topic here! I love the images in this article: Sea Creatures in Maps
For the Art Historians in the class
4 The past week or so has left me fluctuating between excitement and confusion with my project. I know what I want to do, I know how to do it, but I am worried it is not historical enough and while, I am super excited about the tools we are learning […]
Project Update
4 If it was not obvious, I was terrified of this project, but it came out ok. I decided on a kids treasure map. I figured if I am going to have to do this I should have some fun with it. Using the grid method I think I got a […]
