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Reading Historical Maps Digitally: How Spatial Technologies Can Enable Close, Distant and Dynamic InterpretationsDavid Rumsey gave the opening keynote lecture for the Digital Humanities 2011 Conference at Stanford University on June 19, 2011. Abstract of the talk: Maps are dense, complex information systems arranged spatially. While they share similarities with other visual artifacts, their uniqueness as spatially arranged visual information both allows for and demands special digital approaches to understand and reuse their content. Georeferencing, vectorization, virtual reality, image databases, and ... Read full article |
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Giving Maps a Second Life with Digital TechnologiesThis is a video of David Rumsey giving the opening keynote address to the Digital Library Federation Spring 2008 Forum in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 28, 2008. The talk is a substantially expanded version of the Second Life Launch Event talk. View the Digital Library Federation Program Listing Read full article |
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Second Life Launch Event TalkA video presentation from the Rumsey Map Islands launch in Second Life on March 6, 2008. Read an article about the launch in MIT's Technology Review View Collection in Second Life Read full article |
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The Past and Future of MappingDavid Rumsey's opening talk at the first Where 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, June 29, 2005. An updated version of "Historical Maps Online" by David Rumsey appears on the O'Reilly Network in conjunction with the conference. Read a blog on the talk and the conference by Wade Roush in MIT's Technology Review Read full article |
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Mapping TimeA talk by David Rumsey for the Seminars in Long Term Thinking of The Long Now Foundation on May 14, 2004. Read Stewart Brand's talk summary. Read full article |
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Cassini Terrestrial Globe and GIS LayersIn this video the 1790 Cassini Terrestrial Globe is combined in ESRI's ArcGlobe with other GIS layers, including NASA's satellite image of the world at night, several satellite images of world topography and bathymetry, and other historical maps and globes. Read full article |
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Cassini Terrestrial and Celestial Globes 1790 videoGiovanni Maria Cassini made a Terrestrial Globe in 1790 and a Celestial Globe in 1792. This video shows both globes virtually recreated in Google Earth, with the Celestial Globe turned inside out and placed 64 million meters outside the Terrestrial Globe. The same space can be viewed live in Google Earth (plugin required, turn off Atmosphere layer in Google Earth). Read full article |
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