A New Map for Pompeii
The second map by the PBMP is now online. Updated with new data and a richer environment, users can explore all 640,000 square meters of Pompeii’s urban landscape from an Continue Reading →
Zotero: the first 10,000 (almost) citations
The first 10,000 citations about Pompeii have now been prepared and 9,956 have been uploaded to our Zotero library. Users can search the library, reorder the display, export records, produce Continue Reading →
The Elegance (and Importance) of Ugly: the “Errorscape”
The Elegance (and Importance) of Ugly: the “Errorscape” Some pretty things are actually rather ugly. Take this map (below), for example: While it is pleasing in its shifting colors (ordered Continue Reading →
Mapping the Mapping Project’s Design
On Wednesday of last week I had a fantastically productive meeting with my colleague and GIS architect for the PBMP, Alexander Stepanov. In about an hour we defined the current Continue Reading →
The Elephant In The Room
The Elephant in the Room.
This, digital humanities and open access friends, is what is known in the common parlance as a deal-breaker. Continue Reading →
