Historical aerial photographs are very useful data to many researchers. Countries have used aerial photographs to capture geographical space since the late 1920s. They can provide an excellent visual picture of an area to understand the changing environment of a landscape. Aerial photographs are used by different government agencies, academic researchers, non-profit organizations, and commercial companies to create and update maps, and to study the environment, climate change, etc. Recently I have collaborated with a history professor at Princeton University to process over 1000 contact prints of historical aerial photographs of Northern Namibia taken in 1943 and the 1970s. At this presentation I will describe the workflow of scanning and creating an orthorectified mosaic image from historical aerial photographs and describe what sort of tools we hope to develop to extract data from the aerial photographs. This program will be held at Fine Visualization Lab in the Engineering Library.
This workshop will introduce participants to the core concepts of “data stewardship” and the major components of data management across the research lifecycle. Participants should come away from this introductory unit appreciating the scope of what data stewardship entails, feeling confident in how best to proceed through the research lifecycle. The Data Stewardship workshop series will take place in the Fine Visualization Lab in the Engineering Library.
In this hands-on workshop, we will be creating a simple, customizable website portfolio suitable for academic researchers using GitHub Pages.
GitHub allows for one free website per GitHub account. If you do not have a GitHub account, don't worry, we will set one up).
Space is limited! Please use the registration link below.
Location: Fine Visualization Lab, Lewis Science Library, A-15