GIS: A Different Approach to History | Bowdoin College
GIS: A Different Approach to History “Historians and history students are used to working with words on the page, says Professor of History Patrick Rael, “but for many years I had been wanting to incorporate a more spatial and data-driven approach to the subject.” That opportunity presented itself with the arrival on campus of geographer and statistical consultant Aaron Gilbreath in 2016. Aaron Gilbreath (top) and Patrick Rael They began devising a new course and for the first time American History through GIS (HIST 2625) was taught in Fall 2020. The intermediate level class, which was...
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