Comments on: GIS and the Humanities, part 2 http://moacir.com/donkeyhottie/2009/05/30/gis-and-the-humanities-part-2/ Revolution! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: m http://moacir.com/donkeyhottie/2009/05/30/gis-and-the-humanities-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26487 m Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:38:22 +0000 http://www.1984produkts.com/donkeyhottie/?p=1754#comment-26487 I reckon that's the theory. Yes, however. Answering these sorts of questions computationally is precisely what the digital humanities is all about. I reckon that’s the theory. Yes, however. Answering these sorts of questions computationally is precisely what the digital humanities is all about.

]]> By: Megan http://moacir.com/donkeyhottie/2009/05/30/gis-and-the-humanities-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26486 Megan Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:46:57 +0000 http://www.1984produkts.com/donkeyhottie/?p=1754#comment-26486 this is more of a comment, than a question, but it strikes me that you know much more about this than i do, but some of the questions you seem interested in asking through a GIS: "how are median ages distributed in the 60637 ZIP code, according to the 2000 Census?” or “what kinds of governments were in Latin America over the course of the 20th Century?” or “what is the relationship between the railroad and population distribution in industrial England?” are akin to the press i've heard on the value of wolfram alpha. yes? no? this is more of a comment, than a question, but it strikes me that you know much more about this than i do, but some of the questions you seem interested in asking through a GIS:

“how are median ages distributed in the 60637 ZIP code, according to the 2000 Census?” or “what kinds of governments were in Latin America over the course of the 20th Century?” or “what is the relationship between the railroad and population distribution in industrial England?”

are akin to the press i’ve heard on the value of wolfram alpha. yes? no?

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