This is my work from OldMapsOnline, which is far from perfect.
- Did this process change your understanding of the spatial DH projects you explored earlier?
Yes, this process did did change my understanding of the spatial DH projects I explored earlier. This process gave me a greater understanding of making the maps itself.
- Examine the This Map page: what formats can you access the map you rectified in?
You can find the meta data including the Title, Identifier, Collection, Description, Depicted date, Publication date, Creator, Publisher, Physical size, and Scale.
- What possibilities do you see once you have a georectified map? What would be next steps?
I see a lot of possibilities once I have a georectified map. I could analyze what is the difference between the present and the past, seeing how the roads and landscape structures change overtime, as well as if buildings has been built, replaced, or location shifted. The next step is to have time stamps for the georectified maps. The time stamps will enable a “time travel” to see how the place has shifted overtime (or stayed the same).
- Are there problems with georeferencing that you should consider?
I think my own georeferencing map of Northfield is, I consider, a good example of the problems with georeferencing. I think one of the main problems would be the limitations for clear resolution image for the maps. Having low resolution images could lack detail for precise georeferencing, like my map. Another would be the points. If the points were poorly chosen, it can have errors in the transformation, like my map. Finally, the human errors that makes innacurrate points, which leads to accuracy issues, like my map.
- What research questions or areas would this method NOT be appropriate for?
I think a research area that this method might not be appropriate for is when there is no stable points for georeferencing. Somewhere likes the sand dunes or the ocean and so on.
