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http://www.port.ac.uk/research/gbhgis/, 2013-03-23
Information trouvée : Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS). University of Portsmouth.
The mission of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project is to provide a systematic
spatial framework for historical information about Britain. "Historical" means that
we are focused on documentary evidence, not on archaelogical finds, so we work with
extensive "places" and administrative units, not precise points on the ground - but
dates are usually precise. We work only with sources which cover the whole or large
parts of Britain, but these include statistics, boundary information, historical maps
and even travel writing.Although our mission is self-defined, the project has collaborative
relationships with the Office of National Statistics, the National Archives, the British
Library, English Heritage, the Environment Agency and many academic partners. Total
funding since 1994 is approximately £2.1m.